Saturday, May 31, 2014

On the culture of getting paid for work

My latest blog post for the ACS Chemical Biology Community in the ACS Network is up, on the culture of getting paid for work.

How do you decide what work you should be paid for (and pay for), and what work should be an unpaid extracurricular, hobby, or favor? What kind of compensation besides money would you accept or have you accepted for work?  Are unpaid internships “engines of inequity” that exploit young people, or they a good way to help young people get real work experience before they know enough to actually contribute to a company’s success?

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