Kommentare zu: Which unpaid internships are a crime against future generations? (By Companies: No! By NGOs: Yes!)

Von: Droz

Droz — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:15:47 +0000

i know this problematic
i have done some internships, unpaid, my work was never of responsability, interns are free secretaries
but finally the problem stay: how to get a job in an international organisation?
i am 29 years old, have a master and im fluent in 4 languages, i have 3 years of working experience. and now i start to apply for internship again. why? i dont find a job. i feel humiliated, but im completely lost

Von: kasi

kasi — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 19:02:58 +0000

Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS), an NGO with offices in Geneva, Dakar and New York, is also offering unpaid internships. I don’t doubt that the NGO is doing good work, but if it can afford offices in Geneva, Dakar and New York, it should at least be able to pay for living expenses. Scandalous!
Found at http://unjobs.org/vacancies/1165595293.06

Von: kasi

kasi — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 10:14:33 +0000

Yes, that’s absolutely true. I think it is also false, but I don’t think it is a question of morality. Yet I think there should be laws against this and people should make those cases public! But with NGOs, I think it is a problem of morality – because they are undermining their own purpose.

Von: evrem

evrem — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 03:56:05 +0000

Well, for me it is’nt okay if companies ask trainees to work for nothing or very little many, too. And actually there are different things about being paid. As we’re students with a high intellectual potential we’re able to add a high value to the company. Money is one way of honoring this. Another point is that even students (who usually know how to get along with a little money) need to cover their living costs somehow. Getting paid for a traineeship is not about becoming rich.

Von: Florian

Florian — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 21:21:37 +0000

Well, I mainly volunteer for NGOs. That means I work for them because it´s a good thing, not to earn my life from this. I believe it´s necessary that perple who work for NGOs get a good income, but doing an internship is normally unpayed – students should do it because they want to change the world, not to earn money. What you are trying to do is stopping volunteers.

Von: kasi

kasi — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:25:58 +0000

At the ForumZD in Bonn, the salary for interns is 130 Euro per month. And by the Way, Jörg Tremmel contacted me again saying that sometimes up to 400 Euros were paid as an additional salary to his interns. Unfortunately so far he has not responded to my questions what the criteria were for these bonus incentives.

Von: kasi

kasi — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:26:40 +0000

Oh, just one more thing. Jörg Tremmel from the SRZG wrote to me that he paid 1280 Euro for Internship Salaries in 2006.(so far) Given about three to four interns which work there during one month, this amounts to about 40 Euro per Person per month. Not great, but at least a little bit.