Levi McCallum

Unpaid internships →

marco:

If interns are doing valuable work, pay them.

I will never hire interns. It’s unjust. Even if we do think about hiring interns one day, it won’t be for college credits, and we won’t call them internships. Moola is what the market needs, not non-paid employees. 

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1. supfoo reblogged this from nikography and added:

   school? Whatever happened...humbling yourself and admitting you’re not the shit and that...

2. lmd reblogged this from michelenicole and added:

   I can’t can’t can’t stress this enough. Every time I run into a college senior, totally stressed out and struggling...

3. verbadjectivenoun reblogged this from michelenicole and added:

   unpaid internships are sometimes just a ‘have to do’. if i didn’t already have a paying summer job lined up in which i...

4. xcelsior reblogged this from marco
5. alla1 reblogged this from jgh and added:

   I’m doing an unpaid internship this summer. Yes, it’s costing my parents quite a bit of money to send me to live in DC...

6. luxnightmare reblogged this from blakeley and added:

   Blakeley abuses the youth! (I kid because I love.) blakeley:

7. ajamison reblogged this from kathlellen and added:

   Interesting conversation. I had three unpaid internships before I graduated two years ago. I can assure everyone...

8. tabitha reblogged this from blakeley and added:

   I wouldn’t complain about not being paid if I could just get an internship in the first place. Fuggin’ aye.

9. whatthehale reblogged this from eec-deactivated20090411 and added:

   soupsoup:jackieheartsb:jessicagoldharalson:marco:...is interesting. i never had an

10. michelenicole reblogged this from lovepuppy and added:

    agree with Marco,...internships are shitty and the process is flawed. But don’t hate on...

11. derbygirl reblogged this from lifeofbk and added:

    unpaid internship...largest children’s museum...the country...

12. jgh reblogged this from lovepuppy and added:

    For the record, I’ve taken several...internships and have been nothing but grateful

13. lovepuppy reblogged this from soupsoup and added:

    jackieheartsb:jessicagoldharalson:marco: Everyone has read...dashboard by now. My two...

14. sabine reblogged this from soupsoup and added:

    jackieheartsb:jessicagoldharalson:marco: If interns...doing valuable work, pay them.

15. soupsoup reblogged this from jaclynday and added:

    a-freakin-men. unpaid internships are for trust fund brats.

16. trappedintime reblogged this from jaclynday and added:

    completely relies on what you’re studying...what industry or area you’re getting an...

17. jaclynday reblogged this from jgh and added:

    i wholeheartedly agree. i can’t take unpaid internships. financially cannot. the irony is that there are great, paid...

18. jgh reblogged this from marco and added:

    Someone PLEASE send this memo to the journalism industry, which considers unpaid internships a badge of honor. Unpaid...

19. memesijaitort reblogged this from nikography and added:

    here here on this one. i found this to be particularly true...the graphic design field...

20. ckck reblogged this from marco and added:

    Absolutely true. I’m currently looking for internship, and I pretty much have to be paid otherwise I can’t go. It should...

21. travisekmark reblogged this from nikography
22. sleazeball reblogged this from marco and added:

    I am not convinced by this. I have done two unpaid* internships now, and am not far from starting a third. I suppose I...

23. lifeofbk reblogged this from marco and added:

    Marco is taking a strong stance against unpaid internships. I strongly agree, but with a but. Many companies have...

24. kendra reblogged this from marco
25. nikography reblogged this from marco and added:

    I am in complete agreeance, unpaid internships are pretty insulting. To me, offering an unpaid internship is saying ‘We...

26. levi reblogged this from marco and added:

    I will never hire interns. It’s unjust. Even if we do think about hiring...one day, it...

27. squashed reblogged this from marco and added:

    This is Marco’s thought-provoking article on ways that unpaid internships contribute to the opportunity gap. My college...

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