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"If he was paid he would need to work on chosen projects, not what he wants to work on." I don't think that has to be true. It's not inconcievable that a compan
by spunker540 10y ago
"If he was paid he would need to work on chosen projects, not what he wants to work on." I don't think that has to be true. It's not inconcievable that a company pays an intern for undirected research.
But that speaks to the problem posed by this program: it blurs the line between mentorship and internship.
Mentorship is always unpaid and strictly for the benefit of the student.
Internship should always be paid (unpaid internships are legally questionable) and are founded on employer-employee relationships, which are almost always for the benefit of the employer first, then the employee.
While its great that the company supports mentorship, and that it worked out so well for the mentor and mentee in this instance, I feel like the ambiguous structure makes it a hard model to follow at many workplaces.
- gravypod 10y agoUnpaid internships are allowed if the intern isn't a) treated like an employee and b) the intern can't do work that would otherwise be considered that job of an employee. That's exactly what is happening here. He was not doing the job of an employee nor was he treated like one. As soon as he started doing the work an employee would normally be tasked with they put him into the payroll. They did the right thing.