YES, FASHION PEOPLE REALLY ARE THAT DUMB
The company that publicises fashion brands Calvin Klein, Uniqlo and Sienna Miller’s label Twenty8Twelve last night admitted on national television that 20 of its 70 staff are unpaid interns.
During the excellent BBC2 documentary “Who gets the best jobs?”, Modus Publicity’s joint managing director Julian Vogel did his best to convince us his company was doing nothing wrong in using unpaid interns, whose placements typically last for three months. He failed.
Here’s the transcript:
JV: “Within the fashion industry in general, the intern is a really vital resource. We just need so many people.”
And do the interns do proper work when they’re here?
JV: “Absolutely, they really do. What we really try and do is get them to have a variety of experience as well.”
If 15 or 20 members of your 70 staff are working here for free, presumably that’s quite key to the way you’re profitable as well, is it?
JV: “What do you mean — in the sense that are we profitable because we’ve got free staff?”
Yeah because as you’ve just said, they are doing proper jobs and they’re doing them for free…
JV: “Well I mean when I say they’re doing proper jobs, I mean they’re doing support jobs to the key team — ”
Things that need doing though?
JV: “They are things that need doing, yeah.”
So does that help your company remain profitable?
JV: “I think… I think that… um… I think that it’s… um… How would I answer that? I’ve never really thought of it like that.”
Meanwhile, Sara Long, account executive at the firm, bragged to several million viewers:
“There are so many applications coming in every day, so many people that are so forthcoming in working for free that you have to look at that and say ‘Do we want to throw money at them [laughs] if they’ll do the job anyway?” And I think the answer is… No! [smiles]”
What a charming girl.
Having exposed unpaid internships within Harrods, Selfridges, Urban Outfitters and many, many more, Graduate Fog is not surprised to learn that a fancy-pants fashion firm like Modus Publicity uses masses of unpaid interns. I’d have been more shocked if they didn’t. For years, the fashion industry has been one of the worst offenders for taking advantage of its young workers.
What does surprise me is that Modus were dumb enough to admit this on national television. Unless the fraffly posh Vogel is an excellent actor, it seems that it genuinely hadn’t occurred to him that what his company is doing is pretty iffy — both legally and ethically.
This spectacular gaffe was actually the perfect illustration of what the broader programme was about. Its argument was that we are allowing a teeny minority of poshos to effectively pinch all the best gigs (using Daddy’s contacts and their private income to fund these apparently dazzling careers), leaving us with what’s left.
This uber-privileged group are now busily constructing a business world that is so out of touch with the rest of us that it doesn’t even notice when it’s taking advantage of its workers – let alone when it is effectively shutting out anybody who doesn’t come from the same uber-privileged background as them (and can’t afford to work for free for months on end). Depressingly, I had a similar conversation a couple of months ago with somebody from FCUK’s creative team. He just didn’t get it.
Graduate Fog hopes Modus, Vogel and Long get some seriously bad press for this jaw-dropping PR own-goal. They certainly deserve it.
But I expect they won’t. The mainstream press has its own reasons for keeping the unpaid internships story away from the main news agenda (any guesses what those might be?). If they run this story as anything other than a teeny news snippet I’d be amazed.
Besides, would the fashion world even notice if Modus did get bad press? I doubt it. The fashion world exists in a bubble that is designed to ensure it has as little contact with ‘civilians’ as possible.
I bet 90% of the industry probably doesn’t even know about last night’s documentary. Wednesday is a big night for press launches — and the fash pack don’t tend to watch a lot of BBC2.
The thing that shocked me the most was the intern in the show who uses her parents’ apartment rent free as they have already retired to the country.
She seemed bright, exceptionally capable, confident, well-spoken, attractive – tailor made for fashion. This didn’t match up with her committed desperation to do internships. I think she even said she’d be happy to work without pay for more than two years, if that’s what it takes.
Certainly, I imagine she has an income from her parents.. But the fact that she didn’t see anything the matter with this long-term PR company stakeout survival agenda was eye-opening. Perhaps her elder sister did it and landed her ‘dream career’.
This is ABSURD!!! Please pursue this particular company Tanya… I honestly find the way these people are talking about their exploitation to be shockingly ignorant, arrogant and insulting! I would love to see them in court over this. Who do you complain to about this sort of thing?!
http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/opinion/1052694/Danny-Rogers-Unpaid-interns-industry-disservice/
One word – FAIL. I’ve GOT to watch this documentary
But that’s PR for you.
