UglyDODO OP t1_j9am7oc wrote on February 20, 2023 at 3:05 PM

Reply to comment by Not_Cleaver in [OC] My sophomore year internship search by UglyDODO

I think that one required some extra written sections and maybe recommendations that at the time I couldn't be bothered to complete.

Not_Cleaver t1_j9ams34 wrote on February 20, 2023 at 3:09 PM

Fair. Especially for unpaid internships it’s so asinine to require recommendations. Congrats on getting your internship. Hope it’s good and productive work. And may the BS tasks be kept to a minimum.

nicholasf21677 t1_j9e1lo7 wrote on February 21, 2023 at 6:04 AM

OP is doing engineering, there’s no way it’s unpaid.

gland10 t1_j9e93bg wrote on February 21, 2023 at 7:36 AM

Straight up not accurate. At a private company internship, probably paid, a government internship, nope.

TheOGBombfish t1_j9ef5xl wrote on February 21, 2023 at 8:57 AM

Unpaid internships are slave labour and should not be accepted

gland10 t1_j9efhk9 wrote on February 21, 2023 at 9:02 AM

That doesn't make what I wrote untrue

nicholasf21677 t1_j9kzs9i wrote on February 22, 2023 at 7:11 PM

Government engineering internships are definitely paid; if OP is working at a private company he is probably making $20-40/hr

gland10 t1_j9mlde9 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 1:27 AM

Fire engineer at a place i used to work is unpaid, they follow a permanent employee around for 6 weeks because they can't actually do any work. Civil internship is similar and also unpaid. Engineering internships for local small city government I did was also unpaid. Most don't budget for paying interns and if they do, then the intern got lucky.