Stop charging for internships Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/stop-charging-for-internships.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:36 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Gary Luce [Signature #90] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12212285?utm_medium=rss Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:55:49 UTC 12212285 Mrs Lisa Pearson [Signature #89] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12119391?utm_medium=rss Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:32:26 UTC 12119391 Miss Michaela Drizhalova [Signature #88] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12006350?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:49:43 UTC 12006350 Bernadette Doody [Signature #87] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11931108?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Jan 2012 04:00:52 UTC 11931108 Ms Anonymous [Signature #86] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11928466?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Jan 2012 04:45:20 UTC 11928466 Miss Megha Sthankiya [Signature #85] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11928430?utm_medium=rss 110% behind this campaign - so much so that the valued placement students at recruitment process outsourcing company, PPS, decided to blog about it!

Check it out here: http://blog.ppsworks.com/2011/12/20/would-you-pay-200-a-day-to-gain-work-experience/

]]> Tue, 3 Jan 2012 04:34:40 UTC 11928430 Miss Anonymous [Signature #84] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11915052?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:46:23 UTC 11915052 Miss Charlotte Brennan [Signature #83] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11914862?utm_medium=rss Internships are fundamental to develop practical skills and work experience. Everyone should have a fair opportunity to complete an internship and charging for them will restrict those from lower household income families.

]]> Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:31:51 UTC 11914862 Miss Anonymous [Signature #82] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11914741?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:34:31 UTC 11914741 George Rouse [Signature #81] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11914657?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:53:58 UTC 11914657 Mr Will Shepherd [Signature #80] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11914650?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:50:25 UTC 11914650 Mr Matt Bibbington [Signature #79] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11892529?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:27:02 UTC 11892529 Wendy Jacob [Signature #78] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11890427?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:07:21 UTC 11890427 Mr Peter Thompson [Signature #77] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11886299?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:25:32 UTC 11886299 Mr Simon Thompson [Signature #76] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11871404?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:25:28 UTC 11871404 Helene Williamson [Signature #75] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11870788?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:15:41 UTC 11870788 lenworth kiese [Signature #74] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11868758?utm_medium=rss Our children&grans can't get anywhere @ this rate.this needs to stop.

]]> Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:45:42 UTC 11868758 Ms Anonymous [Signature #73] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11867018?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:22:15 UTC 11867018 Mr Toby Culshaw [Signature #72] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11865620?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:03:56 UTC 11865620 Nicole Saunderson [Signature #71] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11864425?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:16:45 UTC 11864425 Mrs Ruth Miller [Signature #70] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11860979?utm_medium=rss This practice is totally unethical, both taking advantage of people who are desperate for a job and giving young people who have financial backing from family a leg up compared to those who don't. It needs to stop.

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:42:38 UTC 11860979 Ms Ruth Cognard [Signature #69] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11859957?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:56:35 UTC 11859957 Andrew Soane [Signature #68] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11859196?utm_medium=rss Absolutely dreadful. No professional talent management or recruiting services provider could ever operate in such a cynical way. The DOE needs to protect these young and desperate people by outlawing this shameful practice.

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:55:42 UTC 11859196 Miss Anonymous [Signature #67] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11857794?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:34:39 UTC 11857794 Miss Anonymous [Signature #66] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11857610?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:07:10 UTC 11857610 Mr Mark Dexter [Signature #65] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11857589?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:04:23 UTC 11857589 Miss Alice Gilbert [Signature #64] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11857395?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:33:35 UTC 11857395 MR Porteur Keene [Signature #63] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11856939?utm_medium=rss This is indeed a disgraceful practice !!!!

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:25:34 UTC 11856939 Miss Stephanie Richards [Signature #62] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11856453?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:21:35 UTC 11856453 Mr Anonymous [Signature #61] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11856447?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:20:55 UTC 11856447 Miss ashley richardson [Signature #60] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11856301?utm_medium=rss This is shocking and should be stopped

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:03:50 UTC 11856301 mr razeen uddin [Signature #59] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11855851?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:09:38 UTC 11855851 Mr Michael Hewlett [Signature #58] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11855844?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:08:24 UTC 11855844 Mr Gareth Jones [Signature #57] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11855646?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:46:37 UTC 11855646 Mr Thomas Fisher [Signature #56] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11855609?utm_medium=rss As someone who is looking to get experience through internships I think it is discusting that huge firms expect someone to work for free. It's time for employers to start investing in young people and take some risks.

