When I was recently contacted by the PRCA to recommit to our pledge on paying interns, it made me wonder: what sort of company does not pay interns? We have had a fully salaried intern recruitment position annually for more than a decade and have used this globally to bring in lots of interns to the business and to train them either to stay with us (great) or to move on in their careers.
We've had the pleasure of paying interns to learn their trade with us, and have provided a great springboard for other businesses to benefit from the training we give our staff if they move on later.
This is a win/win for us, for interns, for future employers. Why would anyone not pay a fair salary to somebody who is working for their organization? Personally I do not feel it is fair to ask anyone to work for our business without payment for their services.
I guess when all companies pay, it will be more of a level paying field, but if companies continue not to pay, there is a continued expectation that this is about 'taking advantage'.
We've employed a great cohort of interns over the years, and I would be embarrassed to have taken advantage of their wish to 'get on the ladder'.
So The Scott Partnership Ltd has only ever paid its interns and will continue to do so into the future.
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We’re proud to support PRCA and PRWeek UK’s campaign to end unpaid internships.
We have always made it a company policy to pay anyone who works for us, and our #intern programme – in place for more than a decade – was an inevitable place to implement this. As a business we proudly bring interns in as part of our employment and growth strategy, and anyone who works for the business is paid accordingly. Clients pay us, we pay staff. That is the way in our world. This has been a long-standing business belief, and we are proud to support PRCA and PRWeek in this area.
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