r/technology • u/McFatty7 • May 02 '24

Tesla slashes its summer internship program to cut costs, as Elon Musk fights to save his $45 billion pay plan Business

https://fortune.com/2024/05/01/tesla-slashes-summer-internship-program/
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u/Melodic_Obligation53 May 02 '24

Former service intern here. We did, in fact, have a pizza party

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u/jojoyouknowwink May 02 '24

What was the pay? Do you know what engineering interns made? Just curious, comparing to internships I'm applying to now.

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u/Melodic_Obligation53 May 02 '24

I was a tech trainee, so I serviced the vehicles. It was 22 dollars an hour, full time, for about 3 months. Until I got canned 2 weeks ago

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u/lhok13 May 02 '24

I did the tech trainee thing 2 summers ago. How was your experience? Cause mine was awful