Re:Unpaid Internships: Bad for Students, Bad for Workers, Ba...
by sliverstorm on Thursday May 10, 2012 @01:52PM
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I agree individuals ought to get a cut if they benefit the company, but what if that benefit is only worth $2/hr?
Seriously though, perhaps I'm just cynical, but I seriously doubt that such internships won't be offered. Companies get monetary gain from interns, otherwise they wouldn't spend any time and effort on them (even if not money). I think the simpler answer is that companies are just cheap. I mean, experience is great and all, but if money is being made off of a person's labor, then they deserve my cut. How large that cut should be is up for negotiation, but that they deserve a cut shouldn't be.