I got into this program for the Southwestern American Company, an internship that relocates you to a different part of the country for an entire summer to sell educational tools and make money. I was wondering if anyone out there has already done this or something similar.. so I could get an actual good/bad list instead of just watching their ”this is a great opportunity” videos that they make you watch. Like was there any downsides to doing this all summer? Any problems with the company? etc
http://southwesterncompanytruth.com/
I found this website and it has really scared me! I was looking into an internship too, but now I’m not so sure.
They said that the average intern makes just under $9,000… but for working 80 hour weeks for 13 weeks, that isn’t very good money. Technically speaking you’d make more working 80 hour weeks at a minimum wage job because they’d be required to pay you 40 hours of overtime. Since there is no hourly wage and only commission-based earnings at Southwestern you will get no overtime.
The "job opportunity" aspect, the "networking", and the "resume-building" were all greatly stressed. If you are going to do it, do it for THOSE things, not the money. If you want to work in the business field the experience and the ‘resume-building’ might be well worth your time. Otherwise, I’d look into internships that are in the field you want to go into, even if they are unpaid. You wont be as overworked and chances are you wont have to relocate and pay for your own gas, food, and lodging.
March 10th, 2010 at 9:38 am
http://southwesterncompanytruth.com/
I found this website and it has really scared me! I was looking into an internship too, but now I’m not so sure.
They said that the average intern makes just under $9,000… but for working 80 hour weeks for 13 weeks, that isn’t very good money. Technically speaking you’d make more working 80 hour weeks at a minimum wage job because they’d be required to pay you 40 hours of overtime. Since there is no hourly wage and only commission-based earnings at Southwestern you will get no overtime.
The "job opportunity" aspect, the "networking", and the "resume-building" were all greatly stressed. If you are going to do it, do it for THOSE things, not the money. If you want to work in the business field the experience and the ‘resume-building’ might be well worth your time. Otherwise, I’d look into internships that are in the field you want to go into, even if they are unpaid. You wont be as overworked and chances are you wont have to relocate and pay for your own gas, food, and lodging.
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