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These companies have co-ops year-round, how is that not effectively the same thing as paying an annualized salary for that work?
by aianus 11y ago
These companies have co-ops year-round, how is that not effectively the same thing as paying an annualized salary for that work?
- pavel_lishin 11y agoBeing paid and paying someone aren't the same thing.
- TheCoelacanth 11y agoPaying someone for a whole year gives you one chance of finding a full-time employee. Paying four different people for 3 months each gives you four chances.
- ska 11y agoBecause the time on that particular job is not the only thing the company is paying for (with interns/co-ops). In fact, it's usually not the primary thing. It's pretty rare that intern positions make sense in a strict dollar for time sense, you are better off thinking of them as an investment in the future. Accordingly, the pay rate is not directly and easily comparably to most jobs.