Pros
- Interesting projects to work on and inspirational work environment
- Very experienced and kind colleagues
- Great hands-on experience
Cons
- No compensation for interns
- No structure or learning path for the intership, it was clear that I was brought to the team to mitigate a high workload, which resulted in needing to be extremely proactive to the extent of having to beg people to give me something to do, even if I could tell that everyone had lots on their plates.
- My supervisor was always very busy. I only had the opportunity to meet her twice in 6 months, and often forgot or missed communicating important information regarding my internship.
- I didn't hear anything from the team until I reached out on the first day of my internship agreement. You really need to put yourself out there and be pushy from time to time.
- Administrative processes can be extrimey time consuming and frustrating; it took me a whole month to get a UN email, never got an intership certificate.