Summer Media Internship

After reading this article I realize that internships can be a complicated thing and somtimes, abusive. There is no doubt that certain companies will take advantage of a student and their “internship” privalages and either ask them to work more hours or partake in less relevant job duties, like sweeping the bathroom florr. I think there needs to be some regulation, for sure, regarding how many hours an intern is allowed to work for a company and what their job description is really going to be. To a degree, you can only control so many aspects, but I do feel that it’s incredibly wise for colleges to regulate what student works with what company. This is a really smart way to keep track of who is working for who and if it sounds legitiment or not. I think that one of the most concerning matters surrounding “unpaid interns is they are often not considered employees and therefore are not protected by employment discrimination laws.” I think that this is something that really needs to be looked into and fixed because it is simply unacceptable..