PS Can you give me a rough idea of at what point this admission is? (How many minutes in?) I want to watch it but have no ‘net at home so need to sneakily do so at work…Thanks!
Hm, 10 / 15 minutes in? There’s an intern called Antonia with dark hair and a stripey top who they follow… then they interview her ’employers’ at Modus.
I thought the show was such an eye opener to the problems of unpaid internships. What did you think of the journalist who decided to go abroad? It really showed how hard it is to break into any industry and the lack of entry level positions.
I thought the head of Allen & Overy was great but whilst the work experience may open students eyes to law as a profession it still doesn’t take away from the fact that they and those in legal profession do choose trainees from a small number of universities.
ooh I forgot to add how did your meeting go?
Ha, still waiting to hear! Actually I’ve had loads of interest re sponsorship of GF recently, so if this one doesnt’ come off I’m sure another one will… Feeling much more positive about things lately – it’s as if people are suddenly starting to realise that graduate unemployment is kind of a MASSIVE issue that nobody is doing anything about…?!?
Ah well, it’s lonely being ahead of the curve… Thank god for all you Foggers keeping me company! We just have to wait for everyone else to catch up with us *sigh*
Oh, and you might be interested to know that the friend of mine who is going to intern for the Beeb won’t be getting paid (she’s only there for a month, though). And the Beeb made this programme, I assume…
Oh, and for anyone interested, the PR bit starts at 2.40.
I’ll stop spamming now.
I honestly can’t believe that you people are even wasting your time moaning and complaining about this. Amazingly, you even seem to be surprised! Everyone knows that all of the big media companies use interns on a regular basis, and for months at a time. So what? The interns gain valuable experience. It’s hardly slave labour and they’re not exactly locked in cupboards and fed stale bread and water.
GET A GRIP FOLKS.
NEWSFLASH- I’ve just seen this response to the story, from Modus’s MD Julian Vogel, talking to PR Week:
He’s STILL not getting it, is he?!?!?
KJL – hmmm, and how do YOU suggest these interns live on NO WAGES? Stale bread and water sounds nice and sensible to me. Either that or night shifts at Tesco and living in a box.
At Alter Imaging, all of our interns are paid well above what they could be making at a part-time college job (at least 2x minimum wage). We also respect their course schedule and offer them flex time.
How you treat your interns says volumes about how you run your company as a whole.
The interns were moving boxes of clothes. And some were ushering. Is that training? What a greedy self-important man
Joddie – I particularly liked the bit about them ‘cleaning the floor’. Isn’t that what, I don’t know, CLEANERS would get PAID for?
@ Vincent
I absolutely agree. A non-exploitative, respectful internship policy generally equates an ethically and fairly run business. A business that shows respect for its employees will also show respect for its clients and is likely to therefore be highly successful due to its motivated workforce and positive relationship with clients.
@Joddle
“Greedy” and “self-important” indeed. Let’s add “condescending” and “ignorant” to that list.
@KCL
Don’t belittle a serious issue you clearly don’t fully grasp the importance of. Can you afford to live in London for up to six months for no pay? If so, congratulations, you are upper middle class and very lucky. If not, welcome to the real world and to the impossible situation lots of qualified, intelligent and able young people are facing, just because they are not lucky enough to have been born into a wealthy family.
@RedHeadFashionista
Why pay a cleaner when you can get an intern to do it for free?!?
Seriously, this BS isn’t just bad for interns – it’s bad for cleaners etc too! : (
FAO Tanya and everyone else willing to give their considered views on whether graduate internships can be structured in a way that’s fair to all parties.
Have just received this constructive comment on my own site’s blog, GRADUATE INTERNSHIPS ADVICE (see http://www.careers-partnership-uk.com) “I’m reading this as an employer looking for advice on potentially offering an internship as I want to consider this and do this properly but don’t quite know how to structure this to ensure it was fair and rewarding in line with what people would want to achieve from a placement… “. While I’m hoping Annaliese will receive lots of helpful advice from posters visiting my site in the ordinary way, the topic itself is so close to the heart of Grauate Fog and its posters I wanted to seek your input.
I’m happy to kick it off.
