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1. iona 🐝 (iona@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 23-Jul-2018 14:36:38 EDT iona 🐝

   Just spotted an ad on my timeline for an internship at a technology-related charity in Germany.

   UK internships: usually unpaid
   German internship: €1300 euro a month

   UK "full time": 45-50 hours a week minimum
   German "full time": 35 hours a week

   Makes me wonder where we've gone wrong.

   1. iona 🐝 (iona@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 23-Jul-2018 14:38:51 EDT iona 🐝

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      Boosted the ad in case anyone from the UK is interested. We're still EU citizens right now.

      Not for me, but I hope others from the UK apply.

   2. iona 🐝 (iona@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Jul-2018 16:02:37 EDT iona 🐝

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      Further to this, the usual thing you get in the UK is "we can't afford to pay for your work, because we're a chariteeeeey".

      My response is - if you can't afford to pay someone to perform your essential business functions, then charity or not you're going to have to do without that person.

      Those at the top of these organisations are often on big bucks, but the admin workers are the ones who get stiffed.