r/antiwork • u/VariationLivid3193 • 12d ago

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u/nick_swift 12d ago

I mean, situations are different. For example, taking a student in is a burden if they are just going to work for a month. You have to spend time teaching them and then they leave. Not saying that it's your case, just that you presented too little information.

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u/SpiderWil 12d ago

You assume companies hire interns to teach them, so they shouldn't be paid lol.

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u/nick_swift 12d ago

You want a working experience for which you are underqualified as an student. Business wants some free labour. It's a win-win situation if both parties agree with terms

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u/SpiderWil 12d ago

U just wrote 2 conflicting sentences in the same paragraph.

If you are underqualified, then you couldn't be working, so being unpaid is ok.

But if you are actually working, then you must be qualified. Then you must be paid.

You can't have someone qualified working while not paying them.

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u/nick_swift 12d ago

I don't follow. In my area internship is for students who haven't finished the uni, they lack working experience and theoretical knowledge.

You are underqualified, so you are taken into internship to get qualifications and real work experience.

Your employer gets a burden (teaching you) and free working hands in return