I think a really good internship would necessarily include:
1. Agreed aims and objectives at the beinning of the placement, set out and agreed by both parties at the outset.
2. Regular reviews during the time the intern is at the organisation.
3. A meeting at the end to review performance (on both sides) against the aims and objectives.
Thanks MaryB, transferred your comment across.
I personally did not come from a wealthy background. I grew up with one parent and she struggled to pay for food and living.
To many, I guess I would be perceived as the ‘less fortunate, who cannot afford to have these internship’s as they don’t pay’.
I would like everyone to understand, that if you want to be someone and you want to get somewhere in life, then you need to make it happen. Jobs and fortune do not just walk into your life.
I do understand that resources are limited for those less fortunate.
However, I had no resources.
I attended an average school and worked hard to get good grades.
I then went straight to college and received a BTEC national diploma in fashion design.
What I am trying to get at, is that I pushed my way through education to get where I am now.
I have moved to London ON MY OWN. I attend East London University and I am aiming for a 2:1 in Fashion Design with Marketing. I have two part time jobs which I worked my **** off to get to the top of each so that I can pay my own rent. I have taken part in a few internship’s and now, I have a full time internship during the week. They do not pay, However, if i want the experience on my CV and the contacts in my pocket then I don’t honestly care. I am treat well and meet designers and stylists! I am building contacts which I will use for my own brand.
If there is one child with a Rich father who pays her way into jobs and has had everything in life laid on a plate and there is another child who has struggled through life and learnt from her mistakes and learning the hard way…
…Who do you think will be better at the job?
I know what I think
Can no-one remember how hard people used to work in 1940s and so on?
Everyone stop complaining about the richer getting jobs. Put more effort into yourself and where your going. If you cant afford to live in London then GET A PART TIME JOB. The TV show was stupid. They were trying to defend students, however they insulted many.
Some people are lazy and like KJL said ‘ The interns gain valuable experience’. I’ve gained great experience and my CV looks great.
Students have also grown lazy. Some of them could stand a few months unpaid to sort their heads out.
p.s i am paying to live with my part time jobs. People can work 7 days a week. It isn’t impossible or inhumane for that matter
I admire your determination, Realistic, and hope you get where you want to be. There are good reasons, though, why working hours should be limited, for reasons of health and safety amongst others.
Speaking as someone who was once doing 12 hour days (including travel time)and very quickly becoming so exhausted that crawling up the stairs to bed was a major feat, I wouldn’t want anyone with a responsible job or a need to drive to follow my example. Junior doctors used to make far more fatal mistakes when working the very long hours that used to be their norm. Lorry drivers and pilots have their hours strictly regulated for safety’s sake too.
It’s a dreadful thing to expect young people to work all the hours God sends just because their main employer isn’t prepared to pay the rate for the job. Please note, if you’re doing a job of work – as every intern does – you deserve to get paid for it!
Oops, Tanya, can you please correct my use of tags!!! Sorry.
@Realistic. I don’t want to knock the wind out of your sails but…
Being motivated and determined are great character traits. I agree with you that cost doesn’t have to be a barrier to going to university, even if you are from a poor background, like myself.
Time-after-time here at Graduate Fog, current students join in the discussion to defend internships and expound the idealistic world view that hard work gets you everywhere. I am sorry to answer your question like this, but I believe the child with the rich father will be first in line at the job queue.
If you are planning to work in fashion retail you may be okay because in some respects it is still meritocratic. Many lower-level staff do not have degrees. If you said to me you wanted to be a fashion designer, well, then I would have to wish you luck as you would need to work for years unpaid first.
Have you considered that your degree didn’t exist probably more than 10 years ago. And that people would have learnt it on the job?
Your part-time work won’t be relevant to your future employers. Internships will be relevant – however, a job isn’t going to land on a plate for you because you have worked yourself to the bone while studying.
Just suppose you are faced with a cruel dilemma once you graduate: you are committed to a career in fashion so decide to do an internship. You tell yourself you can manage it, working full time for 5 months without a salary because it will lead to a job at the end. They have practically guaranteed a job for you at the end.
Somehow you get through the five months, working evenings and weekends in a bar.
They will offer you a job, you’re sure of it.
You are disappointed when they give you an excuse for not hiring you. You have no money left on your overdraft, the rent is due, and no job.
Now you must make the choice between another unpaid internship (the only jobs available) or joining the dole queue. Except, you don’t have a choice now as you can’t afford your rent. As you have no family in London you will have to move back home.
