Pay peanuts ,you get monkeys ,
If you wont even pay peanuts , imagine what your going to get .
'Internships' sounds a bit like internment , and the Monika Lewinsky debacle springs to mind .
I did an apprenticeship type thing in one place way back , no real pay to speak of , I did get a place to stay and was able to sign on the unemployment ,even though initially the social welfare didnt pay out , I sucessfully argued the case that I was available for work in my chosen field if it became available , and was in fact increasing my chances of work by getting real world experience. My dad bank rolled me for the duration and I collected my social welfare entitlement subsequently, fully back dated.
Maybe on a short term basis , in order to select the best candidate from a group, a low paid scheme might work , but over the longer term working for free or worse where the trainee pays ends up in a lack of respect on both sides of the equation. Last straw for me was taking a bollocking in front of customers from the studio owners wife ( who also controlled the purse strings) over a tin opener that had simply worn out .
Despite what some here may think
, I'm of a fairly reserved temperament , really does take effort to get on my goat , very few do ,those who manage it will swear the devil himself has appeared in front of them
Ive been a bit distant here of late , no need to read anything into that , its a purely technical issue which I will hopefully resolve very soon ,
Differences of opinion with intelligent people are something to learn from , differences of opinion with dim wits are often best left unsaid
regards,
Daíthí.
