Conversation Starters: Only 42% of Tech Interns Would Recommend Their Internship to a Friend

The interns are not OK, according to internship reviews on Glassdoor: Near-record low shares of interns say they would recommend their internship to a friend.

The share of interns who would recommend their internship to a friend declined sharply during the first year of the pandemic, but it began to rebound in Tech and Finance between 2021 and mid-2022. Since mid-2022, however, it has collapsed in Tech.

Only 42% of tech interns in 2023-Q2* would recommend their experience to a friend, not far off the record low of 41% in 2023-Q1. Slimmer budgets leading to scaled backed internship experiences, fewer internship opportunities more broadly, and return-to-office mandates are obvious culprits. Interns in Management & Consulting and in Financial Services appear to be faring somewhat better, though intern satisfaction remains below pre-pandemic norms for both industries.

*First two months of 2023-Q2 only.

Conversation Starters are a periodic series of charts and data points from Glassdoor’s Economic Research team aimed at sparking conversations on timely trends in employee satisfaction, workplace community, the future of work, and the labor market more broadly. 

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