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Avoid - Scam Program - Intern Mountbatten Program Employee Review

1.0
Dec 26, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

You can live in NYC for a year if you are lucky.

Cons

The program is essentially a scam for the few employees to take money off of your wage and make you pay for the pleasure. They will likely tell you all about their many internships across loads of industries but the truth is that they have lost most of the placements in the last few years. They just lost Citibank which was more than 75% of the 30 person program when I attended. - They have only got internships with Fevertree and some JP Morgan (which will likely end soon after the awful organization from the program.) They have about 10-15 places but won't tell you that before you pay $1000 to sign up. - The JP Morgan program is based in NJ not NY and they restrict you from accessing any career development/job opportunities. The people that worked there hated it and no one stayed on afterwards. Also the managers there are horrible and threatened to deport multiple people for requesting to attend the NY offices. You will also do nothing interesting, it is a back office role working with semi-retired 50+ year olds with no opportunities. - The "organizers" are awful people. They will not respond to any concerns and are only interested in making money off of you. People nearly got shot in our accommodation and a homeless man died in the building but they didn't even respond to emails. They will place you in a really sketchy neighbourhood that had multiple shootings and robberies while I was there.

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5.0
Jan 14, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

I was on the MountBatten program for a year and it was the best experience of my life. The MountBatten candidates are very close Nash group who are very social. My full-time role that MountBatten placed me with in Manhattan was flexible and had a great team. If you want to live in New York City, this is the perfect chance and ideal for those wanting to do it on a budget like myself.

Cons

I see a lot of negative comments about the MountBatten program but people have to realise that in order to move to The concrete jungle there are sacrifices to be made e.g like sharing a room with a (well-paired!) roommate for six months or earning a little less money than you usually would. If you are truly on this program for the right reasons, you’ll see how valuable it actually really is. In comparison to the other J1 graduates who come to New York with no No accommodation for which they pay $15”” a month, they have to find a job within 90 days in their field, which none of them these days because the market is so competitive. needless to add that if you’re going with another Visa sponsorship company, it costs around thousand dollars to do acquire a Visa. The MB sorts all this for you, so I couldn’t recommend it enough.

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4.0
Jan 21, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Unbeatable experience in New York. They sort visa and all the hard stuff so its a lot easier for people to move over.

Cons

Not enough money every month, they haven't updated the stipend in line with inflation levels. Communal living can be annoying if you have to share a room.

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