Unpaid Internships: Bad for Students, Bad for Workers, Bad for Society

Re:Unpaid Internships: Bad for Students, Bad for Workers, Ba... by davedx on Thursday May 10, 2012 @12:53PM (#3954489)

I hope your last sentence is meant to suggest technical interns should be paid above minimum wage, rather than that only non-techs should be paid fairly?

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Re:Unpaid Internships: Bad for Students, Bad for Workers, Ba... by paulgb on Thursday May 10, 2012 @01:01PM (#3954548)

I think that goes without saying; technical interns are in high enough demand that if you're not paying minimum wage they have options elsewhere.

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Re:Unpaid Internships: Bad for Students, Bad for Workers, Ba... by Kuiper on Thursday May 10, 2012 @01:12PM (#3954630)

Where I am (midwest USA) technical interns are typically paid at least twice minimum wage; offer anything less than 175% minimum wage and engineering students will dismiss you entirely.

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Re:Unpaid Internships: Bad for Students, Bad for Workers, Ba... by nickbarnwell on Thursday May 10, 2012 @12:58PM (#3954527)

As I understand it he's commenting more on the internships discussed in the article, those in the film/music/publishing industries, that typically go unpaid.

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