Yeah, nothing new it was the same 20+ years ago too.
Guillotine.
Why do I want that as a tattoo?
Because you clearly have great taste in tattoos
your lack of faith disturbs me arthur
Good bot!
I wish
You first, asshole.
…She literally did do it.
Did she have a fat bank account while she did it or was she skating on the edge like the people she’s criticizing. Cause one is meaningful and the other is performative.
The article doesn’t give that information. Just that she worked as an “intern” for free starting after her sophomore year in college to try and get her foot in a door somewhere. But it was also in the era where phone books existed, so, 30+ years ago?
EDIT: “Intern” has a pretty strict legal definition. What she was doing was not interning; she was free labor. That’s supposed to be illegal because it’s exploitative. The regulations surrounding internships in general are often ignored, and companies get away with it because you will get blacklisted if you report them.
She literally was already privileged person that didn’t have to worry about providing for herself. So no. She didn’t.
Where are you getting that information from? It’s not in the article. It doesn’t say anything about her economic background, how she was paying for school, what her family circumstances were. Just that she followed the advice that she’s dispensing.
Do I think that anyone should have to do that nonsense in order to get a job? Absolutely not. But the ugly truth is that this is how businesses frequently work. If I had wanted to work in fashion design, I would have needed to do the same. My ex-wife was unwilling to move to New York or LA to pursue that career after I got the degree, especially since I would have been “interning” during the day, and then working at night to try and afford living expenses, so… Well, I don’t do fashion anymore, and haven’t for over 15 years. Of note, one of the few people i graduated with that I know did get a job in fashion (I believe he was doing men’s shirts at Bill Blass shortly after graduating) had parents that own a large condo just off Central Park. So he could afford to take shit pay and didn’t have to worry about student loans.
Yeah people need to be better instead of pulling stories out their asses to fit their preconceived notions. I think pretty much every young twenty something goes through a shitty entry level job of some sort, regardless of industry. Headline is just argument bait.
Eat the rich
It’s easy to work for free when you’re already rich.
And continue to insist on payment…
I’m sure the Squarespace CMO works long hours for free.
No no, guys. She’s right. We should TOTALLY bring back slavery!!! What? That’s whats being discussed here, right? Long hours, doing anything thats asked, without any compensation. That sounds like slavery to me.
Soooooo, who’s ready to bring back slavery??? Guys? Guys???
Well there you have it. The nays have it.
I think you vastly underestimate the number of people who are willing to bring back slavery today.
Aristofascists. All of them.
“Squarespace Exec Wants Slave Labor”
Nepo baby thinks everyone’s daddy can bankroll their slave labor
Well, I’m never using Squarespace again.
Great! Let’s up your income tax rate to 90% and add a 1% per annum wealth tax over 25mil in assets, so all tertiary education can be free and people can earn a universal basic income, while they get settled into a career path they love.
Hey that way we would have time for hobbies and socializing. They won’t let us have any of that shit.
Take control of that line from independence day, with a slight change. “In the words of YOUR generation. UP YOURS!”
Working full-time for free is impossible without another source of income (like a trust fund, or exceptionally generous parents) that most of us don’t have access to. It irritates me that the article doesn’t even mention that.
Why would corporate propaganda undermine itself?
This ain’t journalism boy
Good dammit, how I hate this ducking world.
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Yeah, the whole nightmare capitalist workplace is just absolutely quackers.
I’m gen X. I worked for free in my chosen field to get experience. I worked shitty jobs at the same time for rent.
It sucked, but it landed me a super sweet job compared to my young peers, as I had experience on the ground, and they did not. That was the only difference.
It’s a shitty thing starting at the bottom. That’s how I stepped up, and got out of my young man poverty.
Now I know I’ll get down voted, so you do that. But, that was my reality. That’s what happened. That’s what gave me my start. Such is life.
You’re getting down voted because it’s not 1990 anymore. Working for free just gets you abused, not a foot in the door.
Many people had that same attitude then as well. It’s always been like this. It’s not like anything is different.
The only thing different now is the huge costs of living which would make it a lot more difficult to do versus when I did it back in the day. It definitely was financially easier for me because the economy was not so screwed as it is now.
You boomimg lol
How many people provide free labour and get ahead in life?
How many non whites get lucky?
Asking for a friend.
It is a system that’s relies on everyone to deal value their labour so you and that clown can tell us cute stories lol
At this age you should know better
I made a choice. It worked. I got an amazing job out of it.
Much in life is a calculated gamble. Sometimes you win. Sometimes you don’t.
What time period did you work for free while also working shitty jobs for rent?
Lots of people are working two full time jobs to barely survive…
I’m not saying you’re wrong, but you have to look around and understand that a 1 bedroom apartment can easily be one full time jobs worth of salary to rent if you’re a GenZ, then your second full time job is utilies and food… And depending on where they live, that’s WITH a roommate.
Once you’ve worked 16 hours a day, plus commute time, unpaid lunches…you basically only have time to sleep.
Where in that schedule do you propose someone donate their time working for free?
This was definitely in a time when things were heaps cheaper. It was the 1990s and the cost of living was nothing like it is now so it was definitely easier for me.
But I do remember working from some time in the afternoon until about three in the morning on a project for free to demonstrate that I can do what I needed to do.
That project got me a foot in the door and it got me my first job that I would consider my real road to success.
It wasn’t fun, it wasn’t easy, and i remember being so tired that my eyes were shuttering/shaking, but I knew that if I could get that out the door and show them what it was I could do, that it gave me a good chance.
It did more than that, it put me straight into salary in their company within a week.
Absolutely fantastic, and I might have been lucky, that I didn’t get screwed, but that it is what happened.
Just because you did it doesn’t mean it should be done. You, having experienced sleep deprivation to the point of shaky eyes, should know that the system shouldn’t be designed to expect anyone to go that far.
So square, man