Or.. you take two part-time jobs totally unrelated to fashion and eke out enough money to pay your rent. Unfortunately they don’t leave you enough time to launch your brand.
@Realistic – Your attitude is brilliant – and I absolutely agree that it is up to the individual to take responsibility for what happens to them after university. If you’ve read the Advice section of this website, you’ll know I’m no fan of spoon-feeding. If you’re bright enough to get a degree, you’re bright enough to figure out how to get a job, even in this tough market.
However, the current situation – particularly unpaid internships – is causing me enormous concern. Why? Because I believe that it is now almost impossible for poorer graduates to compete with wealthier graduates with the same academic credentials. This is certainly the case in competitive industries like journalism and politics, but this is now spreading to ALL industries. When local councils are using unpaid interns, we have a problem!
What’s happened is that graduates are being forced to compete with each other by undercutting each other on wages, lower and lower until you’re all getting nothing – and the wealthier graduates are the only ones who can afford to do these internships. (Actually, even for them it’s tough – as this lowering of wages will affect their chances of escalating their unpaid internship into paid work). So when wealthier graduates waive their right to the minimum wage (which they’re actually not legally allowed to do), they not only take the opportunities from their just-as-qualified peers, they actually reduce their own chances of ever getting paid properly.
Contrary to popular belief among graduates, it wasn’t always like this – this internships nonsense is NEW. Like, within the last five years. This is not normal, and it’s not right. More to the point, it’s not LEGAL. The companies that should be taking you on as junior staff (yes, you’re experienced, but that’s because you’re young – recruiters used to hire these roles on potential, not experience), are instead using you as free labour. They’re ‘selling’ experience, and you’re ‘buying’ it (because doing internships actually costs you money.). Five years ago, experience was something you got as a by-product of doing a paid job, it wasn’t somethign you were given instead of pay.
So while I admire your can-do spirit, and I genuinely hope that you don’t have to do endless unpaid internships and get royally screwed over by employers as so many people on this website have, and you’re free to think and write exactly what you want, I hope what you see here might make you think for a second that perhaps we do have a point. This IS a major problem and it DOES need sorting.
It sounds as though you have had a bad experience. However, every experience is not the same. I do want to be a designer and i will make that happen on my own. I wont be fighting my way through the rich as i will be starting my own brand. I will be making it happen for myself with the contacts and expertise i have found in my internships.
Everyone is so quick to judge and no one is ‘bursting my bubble’. I have my head screwed on and yes i am determined. I am not denying that there may be the few wealthier people getting through for the wrong reasons, however i think this has been mixed up with the unpaid internship situation…
I know there are health reasons not to work so much, but I’m still breathing 🙂 Do as much as you can whilst your young and stop complaining – thats for later life
p.s Tanya, i completely understand what your saying.
@Realistic
I’m fascinated by your attitude – don’t you think it’s a bit messed up that somebody who has spent the same on their degree as you, is a less good designer than you, and wants it half as badly as you do, is going to find it 100 times easier to forge a career in your industry than you are?
@CareersPartnershipUK
Health and safety issues aside, I just think it’s terrible that we’ve got to a situation where non-wealthy graduates – who are just as bright or brighter than their wealthier peers – are faced with this as their reality. We should be encouraging aspiration among young people from tough backgrounds, not setting up an obstacle course for them to ‘prove’ how much they really want it – and how dedicated they really are to ‘making it’. For many, who do not have a financial safety net to catch them if they fall, it is just too hard – and they are forced to give up. What if you’re the eldest child in your family, and your mother has 5 other children and she’s just lost her job? Or if one parent gets ill and can’t work? These young people just dont’ have the luxury of not needing to earn money for a few months.
I also have a problem with this line that you can somehow earn enough money doing bar work in the evenings to fund unpaid internships, including rent, food and travel. Is it just me or does the maths here just not add up?
All in all, I just think this is an appalling way to treat young people who have done amazingly well to come up through a crappy state school and get good grades at uni. Why are we so determined to make their lives as difficult as possible? Havent’ they already proved themselves? This is when they should be feeling the fruits of their labours in the form of a proper, paid, graduate job – not finding that it has all been for nothing because the can’t afford to work unpaid for six months. Who the hell can?!
@CareersPartnershipUK – yes I agree with you about the part-time work to fund internships. It does sound quite impossible. However, I have known people to do this.
