As a parent who has paid top dollar for both of my daughters to attend two of the most prestigious art schools in the country, in two of the most expensive cities in the country, the internships they have worked at, while providing some work experience in their field, amounts to nothing more than slave labor. If these schools, that claim their degrees will provide them with the education and skills needed to enter the workforce, then why should they allow their students to accept no monetary gain in return? Schools should provide their students with job fairs, and a list of companies who value the education and talent that these young adults supply. It may not have to be minimum wage, but how about lunch? how about a rest break?
If these companies are for profit, then they should be required by law to paid some kind of stipend. The fashion world has to be the worst offender of all. One daughter worked in the field after graduating, with the idea that the internship in her field would provide her with additional necessary skills needed to advance, Instead she was treated like a basic hostage. Long hours, harassing tones, no breaks, late and long hours, that in the end provided her with nothing more than clerk skills. These companies steal the initiative, talent and ideas of our young people, for no pay.
Kids need to stand up and demand compensation. Any respectable company that is worth working for is one which is willing to pay for the ideas, information and hard work that these students provide.
I would have been better giving my children the 100k a year that it has cost me, let them stay home and learn how to invest that money, and ten years down the road they would be able to start their own companies.
Don't allow yourself to be taken advantage of! Demand pay for the work you do! Complain to your school administration to provide you with a list of companies who are willing to compensate you for your ideas and hard work. NY has to be the WORST offender in this area.
If these companies are for profit, then they should be required by law to paid some kind of stipend. The fashion world has to be the worst offender of all. One daughter worked in the field after graduating, with the idea that the internship in her field would provide her with additional necessary skills needed to advance, Instead she was treated like a basic hostage. Long hours, harassing tones, no breaks, late and long hours, that in the end provided her with nothing more than clerk skills. These companies steal the initiative, talent and ideas of our young people, for no pay.
Kids need to stand up and demand compensation. Any respectable company that is worth working for is one which is willing to pay for the ideas, information and hard work that these students provide.
I would have been better giving my children the 100k a year that it has cost me, let them stay home and learn how to invest that money, and ten years down the road they would be able to start their own companies.
Don't allow yourself to be taken advantage of! Demand pay for the work you do! Complain to your school administration to provide you with a list of companies who are willing to compensate you for your ideas and hard work. NY has to be the WORST offender in this area.