Is your internship illegal?

Unpaid internships came under fire after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called out fellow colleagues for not paying their interns. Every year, over a million college students and recent grads join the “intern workforce” in hopes of getting the experience necessary to pursue their careers. But, many internships are unpaid, unregulated, and without employee protections. What’s more, not everyone can afford extracurricular job training with no pay, and that puts these students at a disadvantage when they are later seeking jobs. TOPFRIG discusses how this form of unpaid labor came to be, and how to make access to this experience more fair and inclusive.

SOURCES & FURTHER READING

Department of Labor’s six factor test

Andrew Mark Bennett on unpaid internships

CREDITS
Produced and Edited by: Isabela Quintero, Dushyant Naresh, Page Ellerson
Supervising Producer: Allison Brown

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[topfrig]

I fainted on the second day of my internship here. It gets better from there! - Page

[tolkative]

1 minute in: is this video made by the beme interns?

[lukejohnson]

You boys should invest in more lighting

[whorhythmic]

Was, , , was this edited on a potato?? It's unwatchable but the content is great

[LucGendrot]

1. The distorted faces were funny as heck
2. This format was cool, ignore the haters
3. Hey, there's Lou: 2:28

[grfxdznrKyle]

what's with the distorted faces/body modifications?!?

[pandasmashtv]

Good video overall however this format feels like a lot more like just a script rather than an educated person teaching or explaining.

[SpageddieO]

God this video is so busy. It's really hard to follow the message visually or audibly. It feels like four or five people wrote or produced their own portion of this piece. But when they put it all together no one was their to say "no" to the things that didn't fit or get the point across. Although if this peice was also meant to educate the ones making it. It's a great start. Keep it up.

[kingofbeez]

Love the content, but a couple editing things could be cleaned up.
1. The colored crosshatching background is a bit childish, I would look for a simpler and more professional background.
2. The stretching of the faces is also somewhat childish; the B Roll shouldn't take away from whats being said over it.
3. The fast talking at 9:06 was fairly annoying to listen to, but this is just a pet peeve. A better option may be to highlight specific points within the quote and while showing the entire quote on screen have the host hone in on the important part of the paragraph.
This was a great episode and very informative, but the quality of the video just doesn't stack up to the quality of the research. If this was someone's first attempt, it was a great start.

[FerdinandZebua]

There's also a cameo from Nora at 5:45 ..

[PremiumElectric]

I suspect the distorted images are to try and avoid photo copyright recognition software. So, not paying for content usage? Hidden joke, or manipulation of content to avoid rules and PAYING. Hmmm.

[Extraterrestrial-With-A-Finger]

Enjoyed the topic was very interesting! The editing was very hard on the eyes & I'm watching on Chromecast....

[katymaloney]

We just got out of a strike here in Quebec, Canada against unpaid student internships. Our research showed that unpaid interns were also disproportionately women, in fields that are traditionally associated with "care", like education and health services. Yes, there are class and race issues, but also a nice healthy dose of sexism about what work gets paid and which falls under the "she does that for free" category...

[WorkFromHomeFriday]

Sorry, gang. I made it 3 minutes in. Vocal fry... I just can't listen to it. AT ALL.

[OB.x]

yes. I know my internship is later, i don't care.

the 3 college kids from china i have in my house chained to my radiator sit here day and night pumping random youtube comments. I'll give them their day.

[terrordandy]

Internship here in the Netherlands are actually paid mostly!

[robinmayfair]

This was really hard to follow and way too long. The editing wasn't up to standards to what BEME usually does. It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great. This video feels more like something other sites would release. I would not stay subscribed if that was what your content looks like going forward.

[alejobustillo]

great improvement from the last video you guys did, but I do agree with other people that it seems like its a little too fast passed and there needs to be more cohesion in the overall video. It feels like there are 3 writers who chose the same topic but didn't really synthesize their scripts into one before shooting the video. Keep it guys and I know you guys are going to continue to do great and improve in every video :D

[AdlanB]

So what is the definition of a paid internship in the US? Most internships in my country are paid, but the pay is far below minimum wage standards, so in my eyes it is still almost as bad.
This also means that I have never seen an internship that paid according to minimum wage standards.

[hempev]

If you spill Lou's coffee, you don't deserve to get paid.