Posted on 06/29/2015 7:50:18 AM PDT by Kaslin
“What I don’t understand is how “unpaid internships” do not violate minimum wage laws?”
Ha ha, and they think that slavery ended 150 years ago. Stupid white people.
Where I am, “interns” are paid, and are allowed to observe and contribute to projects. This might help or might hurt the project, it costs something, but the company probably views it as an investment to attract and keep the best people from the local schools. This is the way “internships” were supposed to work, I believe.
I will bet that in “soft sciences” like journalism and politics, the real purposes of internships is to give the 30/40-something liberals access to an unlimited, always-fresh supply of young starry-eyed co-eds.
In a campaign that will certainly spend over a billion dollars, one would think they could at least provide a food stipend and arrange for a place to sleep, even if it’s a hostel in the local church basement.
That said, being part of one of those campaigns can lead to much bigger things if the campaign wins. Roll the dice, work for free, hope it pays off or don’t. I bet at least 10% of the people that do these types of jobs ultimately end up in some sort of lifelong government job.
We always paid our unpaid interns. Technician pay + performance bonus for completing specifically assigned projects.
Why don’t these halfwits do these unpaid internships while in school? They’re living on campus so they’re well supported, so no excuses anymore for any of this.
Kind of funny. They want minimum wage to be $15 an hour for fast food, but nothing for their workers.
Engineers won’t work for free. Even in school
We ain't dumb ...
14% unemployed youths is better than the 50% unemployment among under 30s in Greece or Spain
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