Via Boston's WGBH, this sad (but unsurprising) news:
...According to an April poll of 234 employers by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, a professional association for college career services, 12 percent of the employers surveyed are revoking offers to interns and 2 percent are revoking offers to full-term recruits. Twenty-two percent of surveyed employers reported they are considering revoking offers. The companies that have cancelled internships span a myriad of industries and include NPR and Yelp, the crowd-sourced review site.
“I keep joking to my friends that I need to stop looking at LinkedIn because it's just become too sad with people who've had offers rescinded,” said Boston University senior Sarah Bickford...In the article, this useful link to a crowdsourced list of companies (including some chemical/pharma companies). Best wishes to those students, and to all of us.
My company (Big Pharma)is moving ahead with a virtual intern program this summer, honoring all previous offers. Not sure yet how this will work with 100% lab based roles like in Med Chem.
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