Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Paid Intern/Fellowship Opportunity

2016-01-06 Thread Jaime Anstee
Thank you for pointing out this lack of clarity. James is correct, it is a paid internship in that there is compensation for hours, but no additional benefits as it is a temporary contractor, rather than staff, position. Importantly, it is not an unpaid volunteer internship, which many internship p

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Paid Intern/Fellowship Opportunity

2016-01-05 Thread Lodewijk
The easiest way to clarify it, is by including a short section on 'compensation', and explicitely mentioning there is some financial compensation available, but no 'additional benefits'? Right now, the post doesn't mention payment of any kind explicitely, anywhere (I think). Best, Lodewijk On Wed

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Paid Intern/Fellowship Opportunity

2016-01-05 Thread James Alexander
Hey Lodewijk, I'm not acutely aware of the details for this specific position but in the interest of "probably" answering the question quickly in the US the term benefits in that context is generally used to specifically talk about health care, retirement, life insurance or other "fringe" benefits

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Paid Intern/Fellowship Opportunity

2016-01-05 Thread Lodewijk
Hi Jaime, In the topic of your email, you mention 'paid' - but the description says 'This position does not offer benefits.' Best, Lodewijk On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 12:27 AM, Jaime Anstee wrote: > Greetings Wikimedians, > > I wanted to quickly draw your attention to a new temporary contractor >