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Would you not be learning? If you just got out of school for "medical assistant" according to you, you haven't learned anything in school as it relates to a real human body. Did you get your CNA?
You will be working on real, live patients, and they will be vetting you to see what kind of a person you are. Are you patient & caring? They want to see you in action.
When it comes to the health of a human being, I don't blame them.
You said yourself it's not an elite position. Why would you expect to get paid like a more schooled person would?
..because people have BILLS to pay regardless...That doesn't stop.
I wish they would do away with unpaid internships.I wonder for those who do take them...how the hell do they pay their bills.Do they do the unpaid internship for the day and then work a paying job at night?Does anyone see anything wrong with UNPAID internships?At least pay them 5$ an hr...something...
I wonder for those who do take them...how the hell do they pay their bills.
The only people I've known who did unpaid internships were college kids living at home whose mommy and daddys were paying all of the bills. They also lived in the wealthy neighborhoods.
The problem is that too many people for too long have voted against their own interests and vote in politicians who allow if not encourage these things to happen. Rules on unpaid internships need to be tightened to prevent further abuse.
I think this pretty clearly violates what the department of labor classifies as an internship. I would outright tell the interviewer you wont work for free and threaten to contact the labor board with that offer.
I watched one of my friends get screwed here. Hes a software engineer and his boss kept skipping his paychecks. He finally just start job searching at work and got another job but the back pay was close to 30k. He thankfully filed a lawsuit with the state department of labor, but it seems like he may only get a small fraction of whats owed back due to overly lenient bankruptcy laws.
I would have a talk with the labor board of your state. There are six criteria of which all must be met not one to allow a company to have unpaid interns Unpaid Internship Rules - FindLaw. It sounds like what they are doing in your case is not legal.
Because they can get away with it. Its a scummy employer's market. Theres more people looking for jobs than job openings these days. They call all the shots. The key is to get the power out of their hands.
Wait about another 10 years where everybody learns programming, and they be replaced like a trash bag we are treated as. I remember 20 years ago my job had a starting hour 35$ from the seniors here. That was a big deal back then.. Now were lucky to get people in for 10-15 a hour depending on experience. Because were saturated with this type of skill set, we can be replaced in 10 mins. Lucky, i negotiated on what i wanted to start and my future goal at the end of the year pay raise. Got it in writing so nobody can retract it unless i get released. Now business owners want cheap wages but want more out of you. As we want more work i do, more pay i require..
The only people I've known who did unpaid internships were college kids living at home whose mommy and daddys were paying all of the bills. They also lived in the wealthy neighborhoods.
Do the rich parents realize they are subsidizing businesses by underwriting the costs of the free labor?
The law is very clear that in almost all cases these so-called internships are nothing more than unpaid work, enriching the employer without providing much of anything of value to the unpaid workers.
The Department of Labor should really crack down, but I don't expect to see that anytime soon.
Would you not be learning? If you just got out of school for "medical assistant" according to you, you haven't learned anything in school as it relates to a real human body. Did you get your CNA?
You will be working on real, live patients, and they will be vetting you to see what kind of a person you are. Are you patient & caring? They want to see you in action.
When it comes to the health of a human being, I don't blame them.
You said yourself it's not an elite position. Why would you expect to get paid like a more schooled person would?
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Originally Posted by convextech
That does make a difference. Are you trying to get into a different field of work (like going from a cancer center to an ENT specialist)?
Medical assistants make $30K a year...
So I agree with OP, its totally insane to expect people to work for free for a year with a career that has a $30K ROI on it and little development potential.
The whole "unpaid internship" thing used to be pretty routine in the television business, but Department of Labor cracked down on it. I know it was also extremely common in parts of the non-profit/arts world, and I'm not sure if they have the same rules.
I’ve been look around at different jobs in my field (medical assisting, nothing elite). So many employers in my area expect you to work an unpaid internship there, anywhere from 6 months to one year without paying you a cent!
I've never experienced this -- so I have a couple questions if you don't mind. Have you gone on job interviews and the employer actually states they want you enter an unpaid internship program? Do they advertise it this way?
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