get knowledge?
lol
most of the interns i see are being used as waterboy equivalents.

they hardly learn shit and sometimes had to teach other employees how to do excel and ppt.
even if they learn stuff, they should be compensated like a normal employee but at a huge discounted rate because of the brief period stay.

msia are not short of complacent and narcissistic employers, so what your boss said is not surprising considering the shitty condition and ministers we have to protect the rights of employees. that's why they dare to do and dare to say things which is utterly ridiculous.

ahhh so you are the boss i jumpa tu

Should la, at least to cover meals and transportation to the office.

University didn't pay students to teach them.
Why should companies pay intern to teach them?

If I'm boss I'll charge interns to do internship

of coz la.. they are also sacrificing their time and effort to work for the company tasks also mah..

Intern gaining knowledge and not getting paid is not a strong argument. Since if that’s the case, the boss can argue that he doesn’t need to pay anybody since everybody is ‘gaining free knowledge’ at the company

Macam tak pernah intern.
Interns are not just students.
They also do work.

How isnit different? Kat uni buat research utk prof, basically doing his work.

If you give them FTE works then pay la. Greedy capitalist.

When I interning, I wasn't paid - but I was fully grateful to be given an interning position at one of the coveted company.

I ate the cheapest, slept on couches, eventually I found there is a hidden spot in the building that one hardly goes go to sleep for the night. Place was open for 24hrs, by then the security recognize me. So I would pretend to leave at 7pm, go to the cheapest jiken rice stall with most generous portion, then come back at 9-10pm when everyone left, shower and slept. Wake up at 7am before everyone else comes in, and I am seen as the very first who arrives at the place.

My ruse was discovered after a few weeks, but the bosses ignored it.

This was 20 years ago. It's common intern is not paid back then, AFAIK. But this made me stronger, not weaker.

not like they are getting full salary... just enough cover their basic expenses.

And they are often hired as research associate, paid for by the research grant.

if intern do any kind of work, then pay la cibai

me no pay during my intern..sad.

they also same like normal employee provide service to company, pay la

pay laa some elaun, many intern are given menial tasks to do because staff do not want to invest time training them for the actual work. the next good thing that they can learn is the soft skill of office environment.

My opinion is must pay a minimum that can cover their travel expenses. For extra money, depend on industry. Those can perform right away, should pay like codings, software stuffs. they deserve more paid

Inb4 salahan strawberry gen cannot provide free labour.

now even car workshop ah beng pay intern la
dun pay how to survive or even travel

let me guess
this boss works in a cinapek style company