"My successes are my own, but my failures are due to extremist leftist liberals" - Party of Personal Responsibility
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"My successes are my own, but my failures are due to extremist leftist liberals" - Party of Personal Responsibility
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To be clear, internship abuse does happen. This just isn't it.
My sis quit hers after 3 days because she signed up to be an art gallery intern and learn how to take care of, and talk about, art. They instead put her to use as a secretary since they didn't want to hire a secretary for pay. THAT is bull.
"My successes are my own, but my failures are due to extremist leftist liberals" - Party of Personal Responsibility
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I'm mixed on this one, I do think the interns were idiots by making a whole document with pro's and con's just because they saw one person wearing regular shoes lol. That type of shit probably is not good to have. That being said, I wouldn't have had a problem with just giving them a warning. I guess it's up to the company but that is still pretty harsh. A lot of kids nowadays have no idea how the working world really is and suddenly it becomes like a culture shock for them, something as simple as having a dress code is a huge deal to them I guess.
"My successes are my own, but my failures are due to extremist leftist liberals" - Party of Personal Responsibility
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"My successes are my own, but my failures are due to extremist leftist liberals" - Party of Personal Responsibility
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It's not slavery in the truest sense of the word, it is entirely optional and most people want to do internship even in unpaid positions to give them an advantage in their field of choice. The incentives are there.
Obviously there's abuse abounds to be had, but calling it slavery... I wouldn't.
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"My successes are my own, but my failures are due to extremist leftist liberals" - Party of Personal Responsibility
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The business didn't do that the moment they opened their mouths. I work with people like these kids. The spend a good percent of their energy complaining about making things different instead of just doing their job. This was after the culmination of a lot of complaining.
"I don't understand why i can't watch internet videos at work, it doesn't distract me"
"This is my daily reminder to you that my chair is uncomfortable, I need a new chair - even though it the same chair another hundred folks sit in without complaint"
"That's not the hour I want to take my lunch break"
"I have a bunch of reasons why my productivity is lower than anyone else here, and none of these distractions or me spending so much energy on complaining are the reasons"
So in the OP story, you have a whining intern who has brought up the topic of wearing gym shoes or less on several occasions, who finally got almost all of the other interns to sign a petition (instead of just working/learning), and a boss that was probably already having a bad day and got fed up when he saw the petition after stating several times previously, "no".
"My successes are my own, but my failures are due to extremist leftist liberals" - Party of Personal Responsibility
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Yes, if they don't choose to do so, they don't have the money to survive. That is essentially coerced.
Whether they are held at literal gunpoint to work, or have their lives held at ransom, it's slave labor in both cases.
The only difference is whether the blackmail is less material in nature or not.
"My successes are my own, but my failures are due to extremist leftist liberals" - Party of Personal Responsibility
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