Wanting a meal....

[OKDem08]

http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2011/03/25/unpaid-jobs-the-new-normal/

[SheilaT]

1. And to think I've largely given up doing any

kind of volunteer work because I've come to the conclusion that just about all work should be paid for.

[2Design]

2. exactly - they don't hire from free

[SheilaT]

7. I'm actually referring to things that

are traditional volunteer work, such as at my kids' school. Actually, my sons are now both grown, but when the first one was in first grade it seemed as though there was entirely too much dependence on volunteers in the classroom, and as much as I wanted my boys to get a good education, I honestly thought it should be left to the professionals.

I currently have a part time job in a hospital, on the information desk. The information desk is staffed by volunteers from 8am to 4pm, when I come on, and I work to 8pm, the end of visiting hours. While the volunteers are all good-hearted, dedicated, and reliable, I often catch them giving out minor mis-information, precisely because they are volunteers and have not worked in the hospital. I did seven months of out-patient registration, and so I learned a lot more about how the hospital works, and therefore I can more readily answer oddball questions. If I were in charge, the information desk would be staffed at all times by paid employees who came there from other departments. Alas, I think most hospitals generally put volunteers on the information desk. The thinking is, that since about 90% of the questions are simply about what room some patient is in, there's no need to have a paid person, a volunteer can just as well do the job. That thinking is wrong.

Volunteers will rarely have the dedication of a paid employee. You get what you pay for is always a valid statement.

[Electric Monk]

3. It'll look good on a resume

SUCKER! PAY ME AS LITTLE AS YOU CAN!

[Catherina]

4. "Ten years from now, this is going to be the norm"

"The challenges of hiring and managing modern day serfs"

Apparently there's no low we won't sink to.

Rec'd with disgust.

[RickFromMN]

5. Those pesky state and Federal Fair Labor Standards Acts will need changing, won't they?

[fasttense]

6. Next up the employee will pay the corporation to work for free.

Ahh, slave labor and starving surfs, just what the corporation love.