Unpaid internships

[Anonymous]

Why do these still exist for college students? I thought non paid internships were illegal.

[Anonymous]

Only at for-profit firms -- unpaid internships for non-profits or government are legal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only at for-profit firms -- unpaid internships for non-profits or government are legal

+1 Some colleges have a fund to provide $$ for students taking an unpaid internship.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only at for-profit firms -- unpaid internships for non-profits or government are legal

+1 Some colleges have a fund to provide $$ for students taking an unpaid internship.

At my DS's Ivy, they have a stipend. His trust fund friend, who spends lavishly, qualified for a stipend to help finance nonpaid internship in London set up through friends of parents but my DS who comes from a donut hole family wasn't awarded $$ for real internship he earned. But then trust fund friend has also figured out how to get financial aid, so there's that.

[Anonymous]

My junior is doing an unpaid internship at a startup that a relative got for him. We are fine with it due to the experiences he will get and we can afford.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only at for-profit firms -- unpaid internships for non-profits or government are legal

Not entirely correct. In a for profit company, "courts to examine the “economic reality” of the intern-employer relationship to determine which party is the “primary beneficiary” of the relationship." If it's the company, then it's paid, if it's the student, it can be non-paid.

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/71-flsa-internships

[Anonymous]

I really wish they'd do away with them. It so limits the applicant pool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My junior is doing an unpaid internship at a startup that a relative got for him. We are fine with it due to the experiences he will get and we can afford.

This position is nonetheless illegal -- Hope the startup gets caught! They should at least pay him minimum wage. It's disgraceful they won't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My junior is doing an unpaid internship at a startup that a relative got for him. We are fine with it due to the experiences he will get and we can afford.

This position is nonetheless illegal -- Hope the startup gets caught! They should at least pay him minimum wage. It's disgraceful they won't.

I hope they don't!

[Anonymous]

Let your kids get jobs flipping burgers, not exposure and connections in professional world. Great move.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My junior is doing an unpaid internship at a startup that a relative got for him. We are fine with it due to the experiences he will get and we can afford.

Crazy. My kid got an internship at a startup and made a ton of money, as typically they are flush with money.

[Anonymous]

My kid interviewed for an unpaid internship that requires the intern to get college credit for the internship. Is that how they get around paying?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid interviewed for an unpaid internship that requires the intern to get college credit for the internship. Is that how they get around paying?

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My junior is doing an unpaid internship at a startup that a relative got for him. We are fine with it due to the experiences he will get and we can afford.

Crazy. My kid got an internship at a startup and made a ton of money, as typically they are flush with money.

Which is part of the problem.

[Anonymous]

Unpaid internships are just a way for companies to take advantage of naive, desperate students trying to build their resumes. I never worked one, and neither will my kid. Either get a real internship or lifeguard and "court the ladies" (for you language-policing Karens).