It has become difficult in today’s time to find a job that you love and are getting well paid for as well. While there are not many jobs that fulfill all of our wishes and even do justice with our qualification background and skill. In fact, there are some that may leave us disappointed more than ever.
With the decline in the economy and the pandemic causing paycuts and an unimaginable employement crisis, finding a suitable job, fulltime or internship, has become challenging more than ever.
However, there has been one job opening that has taken us all by shock. A Twitter user, Astha Upadhyaya, recently shared an internship job oppening that is paying Rs.1500 monthly stipend. Soon after, her post went viral and sparked a debate online on whether this was an appropriate amount.
do you have ANY shame? pic.twitter.com/MIX5DZaepn
— Astha Upadhyaya (@AsthaUpadhyaya) January 28, 2021
People were left wondering if this was a joke or did the employer actually belive that the pay they are offering is reasonable. Infact, someone even joked that the amount was infact ‘lunch money’ than a pay againsta your job.
People also discussed how internship in India has been given no importance ever and has been exploited the most.
these guys will leave slavery behind.
— H. 🕊️ (@_Miister_H) January 28, 2021
That's lunch money
— Ankit Thakur (@nfsankit) January 29, 2021
I've worked for only "experience" no pay
So to answer your question – no they don't have any shame.
— Bran and 99 others (@TheLonStRanger) January 29, 2021
Smh there are people in this country who are working as unpaid intern. This comes as a no surprise to me.
— Srijan Pathak (@saintpathak) January 29, 2021
This is a scam. Nobody should be breaking their back for an amount that low
— Akai (@dream_theatur) January 29, 2021
Someone pointed out that it would have been better if they would have shared it as an unpaid internship keeping it honest and not trying to dignifying the shockingly low pay.
Unpaid to hota to atleast that would have been honest, somehow this feels even more disingenuous.
— Become Unsearchable 🏳️🌈 (@SomeLatinWord) January 28, 2021
One Twitter user shared how there was a job that was offering Rs 500 monthly salary for a 10 hour shift.
I've seen something like even 500 for a month.
Work timings – 10 to 8
Distance – 30 kms from my home 🙄— Pradyumna🚀 (@PradyumnaSpeaks) January 29, 2021
However, the most common discussion on the post was how many students from different fields have been working free around the clock in the name of internship in the country. From medical graduates to chartered accountants, the years that they give as unpaid employees have never been highlighted much before.
Funny mbbs interns and pg still working (72hr) for free as in stipend is deposited (as per MCI ) and recovered by post dated checks by the colleges . Or pay them back in yearly fees
— doc_rna (@doc_rna) January 30, 2021
Well I got one where the monthly stipend was 3500 for putting in 8 hours a day 6days a week for 3 months. People just don’t value time
— Ishan Garg (@kyaboltaishan) January 29, 2021
They gave same for CA articleship..
— Vidrohi (@Vidrohi_raja) January 29, 2021
You know in media they don't even give stipend and it's normalise since last ten years
— human (@MeraNaamHuman) January 29, 2021
