Joe Grimm answers a question raised by an intern who is wondering if he (or she?) should leave an internship early for a real job, given that not much is going on at the internship. Grimm says:
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Not to sound like a fortune cookie, but today's decisions are the parents of tomorrow's.
Coming at this problem in a sideways direction, what does an employer's decision to lay off people say in Joe's fortune-cookie world? And does laying off someone make Joe feel like the employer is breaking a promise?
My reaction (which apparently is not politically correct for recruiters who are, after all, in the business of obtaining employees) was to tell the intern that if the internship was not paid, to jump to the job if it is offered. On the other hand, Joe Grimm's advice -- that the intern should not offer to dump the internship -- is probably good if the intern is talking to a recruiter.