As America and the Entire Industrialized World dips into the second act of our 21st Century Greatest Depression, workers and employers are developing new skills to cope with the complete lack of money. In the Los Angeles City Attorney's office, for example, about a hundred actual qualified lawyers have worked in the "reserve" program, meaning that they work full-time and prosecute cases and shuffle papers for 10 hours a day like any paid city attorney, minus the "pay" part. Los Angeles is one of the richest cities in the world, with 45 known billionaires and 268,000 millionaires --
the breath catches...the mind boggles...imprisoned unemployed lawyers researching cases while in prison. Free labor AND a inexhaustible source of irony.
Such unpaid internships <a href="http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/04\/03\/business\/03intern.html" target="_blank">frequently violate minimum wage and other laws.</a> Of course, if you&#039;re running the city attorney&#039;s office, who&#039;s going to prosecute you? One of your unpaid interns?
What really puts an extra carbon coating on my biscuits about this is that many large corporations are flush with cash at this time. The CEO of our company actually said this at the last quarterly meeting. Some are claiming that they aren&rsquo;t hiring because of uncertainty with the current administration and/or the economy. I think they&#039;re waiting till the next election.
Please do not let higher education know about this. A lot of universities are hiring adjuncts at near-slavery wages and if they can get people to work for nothing, they will.
Yes, but fashions change. Now, unions are out, and slavery is in! I read that in Marie Claire or someplace.
beat me to it.
the breath catches...the mind boggles...imprisoned unemployed lawyers researching cases while in prison. Free labor AND a inexhaustible source of irony.
turning tricks: If she got caught, she would defend herself on company time. Win!
My husband The Perfesser had that on his office door for a couple of years! It was closer to reality than some people realize.
Such unpaid internships <a href="http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/04\/03\/business\/03intern.html" target="_blank">frequently violate minimum wage and other laws.</a> Of course, if you&#039;re running the city attorney&#039;s office, who&#039;s going to prosecute you? One of your unpaid interns?
i actually drive a mini cooper which i believe IS some kind of BMW.
*blushes*
Arbeit macht frei.
i would do this if i had any marketable for free skills.
I believe one the qualifications for a Wonkette internship is the willingness to be fondled by rightwing letches of the male persuasion.
Interns of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your . . . let me get back to you on that one.
Indentured servitude! Let the market be free.
What really puts an extra carbon coating on my biscuits about this is that many large corporations are flush with cash at this time. The CEO of our company actually said this at the last quarterly meeting. Some are claiming that they aren&rsquo;t hiring because of uncertainty with the current administration and/or the economy. I think they&#039;re waiting till the next election.
New politicians and pundits trying to break into their respective fields should be required to follow this practice. For several years.
Or as the WSJ termed them, &quot;lucky duckies&quot;.
Please do not let higher education know about this. A lot of universities are hiring adjuncts at near-slavery wages and if they can get people to work for nothing, they will.