For example, if you are under 25 and pay rent you can either:
1) Claim jobseekers for £51 (I think) a week and ‘volunteer’ practically full-time. This way your rent will be paid but there isn’t much to live on as bills and food etc. come out of that.
2) Supplement jobseekers with 15 hours work on top, while ‘volunteering’ at the same time. Note – very unlikely someone will find a job that isn’t ever over 15 hours a week as this will cause problems. This way you can get a small allowance for rent which you will most probably need to top up yourself.
3)Choose not to claim job seekers as it makes your life difficult, get a part-time job, or two part-time jobs. Work the whole weekend and evenings. Do your internship.
Living independently in London will always be expensive; either the rent is expensive because you live central or the travel costs are expensive.
Doing the internship part-time might be more practical for people in this kind of situation. (-Note I am not suggesting they should!)
@Tanya – Do you think the rise in internships is linked to the recession?
UPDATE – WEDNESDAY 9 FEBRUARY
A big cheese in the PR world – Robert Minton-Taylor – has called on his industry to stamp out the ‘odious’ practice of unpaid internships, saying he is ‘ashamed’ of his industry peers!
http://bit.ly/gUvaMA
I LOVE this guy!
@TanyaDeGrunwald
“I’m fascinated by your attitude — don’t you think it’s a bit messed up that somebody who has spent the same on their degree as you, is a less good designer than you, and wants it half as badly as you do, is going to find it 100 times easier to forge a career in your industry than you are?”
It’s also messed up that an honest and genuine person should drop down dead when plenty of murderers etc live into old age.
Point is, many things in life are unfair and if we concentrated on this aspect, we’d never get anywhere.
@Realistic is right, concentrating on what YOU want and how to YOU’RE going to achieve it is key. If a structured, short unpaid internship means a foot on the ladder and makes you more appealing than the next candidate, then thats a good thing.
I don’t have a degree. In fact, I don’t have any form of further education past GCSE level. Hard work and determination got me into the PR industry in my early 20’s (I’m 28). I’m now working at a top central London agency, earning more than friends (some in the same industry)who went down the educational route.
I was fortunate enough, after eight months of trying, to find a small agency who took me on as staff, albeit on a very low wage, without having to do an unpaid internship. That said, I didn’t earn enough to cover rent, bills, living costs, commute to London etc, so had to work a second job and juggle things around.
I see nothing wrong in companies offering short and constructive unpaid internships as a way of giving graduates (or anyone else) experience in a certain field. However, companies like Modus who clearly take the piss should be stopped.
It can’t be a ‘one size fits all’ approach that says all internships should be banned, as suggested throughout this website. For many, without an internship, they wouldn’t have got where they are.
The media industry is extremely competitive and there are relatively few openings for a large number of candidates. That’s just the way it is. What are you expecting to happen? Once interest in one type of job reaches a certain level, halt everything and draw straws?
Like many other industries, if you really want to be involved you need make yourself stand out from the crowd, get stuck in, have drive and passion and be prepared to learn. It’s far more likely someone will succeed with a practical ‘can do’ approach rather than shouting about how unfair everything is.
From a PR perspective, I’ve worked with many interns on short-term placements, from a variety of backgrounds with a variety of approaches and attitudes. Some have been employed by the company, some by other agencies and some go on to other placements. It’s up to the individual to show what they can do and show they want it.
“Why pay a cleaner when you can get an intern to do it for free?!?
Seriously, this BS isn’t just bad for interns — it’s bad for cleaners etc too! : (”
This was my experience exactly! After graduation, one of my first jobs assigned us basic loo cleaning duties because they decided to have the cleaners in weekly.
@ML – I can’t believe they asked you to clean the loos! The ridiculous irony is that even loo cleaners get the NMW – that’s exactly the kind of worker who the NMW is supposed to be for and is there to protect! And now graduates are doing these jobs for free? What the hell has happened?!?!
@MediaMan
I think you and I may have to agree to differ on this one! I agree that personal responsibility is important – and as I say I’m not keen on spoon feeding or making excuses for graduates who aren’t prepared to apply themselves. But I truly believe that that isn’t what’s happening here.
What we have today is a situation where is is becoming impossible (yes, impossible) for grads without the ability to work for free for months (often more than a YEAR) to get into certain industries. Are you saying we should allow this to continue and not try and do anything to address this?
