NTU, SUTD, LASALLE Join NUS To Blacklist Tech Company From Internships “Go overseas on a business trip with me and I’ll give you twice your internship allowance. But don’t inform your school, ok?” That’s what the director of a local tech firm offered a student from National University of Singapore (NUS) during her internship at the company. Sensing something amiss, the student informed her school anyway. NUS eventually made a police report and blacklisted the tech firm from its internship portal. But this only happened some 2 years after complaints against the firm first emerged. However, it is unclear if those complaints related to inappropriate behaviour or unfair work practices. Students were also definitely aware of unverified sexual allegations against the director for at least a year. These were made by a previous intern with the company, who had also warned others not to join the firm. Source It is unclear if NUS faculty were aware of these serious allegations – but it appears that they were not, since the firm was only taken off its internship portal in May this year. Inappropriate from the get-go The director’s latest inappropriate actions seemed to have started when he interviewed the student. The interview […]
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