My daughter (15) applied for a job today. The company puts on expensive girls birthday parties. We’re talking $1k for a 3 hour party plus add on’s.
So they interview 60 high school girls for 10 non paid “audition” spots. They go way over the top with the interview process, tell them to write a resume, cover letter, references plus they have them do tests. The “assist” gives them pointers on how to address the woman who owners the place like she's the queen of England.
The 10 girls that “win” the audition get to work 12 hours per week for $0 for 8 weeks.
At that point the owner goes away on a 1 month vacation and the the auditions are suspended for a month.
After the month, supposedly they plan to hire 5 girls at minimum wage.
I was so proud of how my daughter handled her interview, but I told her there is no way she should ever work for such an exploitive boss like that. I pulled out my calculator and showed my daughter how she saves $10,000 exploiting high school kids for two months, then take a month-long vacation.
I am so fucking pissed, I’m calling the labor department and putting her on blast on google just for even thinking about ripping off with my kid.