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slaacaa@lemmy.world 1 week ago
This used to be (or still is) big in retail, I heard. For most days of the week, a clothing store could get a candidate for a free trial day, they would fold clothes, move boxes, etc, helping out the employees. After that, they get the “we’ll stay in touch”, but next day, somebody else is doing their trial day, and so on. Basically the store gets one extra employee for free
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
That isn’t allowed in the US,. At least for now.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Are unpaid internships still a thing? I haven’t heard of them in quite a while.
Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Unpaid internships are only allowed IF they get college credits. Otherwise it’s illegal, but of course that doesn’t stop people
KuroNeko@lemm.ee 1 week ago
WYM in-house maids/groundskeepers used to be paid a salary even when they lived on the land, but nowadays they call it “work trade” so you end up doing both of those things just to keep a roof over your head and zero money in your hand for all those days lost keeping their home spic-n-span, even controlling your ability to have visitors at your work-trade Lord’s-land bc they ain’t just landlords anymore at that point. Actual slavery without the whips and torture.
KombatWombat@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yeah I worked in a grocery store making minimum wage about ten years ago. They paid employees as little as they could without breaking the law. During the pre-hire training session they were transparent that they were legally required to pay us for it.