I'm an engineering student in my junior year and I'm doing a 1-year rotational internship program concurrently with my studies. The program takes me through all of the key engineering departments.It's been a tough semester. For the first time ever in my life am I juggling studies and "work". I've always kept my GPA nearly perfect (which will help me get into master's programs abroad/in more elite universities) and this semester has been no different in that regard but my work performance has suffered because of that. Now the first stage of the program is coming to an end and in the next few workdays I need to present a preliminary presentation of my work results in the department I've been working in. A bit later I'll have to present a final presentation in front of the entire management of the company.Unfortunately, my results are half-assed and incomplete, to say the least. My mentor and the manager of the department I'm in have been investing a lot of time and effort in me the last few days to get things up and running - they don't want me to fail. I should also mention that I'm the first junior-year intern so far in the multiple iterations of this program. Normally, the company hires seniors, at the earliest, or more often, graduates. For whatever reason, they made an exception for me - maybe because they really liked me, maybe because of my near perfect GPA (a good GPA was required for this internship), Idk.
My question to you is this - what are the chances of me getting fired? I guess determining those chances would require more info than that I've given, but I just want someone to tell me things are going to be okay because I'm freaking out here. I've never been fired (though getting fired might be a good lesson for me). At any rate, I'll make a fool of myself, for sure.One more thing - for whatever reason, me and the other intern I started out with are managed by the HR manager. She is responsible for us. We are not 'officially' managed by the managers of the respective engineering departments. Even on the organization chart me and the other intern are not connected with the rest of the company - we are outside of it, in a separate 'square'. Idk if this has anything to do with the expectations set for us.
Halp.
>>34137978>>34137983>>34138460From what you describe I really think you are going to be fine regardless of what happens bro. I understand you want things to go well but you seem to be more than capable so regardless of what happens you will be fine, you are just under a lot of pressure right now and you shouldn't expect to be perfect or be able to do anything you want, we have limits and are allowed to fail sometimes.
>>34137978Just stop being a pussy and it will be okay, OP. Trust me.
>>34138619>>34139051Thanks, anons. I know I'm likely overreacting, but on a subconscious level I can't quite shake off the anxiety. My body just automatically goes into fight or flight mode in situations like these and I can't control it. Guess I'll just have to power through this and keep reminding myself that whatever happens in this internship won't define my worth, life or career prospects.
