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Pret U-turns on unpaid internship scheme for young people

on Mar 25, 2017 | 0 comments

By John McCarthy

High street food chain Pret bit off a little more than it could chew with its latest internship scheme for 16-18 year olds after it fell into the old trap of offering them unpaid positions with the company to gain experience.

Earlier in the week the company announced that it will be looking for 500 UK teenagers to bring them aboard for a week of unpaid work experience – called the Big Experience Week.

Andrea Wareham, HR director at Pret announced the initiative on the company’s blog: “We will launch a new initiative this summer – Pret’s Big Read full story ›

Source: The Drum