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Why are stipends not paid to interns?

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  1. Anonymous

    Can you cite a specific example of what you are referring to? Where? Is it a true internship? The details? Etc. That's a pretty broad...question? I worked for 10 years for a company that had a very robust internship program (that continues to grow), we provided housing (if they were not local), paid them (and in some cases, they were paid more than some employees), provided a lot of solid on the job learning opportunities, many networking opportunities, and more often than not, they finished out their internship with a FT offer in hand.

  2. Anonymous

    They are paid to interns. It could be your experience was the company couldn't offer that. It's very common.

  3. Anonymous

    It depends on the company and the work.

  4. Anonymous

    It depends and most internships in the U.S. are paid.

  5. E C

    Since when? At least in my area (Midwest), unpaid internships are the norm. In fact, if you think about it, students pay to work for free, because they pay tuition. That shouldn't be legal.

  6. Anonymous

    You are talking about internships as part of a curriculum. Now yiu get school credits fir that and tge internships only last a couple of months. Internships offered as work experience are used paid and last fir much longer than a couple of months.

  7. Anonymous

    That’s called a co-op or rather, academic credit, but our students get paid internships. I’m in higher ed and employers are nationwide including paid internships in the Midwest. Students do not pay tuition to work for free. That’s not how internships work.

  8. Anonymous

    Many companies offer stipends. Depends on the company probably.

  9. Anonymous

    It's hard for a US company to meet the criteria to NOT have to pay interns. It's hard to define what is a regular practice that a regular employee could not do anyways, hence interns get paid. Internships have contracts that are set times, they are not regular employees during that internship. Not sure if it's warranted for them to be as what is the return value on someone who may not be asked to move into a regular role or accept prior. Don't give away what you have not gotten a commitment in regular employment. IMO

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