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The Top Paying Tech Companies For Interns
theodp writes "For those students for whom it's all about the Benjamins, BusinessInsider's Alyson Shontell has compiled a nice list of 20 Tech Companies That Pay Interns Boatloads Of Money. 'If you intern for a high-profile tech company,' notes Shontell, 'you can make more money than the average US citizen. Facebook, for example, pays its average intern $6,056 per month. That ends up being a base salary of about $72,000 per year.' Sure beats making a 'measly' $5,808 per month at LinkedIn, where you might find yourself having to participate in embarrassing sing-a-longs and Flash Mobs!"
Here's the fluff, all on one page:
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-20-richest-interns-in-tech-2013-1?op=1
Posted here because it's sooo sloooow to load. Where's the Coral Cache when you need it?
Again, apologies for the blatant copyright violation and thanking my lucky stars the publisher isn't Co$. For the duration of the slow-load any reasonable person would call this reposting "fair use." The /. overlords are welcome to delete this when it is no longer needed, if they wish to do so. I wish Slashdot's overlords would come to some kind of caching agreement with newly-posted stories so the publishers can keep their ad revenue without being beaten into submission by traffic loads.
Anyhow, here we go....
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-20-richest-interns-in-tech-2013-1?op=1
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20 Tech Companies That Pay Interns Boatloads Of Money
Alyson Shontell
Feb. 2, 2013, 8:15 AM
If you intern for a high-profile tech company, you can make more money than the average US citizen.
Facebook, for example, pays its average intern $6,056 per month. That ends up being a base salary of about $72,000 per year.
But there's another tech company that pays its interns even more than Facebook.
Glassdoor, a career and company rating site, helped us compile a list of tech companies that pay their interns the most. Its salary data is based on anonymous salary reports voluntarily shared by current and recent employees, including interns.
The following list combines monthly average pay with hourly monthly pay to take into account a larger data sample among tech interns. Companies were only included if they had 20 or more salary reports within the past two years.
Here's who pays its lowest level people thousands of dollars every month.
20. Cisco Systems pays its interns an average of $3,930 per month
Annually, that would be: $47,160
"Great company, very knowledgeable peers from top universities, work is good, good compensation and you learn a lot. Flexibility and work/life balance is unmatched. Free movie tickets, tickets to amusement park, free frequent lunches, great gym, free train pass, lot of intern events with free food, pays for your tuition, San Jose a good place to live. College grads like me these days wants to work for more recent brands like Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, twitter but companies like CISCO and others who have been there from decades are great places to start your career." -- Former Cisco Systems college intern (San Jose, CA)
19. IBM pays its interns an average of $3,942 per month
Annually, that would be: $47,304
"Tech giant with massive resources and really talented people. You work on products that are touched by millions in mission critical areas. For such a big company, it feels very nimble. You can easily reach any employee worldwide through Same time. It feels like a tight-knit environment, even thought you are 1 or hundreds of thousands. Every manager I have dealt with is awesome. Uber professionalism throughout." -- IBM software engineer intern (Austin, TX)
18. EMC pays its interns an average of $4,004 per month
Annually, that would be: $48,048
"EMC is a great company with great employees. Seniors are willing to help and easy about timelines. Its was a awesome experience as a starter and provided me a good learning experience. With that said, it has good salaries for the intern." -- EMC software engineer intern (Hopkinton, MA)
17. Hewlett-Packard pays its interns an average of $4,008 per month
Annually, that would be: $48,096
"Great place to start working, a lot of opportunities, resources in other departments, great pay for an internship, great company to start a career with." -- HP intern (San Diego, CA)
16. Dell pays its interns an average of $4,024 per month
Annually, that would be: $48,288
"Excellent community, with an open atmosphere. The company is reshaping itself, there is a lot of room for upward movement, and it is clear that Dell will
They missed Altera and Palentir, which both make it into this top 20. Palentir outpays the top company on this list, if I'm not mistaken.
This seems like criminal exploitation to me
At least in the USA, it is. Unpaid internships are illegal in the USA unless they meet all of the following criteria:
If your unpaid internship violates any of these rules, it is illegal.
Yay for those of us in the EU... Due to strict regulations the chances of finding a well paid internship are near 0 without some borderline legal construction. Like having the student work his last day as student job and paying him his full salary in that single day. It just doesn't pay off to get an internship over here for most students.