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:39:27 UTC 11855609 Mr Matthew Jeffery [Signature #55] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11855597?utm_medium=rss Graduates are the future, need opportunities, not exploiting

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:35:55 UTC 11855597 Mr Steve Ward [Signature #54] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11855542?utm_medium=rss Despicable act of opportunism.

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:23:58 UTC 11855542 Anonymous [Signature #53] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11855430?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:55:30 UTC 11855430 Mr Alan Whitford [Signature #52] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11855398?utm_medium=rss No intern should ever have to pay for the right to a job

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:49:55 UTC 11855398 Miss Claire Fennell [Signature #51] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11855368?utm_medium=rss I think this is appalling and should be stopped immediately.

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:44:17 UTC 11855368 Miss Ruth Sutton [Signature #50] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11855356?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:40:56 UTC 11855356 Mr Peter Hetherington [Signature #49] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11855355?utm_medium=rss Absolutely agree - no conceivable argument for charging interns. There are other ways to demonstrate interest, commitment, and the other tired arguments that get trotted out.

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:40:47 UTC 11855355 Mr Gary Franklin [Signature #48] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11855320?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:32:53 UTC 11855320 Mr Alasdair Murray [Signature #47] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11855316?utm_medium=rss I totally agree. It is nothing short of elitist (how many out of work people can afford to pay £100 a day, let alone £200, just to go to work) exploitative and downright wrong.

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:31:38 UTC 11855316 Miss Lauren Ivory [Signature #46] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11855247?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:17:53 UTC 11855247 Mrs Emma Brock [Signature #45] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11855105?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:43:38 UTC 11855105 Mr Luis Cupertino [Signature #44] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11854999?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:18:55 UTC 11854999 Paul Grainger [Signature #43] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11854983?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:17:13 UTC 11854983 Mr Andrew West [Signature #42] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11854980?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:16:57 UTC 11854980 Mr Matt Alder [Signature #41] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11854969?utm_medium=rss However it is dressed up this is exploitation and an absolute disgrace. If it is actually legal then the law needs to be changed

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:13:49 UTC 11854969 Mr Robert Jones [Signature #40] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11852905?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:37:38 UTC 11852905 Ms Louise Elliott [Signature #39] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11835059?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:16:30 UTC 11835059 mr giles palmer [Signature #38] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11832325?utm_medium=rss I run a business in Brighton with 60 staff - if you want someone to work for your business, you pay them. It's a simple principle.

]]> Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:21:32 UTC 11832325 Mr Chris Heron [Signature #37] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11827865?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:08:00 UTC 11827865 Miss Jenna Green [Signature #36] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11824915?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:45:28 UTC 11824915 mr Michael Gilbertson [Signature #35] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11824840?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:28:06 UTC 11824840 Miss Holly Fawcett [Signature #34] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11824471?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Dec 2011 08:11:41 UTC 11824471 Mr Tim Ong [Signature #33] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11823410?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Dec 2011 04:06:32 UTC 11823410 Mr Gareth Jenkins [Signature #32] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11822058?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2011 06:25:59 UTC 11822058 ms sinead halpin [Signature #31] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11821320?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2011 04:24:40 UTC 11821320 Mr Thomas Hughes [Signature #30] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11819656?utm_medium=rss This is exploitation of the worst kind it also favours those whose parents have the money to fund them and thereby disadvantaging others who may have better skills to do the job. It is modern day slavery and does the UK PLC no good in the long term.

]]> Thu, 8 Dec 2011 12:30:40 UTC 11819656 James Foster [Signature #29] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11819356?utm_medium=rss This is sad exploitation. Etsio should be ashamed and made to pay every penny back and more!

