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When you agree to 'hire' someone for an unpaid internship, it's usually because they have no experience and can add very little value to your team. However, if
by TallGuyShort 17y ago
When you agree to 'hire' someone for an unpaid internship, it's usually because they have no experience and can add very little value to your team.
However, if you, the intern, find yourself being taken advantage of, that's a sign that you have more leverage than the average unpaid intern. If you had skills that the company needed, and they refused to compensate you appropriately, I would actively start looking for a different place to work, and I would market those skills that I now had "professional experience" with.
I'd also let the company know you are doing so - a lot of times they treat the intern like crap because they think "you need us - you won't leave". If they know you are marketing your needed skills elsewhere, they'll think twice.
- anamax 17y ago> I'd also let the company know you are doing so Don't. You've already told them that you want to be paid. They've already said no. It's almost always a mistake to threaten. It's almost always a mistake to accept an offer to stay after you've accepted an offer somewhere else. It's almost always a mistake to make an offer to stay to someone who has accepted an offer somewhere else. The only reasonable time to address issues is before the employee has accepted an offer elsewhere.
- mavelikara 17y ago> It's almost always a mistake to accept an offer to stay after you've accepted an offer somewhere else. It's almost always a mistake to make an offer to stay to someone who has accepted an offer somewhere else. Why?
- anamax 17y agoWhich one? The relationship is basically broken at that point. The employer is looking to replace you and you're quite willing to leave. (Nope, they're not going to fix what made you want to leave.)