People deserve to be paid for work
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“I heard that you split with another girlfriend,” I said to Cy the Cynic. His romantic entanglements are constant.
“I liked her,” Cy said, “but she had this annoying habit of counting things all the time. We went to a restaurant and she counted the items on the menu. When I took her to a play, we sat in the back so she could count the house.”
“You broke up with her because you couldn’t handle all the counting?”
“Two weeks ago,” the Cynic sighed. “I wonder what she’s up to now.”
Cy has counting issues of his own. He became declarer at today’s four spades. (North’s 2NT response was an artificial forcing spade raise; 3NT would have been a better contract.) West led the queen of hearts. Cy took dummy’s ace and led a trump, and West won and led a second heart. East ruffed dummy’s king and led a diamond. Cy won, drew trumps and tried a club finesse with dummy’s jack, but East produced the queen. Cy also lost a heart to West and went down one.
Cy would succeed if he counted ... the East-west distribution. When East leads a diamond at the fourth trick, Cy should cash both the king and ace. He next leads a trump to dummy and ruffs the last diamond.
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Dear Harriette: Is working for free ethical? I struggle with this topic with both family and friends who have their own views about it. But the overall consensus would be that those days are over, and whatever skills a person has should be compensated in some way. I do have some people who say the opposite and believe that working for free is crucial in proving one’s self and gaining necessary knowledge. What are your thoughts about both arguments? — Working For Free
Dear Working For Free: This is a hot-button topic that has no easy answer. I certainly believe that people deserve to be paid for their service. I can also tell you from firsthand experience that the reason I got my first job in New York City as a magazine editor is because I had created two unpaid internships for myself when I was in Washington, D.C., where I was able to get my work published and prove to a potential employer that I could do the job that I really wanted.
Because of my own experience, I have always had interns. Typically, they start off unpaid, but often get high school or college credit. Others I have given a chance when no one else would. Many go on to be hired at my company. I’m just one example.
On the flip side, if a company can afford to mentor people and pay them from the start, I believe they should do it. Compensation comes in many forms — from dollars to experience to connections to academic credit.
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