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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 1554059" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p>i agree with u that it might make you a more attractive employee, but at what point does competition and competing become a bad thing? america has unprecedented levels of student debt, and now its expected that students have to work for free. people who are poor and middle class might not be able to afford to work for free. so i think internships are biased towards the rich.</p><p></p><p>if american workers really wanted to be competitive, then they would work for similar wages as they do in china which is $0.25 / hr, 16 hour days, and every day of the month. they would also get rid of regulations and allow corporations to pollute as much as they like...being competitive is not always a good thing.</p><p></p><p>theres all kinds of reports of internships not being useful, and internships violating labor law and there being lawsuits started. so its hard to say what kind of experience some people are getting out of it.</p><p></p><p>on top of that, i think if nothing is done, then unpaid labor like internships will increase because of the loss of good paying jobs in america. why not be paid, and get experience working? because the market wont bear paying people for work anymore, and companies know people are desperate and will work for free.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 1554059, member: 56035"] i agree with u that it might make you a more attractive employee, but at what point does competition and competing become a bad thing? america has unprecedented levels of student debt, and now its expected that students have to work for free. people who are poor and middle class might not be able to afford to work for free. so i think internships are biased towards the rich. if american workers really wanted to be competitive, then they would work for similar wages as they do in china which is $0.25 / hr, 16 hour days, and every day of the month. they would also get rid of regulations and allow corporations to pollute as much as they like...being competitive is not always a good thing. theres all kinds of reports of internships not being useful, and internships violating labor law and there being lawsuits started. so its hard to say what kind of experience some people are getting out of it. on top of that, i think if nothing is done, then unpaid labor like internships will increase because of the loss of good paying jobs in america. why not be paid, and get experience working? because the market wont bear paying people for work anymore, and companies know people are desperate and will work for free. [/QUOTE]
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