Goldman Sachs has officially announced that it will cap interns’ days at 17 hours, meaning interns are encouraged to go home by midnight and not arrive before 7 a.m. At the beginning of June, Goldman Sachs took on around 2,900 summer interns.
The announcement comes shortly after Bank of America Merrill Lynch intern Moritz Erhardt, 21, was found dead in his shower after working for 72 hours straight. According to an autopsy, Erhardt died from epileptic seizures that could have been triggered by all-nighters.
“Only” 17 hours…
what the..
This… this is serious. This actually real. I honest to all the gods thought this was an Onion article at first. What the fuck.
I seriously thought this was the onion
The article refers to the new shift in hours as “caring capitalism.” A 17-hour, possibly unpaid workday, that they only implemented after one of their interns literally died from the workload. “Caring capitalism.”
Like, do these people think the interns choose those kinds of hours? That Goldman Sachs is benevolently saying, “Oh, I know you all want to work for us 24 hours a day, but alas, for your own safety, we have to restrict it to a mere 17 hours. Look at how much we care!”
Fuck Goldman Sachs.
Unpaid interns. These guys are hoping their devotion will get noticed and they will be selected to, you know, actually work for Goldman Sachs. Someday. Maybe.
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