I’m an unpaid intern, I graduated with a masters a year ago but the job market in my country is so fucked that all I could get was a part time retail job I have been looking for work and still am. I got an unpaid internship in my industry and have been here for 5 months alongside a paid gig in retail. It’s better than being at home and I can still apply for jobs while getting paid the same aka nothing.
They keep saying next month they’ll pay me since I joined then dipping. I’m working my ass off using a complex software no one else can use and have worked on client projects as a sole project owner. I’m not just grabbing tea (even then you should be getting paid).
The 4 other employees in the start up complain about how they don’t have the money for another holiday or designer shoes. I can barely afford food and am in survival mode. This convo happens daily in front of me and I just can’t take it anymore!
I DID EVERYTHING “RIGHT”! And now I can barely live. Fuck unpaid work!