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Aside from whether this is ethical or not, its not legal in California. Even interns have to be paid at least minimum wage.

• gityou 15y ago
  Do you have a reference for that?
  • protomyth 15y ago
    http://articles.sfgate.com/2007-05-27/business/17246015_1_labor-laws-minimum-wage-federal-labor http://articles.sfgate.com/2007-05-27/business/17246015_1_la...
• japherwocky 15y ago
  In most states, afaik, unpaid interns are not allowed to be working on things that provide income to the company.
  • pbreit 15y ago
    So what if, like almost all startups, no income is being generated?
    • japherwocky 15y ago
      hrm. That's an interesting stance, and I don't know!