Intern Or Indentured Servant? 9 Ways To Determine Whether You’re Being Exploited
No Mentoring or Apprenticeship
If you’re getting as much supervision as the rest of the paid staff, which is usually little to none, you’re supposed to be considered a regular employee — W-2 and all — as stated by the DOL. If you’re left unsupervised, yet given tasks that you’re clearly too inexperienced to tackle, you’re being scammed out of a quality internship.