i wonder what’s going to happen to the number of internships
sillysimon92 on
Interns are such a dumb idea. The first thing you’re doing is only getting people who can already afford not to work.
FornyHucker22 on
They should get a free lunch and a slap on the arse from the boss of they do well
Commercial_Aioli7212 on
Great lets cause even more unemployment issues for young people
ArtNo6305 on
This is dumb. Summer interns are usually paid enough to easily get by for 12 weeks but get an invaluable work experience for their CV (and the business gets very little in return because it takes about 8 weeks to make someone useful).
Year in industry interns also have access to student loans IIRC.
Efficient_Morning_11 on
Make the tax free allowance equivalent to livable minimum wage, employees tell the government
only_dlb on
They cant. You’ve raked in any excess pennies that could have been used to pay them.
Top-Cat-a on
I don’t believe that interns should be paid the minimum wage, but I do believe it should be mandatory to pay them the equivalent of the apprentice rate and to limit the duration of internships (perhaps to 3 months)
Making the role paid (even if only nominally) would reduce (not prevent) internships being only available to those who can work for free.
urbanspaceman85 on
The UK’s film industry would collapse if they had to do this.
QuickZookeepergame93 on
Internships entrench London privilege. If you’re lucky to live in London at home with mum and dad you’re far more likely to be able to afford to complete an internship. And I say this as someone who did exactly that. Rent would be an outrageous expense for those coming from other parts of the country.
Only_Tip9560 on
I agree, always have. An internship should be a fixed contract position where you bring someone on to gain experience for a defined period of time. Still a job, still should be paid.
Unpaid internships ensure that advantage is handed to those from certain backgrounds and with certain connections. They keep industries insular.
Work_Owl on
When I was 18 I emailed every insurance/brokerage/professional services company in my area offering to work for free. I got 3 opportunities to do in my summer before university, for money I worked at McDonalds. I had a stronger CV that some of my classmates and did get a graduate job.
If you’re from an area with limited work you don’t have a choice but to work for free sometimes. They will not hire you.
Clbull on
Of course the Torygraph would call this a bad idea. They want us to go back to the days of Victorian workhouses.
avl0 on
Bosses: “ok instructions understood, we will stop offering internships at all”
wookiecock69 on
Internships should be banned, they’ve already got the qualification, give them a starting salary and stop robbing them for free labour. A mate of mine applied for a job in a petrol station and they wanted to offer him the first 2 weeks as full time unpaid training, its criminal.
rhecil-codes on
That would be the end of most internships as many businesses could no longer justify the cost of paying unskilled interns an amount far exceeding the value they provide plus taxes, and additional investment in training and mentoring.
Such a self own. These people are economically illiterate.
Throooowaway2023 on
Labour party then: we will mobilise all working people against the interests of capital so they can have a tolerable life.
Labour today: please give workers the absolute legal minimum.
Labour do a good thing for a change and everyone’s moaning. Sorry that they occasionally believe in workers rights and not just capitulating to dumbass anti-immigrant sentiment.
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i wonder what’s going to happen to the number of internships
Interns are such a dumb idea. The first thing you’re doing is only getting people who can already afford not to work.
They should get a free lunch and a slap on the arse from the boss of they do well
Great lets cause even more unemployment issues for young people
This is dumb. Summer interns are usually paid enough to easily get by for 12 weeks but get an invaluable work experience for their CV (and the business gets very little in return because it takes about 8 weeks to make someone useful).
Year in industry interns also have access to student loans IIRC.
Make the tax free allowance equivalent to livable minimum wage, employees tell the government
They cant. You’ve raked in any excess pennies that could have been used to pay them.
I don’t believe that interns should be paid the minimum wage, but I do believe it should be mandatory to pay them the equivalent of the apprentice rate and to limit the duration of internships (perhaps to 3 months)
Making the role paid (even if only nominally) would reduce (not prevent) internships being only available to those who can work for free.
The UK’s film industry would collapse if they had to do this.
Internships entrench London privilege. If you’re lucky to live in London at home with mum and dad you’re far more likely to be able to afford to complete an internship. And I say this as someone who did exactly that. Rent would be an outrageous expense for those coming from other parts of the country.
I agree, always have. An internship should be a fixed contract position where you bring someone on to gain experience for a defined period of time. Still a job, still should be paid.
Unpaid internships ensure that advantage is handed to those from certain backgrounds and with certain connections. They keep industries insular.
When I was 18 I emailed every insurance/brokerage/professional services company in my area offering to work for free. I got 3 opportunities to do in my summer before university, for money I worked at McDonalds. I had a stronger CV that some of my classmates and did get a graduate job.
If you’re from an area with limited work you don’t have a choice but to work for free sometimes. They will not hire you.
Of course the Torygraph would call this a bad idea. They want us to go back to the days of Victorian workhouses.
Bosses: “ok instructions understood, we will stop offering internships at all”
Internships should be banned, they’ve already got the qualification, give them a starting salary and stop robbing them for free labour. A mate of mine applied for a job in a petrol station and they wanted to offer him the first 2 weeks as full time unpaid training, its criminal.
That would be the end of most internships as many businesses could no longer justify the cost of paying unskilled interns an amount far exceeding the value they provide plus taxes, and additional investment in training and mentoring.
Such a self own. These people are economically illiterate.
Labour party then: we will mobilise all working people against the interests of capital so they can have a tolerable life.
Labour today: please give workers the absolute legal minimum.
I’m confused, I thought internships already had to be paid minimum wage? https://www.gov.uk/employment-rights-for-interns
Labour do a good thing for a change and everyone’s moaning. Sorry that they occasionally believe in workers rights and not just capitulating to dumbass anti-immigrant sentiment.