Thinking if I should quit my internship on D1
For context: I recently graduated with a comm studies degree and I really want to try going into PR (which I have little to zero professional experience in), which led me to apply to internship roles for months before finally getting this position. The role that I signed for was for a MarComms intern position in a PR/comms agency, but it wasn’t until literally three hours into my first day today where the hiring manager sat me down and informed me that actually, they really needed a digital intern and are going to be switching me over. This was not something I was informed of, but scrolling through the company chat messages showed that everyone else in the company apparently had known all last week.
It’s hours later and I’m still reeling from this. Social media is something that I’ve done before and am not at all interested in pursuing as a focus (which I have made clear to the hiring manager), and the company itself comes with its own pro/con list that I was willing to ignore for the sake of seeing if PR was something I could do as a full time career. Furthermore, I signed for an 8 month period and the pay is even lower than the average agency internship salary in my area, so the only thing that’s really attractive right now is that they’re part of a larger international firm and the market right now is BAD, so finding another internship would be difficult. The hiring manager says that he might assign me more traditional PR tasks once I’m more settled in, but that won’t be until months later.
My digital lead isn’t even in office for the week so I have nothing assigned and no idea what I would be doing in this role. Should I quit and wait out the 1 week notice period? Should I tell my hiring manager that I really just want to do traditional PR and refuse to resign the new contract? Should I just give it time and try to seek new opportunities? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!