This is a well written point by Griffin! On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Griffin Boyce <griffinbo...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Leigh Honeywell <le...@hypatia.ca> wrote: > >> Unpaid internships are illegal and discriminatory. In terms of "white >> collar" labour practices, few things piss me off quite so much. >> >> I'm not a lawyer, but the California Department of Industrial Relations, >> Division of Labor Enforcement is pretty clear about what companies are >> allowed to use unpaid interns for >> > > I don't have a problem with nonprofits having small part-time unpaid > internships. These are effectively volunteer positions, and everyone goes > into it with their eyes open. No one expects 40+ hours a week from an > intern at a non-profit. It's a labor of love on both sides. > > I have a serious problem with a tech company that decides to *stop > paying* for interns, who are expected to work 40-50 hours a week (or > more). And let's get one thing straight. It's not *just* unpaid. These > interns are paying for the privilege of working for a company who does not > value their time, and they are spending both time and money to compete for > these already-unpaid positions. > > At 28, it's been repeatedly suggested that I give in and take an unpaid > internship at a large company. Completely ludicrous. I'm happy to work > with a non-profit that is making a difference in AIDS. But I'm not going > to work for a company who is making a profit from my work but can't find it > in themselves to pay me. > > The unpaid internship "bubble" for Fortune 500 companies should have > burst five years ago. Not only is it bad business practice, it's unfair to > the interns who are put in that position. > > ~Griffin > > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > -- Dr. Warigia Bowman Assistant Professor Clinton School of Public Service University of Arkansas wbow...@clintonschool.uasys.edu http://democratizingegypt.blogspot.com ------------------------------------------------- View my research on my SSRN Author page: http://ssrn.com/author=1479660 --------------------------------------------------
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