Parents want to save daughter from horrible boss
However, if "Cynthia's" safety is at risk, she should not be working there -- no matter what. She needs to strip away all of the distracting extras (being yelled at, being treated poorly), and understand and follow this basic safety lesson: If you aren't safe, you run.
Cynthia should leave this job and look for another. At this point in the season, her options will be limited, but she should take whatever job she can get. It doesn't matter in the slightest if it's in her "field." She just started college!
Ultimately, no one will care where she worked this summer. She can leave this brief and hideous experience off of her resume and start over in her professional search next summer.
Help your daughter to wake up from her paralysis, and support her efforts as she goes.
After she leaves the job, should she report her supervisor? If "Marianne" is doing anything unethical and/or illegal, then Cynthia should definitely notify the business owner.
Let your daughter know that ultimately, she might learn more from this awful experience than she would from a prestigious job or internship.
Dear Amy: I know a woman in her mid-30s who always introduces herself as "Doctor."
She has been an instructor at various local universities, has self-published a book and runs a parenting group. She has been interviewed in print and on the radio, always using Dr. before her name. She has a website and a LinkedIn page, both of which say that she received a Ph.D. from a prominent university.
However, I recently learned from someone in her same department that she never completed the doctoral program. Apparently, she has been misrepresenting herself for several years.
I have no desire to challenge her directly, since I scarcely know her, but it does bother me that she is using this title for personal gain and is deceiving others. Is there any way to "unmask" her so that others are not duped? Or should I just keep my head down?
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