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Discussion on: Help me understand unpaid internships!

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Honza

Call me old fashioned but there were people literally dying, being shot at and standing in the picket lines for days on and on. All this to put an end to the exploitation and to guarantee workers' basic rights such as wage, regulated working hours, sick pay, etc.

I find unpaid internship to be a spit in the faces of our ancestors who fought hard to achieve all those goals.

To be clear, I'm writing this as an entrepreneur, not as an employee.

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Chinmay Joshi

Totally agreed. Thanks so much for your insights.