edited by Mara Nelson-Greenberg
2024/Chronicle Books
$12.95/112 pages
The guy who heated a sandwich for 45 minutes in the breakroom microwave. The woman who accidentally tucked the hem of her skirt in the back of her underwear. Yep, a few of these kinds of stories circulate
in your workplace because, let’s face it, they’re legendary.
The people who committed those blunders are probably still embarrassed over them—and so was the hapless intern who, in 2021, was blamed for a very large corporate oops on a very large social media site. But, says Mara Nelson-Greenberg, editor of “Dear Intern,” despite the bosses being outraged, the intern wasn’t publicly ridiculed.
Instead, the internet offered comfort as folks shared “their own calamitous experiences.” One former intern confessed to helping his new boss find a lost item by turning on the lights ... in a darkroom. A number of people admit sending emails or texts complaining about the boss, noticing (too late) that the boss was included in the “send” line. Oops. Another fell asleep on a keyboard and accidentally “ordered six million cases of eggs.”
In “Dear Intern,” mistakes were made and they’re laughable—now. Nelson-Greenberg takes the best of the worst of #dearintern and offers them up to new interns, former interns, and bosses alike, in a format that’s not at all heavy. Bosses will find reminders that patience is key. Readers will find a little bit of teasing inside this book, but it’s told in a roll-your-eyes, join-the-club kind of way.
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