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Being an Intern at Our Startup Would Be Just Awful
- greenyoda 12y agoSatire aside, the really awful part is that these jobs are being advertised as unpaid.[1] Since it looks like this is a for-profit corporation and the interns will be providing useful services to the company (e.g., "finding, cataloging and uploading new products to add to to Whttl"[1]), this arrangement is probably illegal under U.S.[2] (and state) minimum wage laws. Also, if you're not a Y Combinator company, posting job ads on HN (except in the monthly "Who's Hiring" postings) violates HN guidelines.[3] [1] https://www.whttl.com/jobs https://www.whttl.com/jobs [2] http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs71.pdf http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs71.pdf - see item #4: "The employer that provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the intern...". [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html