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> How is it OK to work for a fake company, but it's bad to work for free for a real company and gain some real experience... How come? These people are unemplo
by seszett 11y ago
> How is it OK to work for a fake company, but it's bad to work for free for a real company and gain some real experience... How come?
These people are unemployed, right?
What if you let a company hire them for free? Let's see...
1. company has one paid secretary
2. company hires free secretary
3. company lays off paid secretary because the free one is cheaper
4. previously paid secretary is now unemployed
5. previously paid secretary gets hired for free by company 2
You KNOW this is what would happen. Don't even start about how companies autoregulate themselves and how the market will punish bad behaviour and how employees can simply choose to work for a better one or whatever. These things are wishful thinking.
- weddpros 11y agoThen enforce good manners and sound business practice. And restrict the extent of this program, both in numbers and time. Also limit this program to companies that need it most (could not hire otherwise).
- stephengillie 11y agoThis is what happens with unpaid internships?
- seszett 11y agoIn a limited way, yes, that's why unpaid internships are now limited to two months as far as I know. Even then low paid, longer, internships still do displace legitimate jobs to some extent. As I said, good manners and sound business practice are wishful thinking at best.
- weddpros 11y agoLimiting this kind of program to startups could help. Limiting to certain jobs and job levels too (I guess the fake companies don't "employ" PhDs in compsci either). It's not my job to make it work or make it right. But tossing the idea altogether is rather radical.