Also, as much as I applaud what you have achieved, I suspect you would find it much harder to get into your chosen field now without a degree. The situation has evolved at an alarming rate. An over-supply of keen, qualified graduates and the rise of unpaid internships has had a huge impact on all graduates’ realistic job prospects in competitive industries like PR.
@TanyaDeGrunwald
“Are you saying we should allow this to continue and not try and do anything to address this?”
I think it needs regulating, yes. It’s totally not ok for a company to hire an unpaid intern(s) for months on end but I think short, constructive internships can provide valuable insight into a particular industry, give much needed experience and in some cases, lead to a full time paid position.
“Also, as much as I applaud what you have achieved, I suspect you would find it much harder to get into your chosen field now without a degree.”
I don’t necessarily think this is the case. There’s a huge amount of pressure put on students to know what career path to take, from the age of about 14 upwards. The general consensus being, that a university degree is the way forward.
Speaking from a PR perspective (I appreciate it may be different in other professions), nearly all job ad’s I see for junior staff put more emphasis on experience than a university education. I’m sure you’d agree that it’s far more likely for a 16-18 year old to be in a position to do an internship than a 20-25 year old, fresh out of uni, in a heap of debt?
I’ve noticed a thread on here talking about degree courses and whether students actually know what they’re buying into. I’d absolutely agree that most colledge leavers are under the impression a degree means being able to step into whatever role they want, but it’s not always the case. Experience counts for a lot (again, in terms of PR/media)and internships can provide this.
“An over-supply of keen, qualified graduates and the rise of unpaid internships has had a huge impact on all graduates’ realistic job prospects in competitive industries like PR.”
I take the view that internships exist as a way to gain experience, not as a way for companies to get free labour. Experience is what PR agencies are after. The agency I work for will consider experience above everything else, when employing staff.
Media is a hugely popular industry, glamorised (ironically) by the press, with large numbers of students going after relatively few job vacancies. I wonder how many students understand the big picture before splashing out on a degree?
Maybe universities need to take some responsibility and be a little more realistic about life after further education – or are they just interested in the cash?
Refering back to your quote – there’s also an over supply of talented musicians in the UK and realistically, very few will get a record deal. Do you think the music industry will make this any fairer?
A little dramatic maybe, but just because a large number of student’s want a career in media, it doesn’t mean that a degree can guarantee that and I think many are under this illusion.
My advice to anyone wishing to get into PR would be by all means consider uni, but understand that agencies value experience and the sooner you can get that, the better.
Another opinion from someone very senior in PR. Tanya what do you think?
http://prmoment.com/565/the-pr-intern-debate-isnt-about-money-says-md-of-speed-stephen-waddington.aspx
A bit off topic I know but the TONE of this LinkedIn request for FREE help from a qualified, experienced professional reminded me of the ads for unpaid grad internships:-
“Require graphic artist able to create animated preso for keynote. No budget, will acknowledge animator footer and end. Exposure top Australian, Service Industry; utilities, corporations, etc …”.
If we weren’t being conditioned to the idea of working for free, I think the tone of this message would be much more along the lines I’m used to -eg “do you know anyone who could help us out because this is a socially useful project for which we sadly don’t have any budget?”. If it was a commercial job, then the money would have been put aside to pay the graphic design artist.
We are a small PR company but having experienced little to no pay when I was doing work placements, when this company started we were committed to offering paid internships, which is tough given what the government takes in tax but something we really believe in. We can’t pay much but we pay what we can, in return for the hard work and loyalty of all our interns. We have had some really fantastic people helping us out, which we are so grateful for and will continue to support our graduates in whatever way we can, from helping with CV’s to ringing around contacts to help get full time roles for those wishing or needing to move on. There is some great talent out there!
Have you interned unpaid for Calvin Klein – or any other well-known fashion brand? Fancy some free money?
Check out Interns Fight for Justice – the new campaign from Graduate Fog and Intern Aware. We are looking for interns who are feeling brave / angry / skint enough to challenge their former employers and request the wages they are owed for the work they did unpaid.
Even if your internship was a while ago and you agreed to work unpaid at the time, that doesn’t matter. The minimum wage works out at around £1,000 a month, so depending on the length of your internship you could be in line to receive a tidy sum!
Just get in touch with us for more information:
https://graduatefog.co.uk/2012/2080/interns-fight-justice-campaign/
Thanks!
Graduate Fog x
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