21-year-old student is 'incredibly disappointed' after Tesla revoked her Rs 2,100 per hour internship

Brook Gura's internship at Tesla was supposed to begin on May 20. (File photo)

Brook Gura, 21, spent three weeks interviewing with Tesla before bagging a summer internship offer from the company in February. The 12-week internship was scheduled to start on May 20. Gura, a University of Texas student, was looking forward to spending her summer as a recruiting intern in Tesla's human resources department, she told Business Insider. But, three weeks before her internship began, the automaker revoked her offer.

"It was exciting. I was looking for a big corporate internship," Gura told the publication. "And it was close by. I wouldn't have had to relocate."

She added that she had rejected other offers for an internship at Tesla because she was particularly stoked about the compensation — $26 (about Rs 2,100) an hour. Now, she is scrambling to make new professional plans.

When Tesla announced layoffs in April affecting 10 percent of the company's workforce, Gura told Business Insider that she wasn't initially worried. "Interns are relatively cheap compared to full-time employees," she said. "I figured if they were trying to cut down, I might even be working more."

But as she was studying for finals last week, she missed a call from an unknown number and received an email from a Tesla recruiter requesting a callback. As she tried to get more clarity on the situation, Gura came across a LinkedIn post from another intern who had lost their offer.

Later, over a short call, the Tesla recruiter told her that "the company was making cuts that were going to start impacting interns". "That meant me... There wasn't any room for negotiating," she said.

"I was upset. This was not the only internship offer I had. I picked Tesla out of other organizations," she said, adding that was trying to stay positive and look for further possibilities.