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I've never heard of unpaid internships my whole life outside of the one big NGO that's globally infamous for it. Where are you from that this is such a phenomen
by rcbdev 1y ago
I've never heard of unpaid internships my whole life outside of the one big NGO that's globally infamous for it. Where are you from that this is such a phenomenon?
- weinzierl 1y agoGermany, but I believe it is less about location and more about time. Maybe it is a thing of the past but for some time it was almost a requirement to do an unpaid internship before you (maybe) got a job offer for certain industries. In Germany it was like that for BMW and Siemens.
- scrollaway 1y agoIn some countries, it’s illegal to pay interns in certain situations. For example in Belgium, university interns may not be paid due to university restrictions.
- Orygin 1y agoAnd IIRC, it's illegal in the EU and Belgium has been paying fines every year because they don't want to change the status quo. Better for the country to pay fines (from our tax money) than companies paying a salary to their interns...