[BC] Educating callow youth

[Barry Mishkind]

At 02:22 PM 12/2/2006, Bernie Courtney wrote
>That falls under slave labor in my book.  He should be getting paid if he's
>editing in audition and loading things into prophet.  There is no reason in
>the world why anybody should be working for FREE in any industry.

         Perhaps ... but perhaps not.

         How about: some of the work is done
         in return for education? Or practicing the
         things learned.

         An person is not an intern if he is doing
         work that normally would be paid for just
         so he can "hang around."

         If an engineer takes the time and effort
         to educate someone, they can "give back"
         a little.

         Sure, once someone is taught how to load
         material into Prophet, having them do it
         free six months later is abuse. Having them
         do it for a few weeks is not.

         Some stations do abuse interns ... just as they
         abuse everything from their staff to their
         FCC authorizations.

         Others offer their interns parttime or fulltime
         jobs based on their performance AND ATTITUDE.
         If the come in the door expecting to be paid
         for everything, but my teaching them is free,
         they are as bad as abusing stations.

         I have had some interns that were great - and
         they got hired and paid for future work. I have
         had other snotty twenty-somethings who came
         in "too good" to get their hands dirty. Others
         only wanted the paycheck. (They already knew it all.)
         Despite the temptation, I did not refer them to
         our competitors.

         Not everything in this world is about money, Bernie





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