The guy actually slept in a tent and kept his belongings in a backpack under his desk! What a story, and what an embarrassment.
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How is this embarassing? The article states that he lied about being able to support himself, and they clearly stated "No wage or stipend, no transport help, no food allowance, no health assistance" before he accepted the job. After going public, someone offered him free housing and he still quit his job because he 'couldn't focus on his work.' His own damn fault for taking the job.
I think that interns should always be paid, but this guy knew what he was getting into and still did it.
This would have been a great story of hustling, if he made this work without any hitches.
edit: He did this on purpose anyways. So, there is nothing to be outraged about. "Writing for The Intercept, Hyde admitted to sleeping in a tent as a publicity stunt, rather than as a choice dictated by necessity. Hyde wrote: “It seemed that in doing so I could hit two birds with one stone: It was an affordable way to live in Geneva with my limited funds — and the fact that a U.N. intern was living in a tent could help to raise awareness on the issue.”
lordbendtner an embarrassment for his name. It's a silly stunt.
This would have made a great hustling story indeed, but the guy failed hard. He has been interning for UN for 2 weeks and already is 'raising awareness' about how bad it is to intern for UN. And his method for doing this is going to media behind their backs. Makes it even worse if he actually didn't have to live in a tent. He's a joke and blew his FT opportunities for 10 seconds of fame.
ohhhh thought you meant embarassing for the UN like every left-wing news outlet has been raving about.
Hope that 10 seconds is worth a lifetime of shit jobs.
It's funny. Because he literally could have gained a lifetime of awesome jobs by taking a different approach. Had he said, I'm just doing what it takes to succeed. Bam this guys a boss. But no, he went political, and anyone who remembers him is going to remember someone who takes a job and lives in a tent with the intent of causing problems for the UN.
There's a much better story in the UK of a ligit homeless kid who just got straight As on all his exams and got into Cambridge (much better than the UN)
Do you remember the guy's name? - do you have a like to an article?
Boo fucking hoo. I don't know what an internship at the UN entails (snarfing down Biscoffs and ambassadizing? holding hands during group meetings and saying one nice thing about the person to your right? Penning a "Day in the Life of a UN Intern" column for Refinery29?) but, if it only pays in "life experience" and resume padding for liberal arts majors, then it's probably a piece of shit. Oooooo the UN—how prestigious. Of course it won't pay... It's a GREAT opportunity. And maybe it is... for International Relations majors with no transferable skills who talk through their nostrils. But if an internship doesn't pay, there is a reason. It's a matter of supply and demand, and it's observable in all fields.
At least you little virgins are capable of navigating Excel and Bloomberg terminals and taking verbal abuse in stride, which is why you deserve your earning the equivalent of the gross income of a multi-generational Dominican household over the course of 10 weeks. And that will probably only cover half of the lifetime costs associated with the spinal misalignment and mental health issues that you received as a result. It's called investing in your future. Bottom line: you get paid because you do shit. Goldman Sachs is pretty prestigious, so I've heard, and they don't fucking offer school credit for your indentured servitude.
This is another ruse in the same vein as those Conde Naste lawsuits... Of course you aren't going to get paid. YOU ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING. I wouldn't even offer a measly stipend for the bullshit that these kids do. At least you buffoons can get my Starbucks order right before proceeding to build out basically everything that I requested before end of day; these unpaid mouth breathers are probably incapable of finishing the first task within an hour's time. Kids these days are such shits; I can't even begin to fathom why their parents still love them.
These are the people who end up as EAs.
Disclaimer: I am fresh off of enduring half an hour of a seemingly borderline retarded EA's whining and sighing because she couldn't make happy hour due to her own nincompoopery. Humor me.
Goldman Sachs could offer $0 for interns and most people would still take it, a student with no work experience has no bargaining power and limited recourse if they turn down an opportunity. No federal government agencies in the U.S. offer interns cash either.
He threw away a summer of political lobbyists paying for him to go on vacation to Geneva and get laid.
I applied for a White House internship once; they actually supply you with a list of lobbyists who will help you pay for housing. (I should add that this is why internships ask if you have housing in order...)
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