Fair compensation for interns – what’s your take?

On June 14, 2023, the European Parliament officially voted to ban unpaid internships.

This honestly made me happy, because I remember how, during college, I was expected to spend a full 2 months working full-time at an advertising agency as an unpaid intern (Spoiler alert: I fought for and got some pay 😀), but that wasn’t the norm.

Most interns didn’t get paid at all.

I get that students are sometimes, sorry for the phrasing, "not worth compensating" because they’re there to learn and gain know-how. On the other hand, it’s still about people investing their time, which should be rewarded in some way.

• What’s your opinion on paid vs. unpaid internships? Which side are you on?

• And what do you think is appropriate compensation?