Tag: internship

An internship is not where the intern does the work of a normal employee without getting paid. Photo by Nick Loyless. We talked about unpaid internships back in 2011, and the topic generated a fair bit of chat in the comment thread. Here’s a question from a recent commentator. “I worked at a social enterprise…

Quoting Alix Land from For free or not for free? “Is it immoral for a young designer to accept an internship or offer of work that is unpaid? Or is that passing up an opportunity too good to miss?” Some consider unpaid internships as similar to free pitching or spec work, but if you get…