Facebook Interns Get $6,000 a Month: Ridiculous or Well-Deserved?
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2012/06/05 13:00:00
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When you hear the word "intern," it usually means low-paying position or no-paying position. It's the kind of job students get when they're too busy with classes to get a full-time job. But for software engineer interns at Facebook, it means big money. According to Glassdoor.com, they get over $6,000 per month on average.
That's more than $72,000 a year. They also get full benefits, three meals a day, an iPhone, a computer, gym access, and $1,000 a month toward housing. Quora.com calculates the actual paycheck to be $4,600 a month, plus an extra $400 for each year of college the intern has completed. However, these are interns employed to do software engineering -- not necessarily your coffee go-ers and copy boys. Still, does $6,000 a month seem a little ridiculous?
That's more than $72,000 a year. They also get full benefits, three meals a day, an iPhone, a computer, gym access, and $1,000 a month toward housing. Quora.com calculates the actual paycheck to be $4,600 a month, plus an extra $400 for each year of college the intern has completed. However, these are interns employed to do software engineering -- not necessarily your coffee go-ers and copy boys. Still, does $6,000 a month seem a little ridiculous?
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MW121 2012/06/05 17:54:15Well-deserved
+12Why does it matter how much they make.. If they have an opportunity to make money good for them.. It shouldn't matter to anyone what others make.. that's the problem with society today.. Everyones more worried about how much someone else makes instead figuring out how they can make more..
www.facebook.com/careers
Actually, I don't begrudge it to them one bit. In fact it's kind of nice to see interns NOT being abused for a change. (At least not in salary, anyway. I know if I don't qualify that, the next headline out will be "FB Intern Abuse" or something like that, JUST to spite me! LOL)
If you do own stock and you don't like it, take it up at the next shareholder's meeting.