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i'm shocked: Gen Y can't believe that they might have to start at the bottom of the ladder and not get paid at first! -- (link)

Posted by chuckles (aka chris) Jul 22 '10, 12:23

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poor babies (www.huffingtonpost.com)

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I think it's easy to mock and to a certain extent there's a point to it, BUT: times have changed and "climbing the ladder" doesn't always exist - Reagen Jul 22, 12:30 8
- i don't think you do them out of loyalty. more because that's the way you get the experience needed to start a career in the field -- nm - chuckles Jul 22, 12:33 7
  - If an employee provides valuable work to a business, he/she should be paid a comensurate wage. - musubi, adorable Jul 22, 12:35 2
    - i agree that every employer should always comply with any applicable labor laws -- nm - chuckles Jul 22, 12:37
    - Word. -- nm - Jim Jul 22, 12:37
  - i think for the large majority of fields, this isn't true. i could be wrong, but i think its bs. -- nm - TFox Jul 22, 12:34 3
    - I would say it's true for the Marketing/Advertising and any kind of design field. - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 12:37
    - I work for literally one of the cheapest companies that exists, and even we pay our interns - Reagen Jul 22, 12:36 1
      - Near as I can tell though, Canada has never had the unpaid internship mentality that the States does. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 22, 12:37
Meh. Unpaid internships are often more about businesses trying to take advantage of a job market. - musubi, adorable Jul 22, 12:29 13
- sure, but they've always been that way - chuckles Jul 22, 12:31 4
  - just because you were dumb enough to fall for it... -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 12:34 1
    - sure, i would have preferred to have been offered a summer associate position at $1000 a week - chuckles Jul 22, 12:36
  - Good for them for figuring it out. I'm all for mocking dumb kids, but unpaid internships are crap. - musubi, adorable Jul 22, 12:33
  - where they are effing up is that they don't *have* to take unpaid work... but they think the paid work is beneath them. - TFox Jul 22, 12:32
- Ding. I don't know anyone that has done an unpaid internship. -- nm - MDH Jul 22, 12:29 7
  - me -- nm - Max Jul 22, 12:45
  - Mine wasn't a formal internship; just a volunteer stint for the experience. -- nm - mara Jul 22, 12:41
  - i did for a uple months at a PBS station KQED in early 80's - Zeitgeist Jul 22, 12:39
  - I did for a little while. Interned at a little Big Band AM station while finishing up broadcast school. - Jim Jul 22, 12:38
  - if i caveat "post-graduate unpaid internship", then right. for a summer, whatevs. -- nm - TFox Jul 22, 12:35
  - you know me -- nm - chuckles Jul 22, 12:32
  - /raises hand -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 12:31
This is what happens when a generation is baby'd. -- nm - lileve Jul 22, 12:24 1
- SHHH! Do you want them to hear you??? Think of their self-esteem! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 12:25

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