]]> Thu, 8 Dec 2011 11:45:29 UTC 11819356 Ms Clare Whitmell [Signature #28] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11819355?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2011 11:45:25 UTC 11819355 Mr Claudio Vedovelli [Signature #27] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11818710?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2011 10:16:11 UTC 11818710 Mr Alan Bennett [Signature #26] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11818703?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2011 10:15:27 UTC 11818703 Mr Stephen O'Donnell [Signature #25] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11818596?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2011 09:57:43 UTC 11818596 Miss Katie McNab [Signature #24] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11818594?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2011 09:57:16 UTC 11818594 Mr Lee Burman [Signature #23] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11818580?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2011 09:55:22 UTC 11818580 Brendan Caldwell [Signature #22] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11817791?utm_medium=rss Expecting someone to work for a profitable company without payment is bad enough and already illegal under Minimum Wage laws. Expecting someone to pay for the "privilege" of work is disgusting. Even if it is only for a short time that doesn't make it any more justifiable.

People should be paid for the work they do, even if it's only minimum wage - which is what the unpaid intern fightback is demanding.

]]> Thu, 8 Dec 2011 07:38:36 UTC 11817791 Mr Lewis Macaulay [Signature #21] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11817786?utm_medium=rss Companies won't pay you to go home, why should student interns pay to work??... Disgrace

]]> Thu, 8 Dec 2011 07:38:01 UTC 11817786 Mr Steve Pannett [Signature #20] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11817695?utm_medium=rss Paying for work is backwards, creates divisions in who has access to jobs (in terms of wealth) and is detrimental and exploitative.

As are unpaid internships, whereby a payment of "experience" is deemed as enough. Ridiculous. Need to stamp this out asap.

]]> Thu, 8 Dec 2011 07:24:46 UTC 11817695 Mr Jack Williams [Signature #19] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11817683?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2011 07:23:23 UTC 11817683 Robert Nunn [Signature #18] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11817440?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2011 06:30:10 UTC 11817440 Ms Polina Mironova [Signature #17] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11817356?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2011 06:10:14 UTC 11817356 Mr Jack Barton [Signature #16] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11817342?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2011 06:06:50 UTC 11817342 Ms Anne-Lise Johnsen [Signature #15] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11817336?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2011 06:05:34 UTC 11817336 Miss Anonymous [Signature #14] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11817237?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2011 05:46:02 UTC 11817237 miss Helen Nutton [Signature #13] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11817212?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2011 05:41:19 UTC 11817212 Mr Ed Scrivener [Signature #12] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11817201?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2011 05:39:03 UTC 11817201 mr paul humphreys [Signature #11] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11817176?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2011 05:35:39 UTC 11817176 Mr Jimmy Kyriacou [Signature #10] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11817130?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2011 05:28:34 UTC 11817130 Mr Alan Hyndman [Signature #9] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11817123?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2011 05:27:26 UTC 11817123 Mr Hung Lee [Signature #8] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11817121?utm_medium=rss You can maybe argue the case for unpaid, but not for young people paying employer to work for free. Perverse

]]> Thu, 8 Dec 2011 05:27:07 UTC 11817121 Mrs Sarah Cooper [Signature #7] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11817114?utm_medium=rss This practice is taking advantage of vulnerable young people who can't afford it.

]]> Thu, 8 Dec 2011 05:26:23 UTC 11817114 Mr Thibault Lemaitre [Signature #6] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11817109?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2011 05:25:50 UTC 11817109 Mr Oliver Urpi [Signature #5] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11817092?utm_medium=rss Disgrace! Stop this now.

]]> Thu, 8 Dec 2011 05:23:31 UTC 11817092 Mr James Mayes [Signature #4] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11817086?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2011 05:22:30 UTC 11817086 Ian Harvey [Signature #3] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11817076?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2011 05:21:03 UTC 11817076 Rhiannon Hughes [Signature #2] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11817054?utm_medium=rss This is a shocking practice and only exploits those that pay and seriously affects social mobility!

]]> Thu, 8 Dec 2011 05:16:30 UTC 11817054 Bill Boorman [Signature #1] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11817020?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2011 05:09:59 UTC 11817020