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The scenario is fairly typical: a company offers an opportunity to ‘break into the business’ in exchange for the intern working for free. You see many examples of this in the entertainment industry. […]

In order to qualify as an unpaid internship, the requirement is simple: no work can be performed that is of any benefit at all to the company. That is, you can not deliver mail, sort files, file papers, organize a person’s calendar, conduct market research, write reports, watch television shows and report on them, read scripts, schedule interviews, or any other job that assists the employer in any way in running their business.

New York’s entertainment industry runs on unpaid (or severely underpaid) interns. It’s embarrassing, and it disgusts me — it effectively limits jobs in the business to people who already have enough money (or, more commonly, whose parents do) to afford to live in New York at a loss for a long time.

And once you get past the internship stage, it doesn’t get much better. I’ve never seen the disconnect between starting salaries and cost of living be as grossly and unnecessarily out of proportion as the entry-level jobs in the New York entertainment industry.

About a year ago my lawyers and HR director politely told me that technically ALL internships needed to be paid. I was SHOCKED. Unpaid internships are so rampant it was mind-boggling to me it was, basically, illegal (I am simplifying a BIT because we work in 3 states and have to comply with the laws of all three). So, we started paying our interns. You should too!

sure, NOW you pay your interns. :P

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    themattsmith:24isthenew25:themattsmith:24isthenew25:themattsmith:inkyeagle:...I have to...

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    As an engineering student I am expected to have at least two, maybe three internships under my belt before I graduate....

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    full time student, part time job, two unpaid internships. i’m a busy girl. but i know that i’ve got a job in...

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    themattsmith:24isthenew25:themattsmith:inkyeagle:...Not a throwdown, by any means. Maybe a...

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    I agree 100% with themattsmith. I’ve had both paid internships and unpaid internships. I was lucky that my parents paid...

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    Oh snap - my first Tumblr throwdown! Okay, better now screw this up… I originally stated my argument with themattsmith...

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    Nope. Not to be the “I did it and so can everyone else” guy, but I paid for school with student loans. I owe 50 thousand...

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    Matt’s willingness to come in and show Burst his work ethic, attitude, problem-solving skills and and creative abilities...

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    In my project management class final we “hired” interns to get around a budget problem. We said if we had slaves it...

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    Try being the recording school graduate that says “I’m not doing any work until someone pays me for it”. I’ll see you...

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    sure, NOW you pay your interns. :P

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    I think that Cartoon Network should pay attention to this. YOU TOO @MARVEL.

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    But here’s the thing—read the link: they are in many cases illegal. They don’t get reported, but that’s no different...

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    About a year ago my lawyers and HR director politely told me that technically ALL internships needed to be paid. I was...

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    unpaid internships are NOT illegal first of all. There is some benefit from taking on any work experience at any company...

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    ^ ditto, except five months, unpaid, 10 to 6, five days a week, then worked for actual $$ three days a week. totally...

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    Day 2 following Cameron and already benefitting from it.

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    I’ve witnessed this first hand. There are supposed to be “perks” for working in the entertainment industry, but those...

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    I spent seven months as a slave laborer an unpaid intern…well, I guess you could say I was paid in shoes. Worked...

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    I have done enough unpaid internships with big name people to wish I had knew this a LOOONG time ago. Interns would do...

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    While all of this may be very true, and waving the THIS IS ILLEGAL flag is all well and good, it’s not going to stop any...

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    Being a college student in The Arts this summer I had two of what I’ve referred to as “unpaid internships.” One was...

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    And then there’s Texas - a Right to Work state. You don’t want to work for what they’re paying you? Fine, you’ve got a...

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    I never knew about some unpaid internships being Illegal

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     I did all of those things at Troma…

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     my university required us to get one internship for credit in order to graduate. when i interned at Regis and Kathy Lee...

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     “…some companies try to get around the law by requiring that the internship be part of a college program. However, there...

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     I’m really lucky to have a paid internship now, but at my last (unpaid) intership at a magazine, I had to sign a form...

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     New York’s entertainment industry runs on unpaid (or severely underpaid) interns. It’s embarrassing, and it disgusts me...

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     This shit constantly pissed me off....sift through craigslist enough

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     My internship broke that rule all over the place. My work is still part of current and traveling museum exhibits … oops.

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