The job ad, posted by design company Zulufish, sought Part 1 and 2 architecture graduates ‘or equivalent’ to work full-time for up to four months without salary.
The post was highlighted on social media by Future Architects Front (FAF), a campaign group seeking to end exploitation in architecture, which described it as showing ‘comical levels of exploitation’.
— AJ
The firm later withdrew the posting after a current of social media backlash brought on by the organization in spite of its having received a “sickening”-ly high level of responses from applicants. The advertisement called for a full-time schedule in a placement that provided only £75 per week in travel expenses and other reimbursements.
Unpaid internships lasting more than four weeks are illegal but remain fairly commonplace around the country in spite of overwhelming public support for recent legislative efforts taken up by Parliament members.
Unpaid Internships or "volunteering" is still alive and well at architectural practice, @Zulufish.
— Future Architects Front (@ArchitectsFront) February 22, 2022
And of course they've got the @RIBA co-sign. pic.twitter.com/Ufv5g0zY91
FAF’s Charlie Edmonds criticized RIBA, which then shot back on the group's Twitter thread, for “doing nothing proactive” to address the “grey areas” of employment, adding that “demonstrates one of the many ways that employers can exploit architectural workers, particularly recent graduates desperate for their first professional opportunity.’
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