I can't even begin to express how frustrating the training issue is.

I can't even begin to express how frustrating the training issue is.

@avclub-f3165be83d2dd835403b494eb7185ce2:disqus Gigantic giveaways to corporations by the government?  Do you think we in the US learned that from England or that they took a page out of our book?

@avclub-f3165be83d2dd835403b494eb7185ce2:disqus Gigantic giveaways to corporations by the government?  Do you think we in the US learned that from England or that they took a page out of our book?

@avclub-ca4fc44a59d0201cc7d4f760153cb00c:disqus , I can't even begin to express how much I agree with you.  I'm looking for work and there are like a billion "opportunities" to work for free, but fuck that.  All I've done unpaid internships for the last four years.  I'm ready to be paid, thank you.

@avclub-ca4fc44a59d0201cc7d4f760153cb00c:disqus , I can't even begin to express how much I agree with you.  I'm looking for work and there are like a billion "opportunities" to work for free, but fuck that.  All I've done unpaid internships for the last four years.  I'm ready to be paid, thank you.

Yeah, since my student subscription expired I can't even get a fucking unpaid internship gig.

Yeah, since my student subscription expired I can't even get a fucking unpaid internship gig.

Hahaha. That was me six years ago.

Hahaha. That was me six years ago.

They probably (naively) expected some combination of a legitimate learning experience, possibility of a job offer, and a good professional reference.

They probably (naively) expected some combination of a legitimate learning experience, possibility of a job offer, and a good professional reference.

The vast majority of unpaid internships nowadays are illegal.  There was a Supreme Court case over 50 years ago that laid out the guidelines for when an internship could be unpaid. Basically, to be unpaid it has to be a legitimate learning experience for the intern and the internship can't help the business (and in…

The vast majority of unpaid internships nowadays are illegal.  There was a Supreme Court case over 50 years ago that laid out the guidelines for when an internship could be unpaid. Basically, to be unpaid it has to be a legitimate learning experience for the intern and the internship can't help the business (and in…

In the context of the article "Eugene Johnson," the runner up, also pretty funny.

In the context of the article "Eugene Johnson," the runner up, also pretty funny.

Thanks, @avclub-58e58fe1e6be95e8c5e41d9ce861ca1c:disqus .

Thanks, @avclub-58e58fe1e6be95e8c5e41d9ce861ca1c:disqus .

Good to know. Thanks.

Good to know. Thanks.