Friday, August 17, 2012
Internship Lawsuit
August 16, 2012
1st Blog
Many people join the internship programs mainly because they want to get a feel around the career course. Really, these internship programs are meant to be an educational experience and usually people who get these internships are very lucky. I feel that they shouldn't be treated as less than what they do, just because they're an intern. An intern is only for the experience, a learning experience.
This article caught my eye, because I didn't think this was fair. An intern may not have the most work, but they should at least be treated respectfully and fairly. They should get paid with what the law required to pay them for their work. Another thing that caught my attention was at the fact that this media giant had taken advantage of their interns and just treated them bad.
This was a major impact on me as a student, because sooner or later you will become an intern and I wouldn't want this mistreatment done to me. If people are willing to put in a lot of time and effort, then they should at least be paid for their work, and not get cheated for it.
This article began rising questions, such as: Are all other companies the same? Is this a problem in only one company? How long has this been going on for? Have they made any changes so far?
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I did this article also & i looked at it from a different view, you focused on the interns and i focused mainly on how the company is hiding things from us. I really like the view you took though !
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I totally agree with you Kassie, I wouldn't like it either if I were an intern and I got mistreated. I think that's what we benefit from this article. I like how you asked are all companies the same, because us as future interns, would like to know what companies are doing this and what companies aren't that way we know where to apply for an internship.
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