‘Paid’ Internship
Programs
To graduate, most colleges require a
student to complete an internship program; our local University of South
Florida campuses, included.
As the ‘Greenest Winery in America’ BHV has
participated in and supported these internships for years. We believe that
sharing our knowledge with the youth of today will help insure a successful
future for both the student and for our community. If you own and operate a
successful local business, we encourage you to contact the University campus
nearest to you and become a member of their internship program.
With this Blog, we hope to open a
dialog about how college interns are compensated for their time and
contributions to the hosting business. Today, some businesses like BHV offer ‘Paid’
Internship programs. We believe that a student has worth and value and deserves
to be compensated for their time working with us. However there are too many
businesses that look upon their interns as a source of ‘Free Labor’. These
types of businesses should be required to pay their interns or be purged from
the Internship Program.
Most college students have
accumulated a large backload of student debt. To expect the student to enrich
any business with their ‘Free Labor’ should be unacceptable to us all.
In the
normal conduct of their business, all businesses are required to pay their
employees for their work, even those employees in training. To make an
exception for the college intern is both wrong and unfair. BHV calls upon our
Local Universities and community to support only ‘Paid’ internships and to discontinue
the unfair practice of not paying interns for their time and work.
We Thank You…..
