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Can you wait a year or more before sending the invoice?
Thread poster: Mikel Telleria Mujika
Tom in London United Kingdom Local time: 08:22 Member (2008) Italian to English
Puzzled
Mar 8, 2020
Mikel Telleria Mujika wrote:
.....I have received a scholarship from the government with really good conditions for a 18 month internship.....
I'm puzzled. Since internships are unpaid, how can you have a scholarship?
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Daryo United Kingdom Local time: 08:22 Serbian to English + ...
Screaming from the top of the church tower
Mar 9, 2020
of a small village, with a megaphone.
Every time you fancy posting anything on the public Web under your full name, get first that picture in your mind.
You are basically asking on a public forum searchable by anyone for advice how to breach a contract that (most likely) no-one forced on you.
If there is something you don't like in an offer, you negotiate BEFORE signing. If you are asking for reasonable changes, most often you will get a reasonable a... See more
of a small village, with a megaphone.
Every time you fancy posting anything on the public Web under your full name, get first that picture in your mind.
You are basically asking on a public forum searchable by anyone for advice how to breach a contract that (most likely) no-one forced on you.
If there is something you don't like in an offer, you negotiate BEFORE signing. If you are asking for reasonable changes, most often you will get a reasonable answer.
When you invoice your work [immediately after it's done or 5 years later] wouldn't change nothing about you respecting or not a contract that you agreed to - what counts is WHEN this work on the side was done.
Your sponsors would have no problem with you collecting at any time payments for work done BEFORE you started this "internship" - but any work done on the side DURING this "internship" - whenever invoiced - would justify them in possibly throwing a tantrum and showing their disapproval in one way or another. ▲ Collapse
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freezone (X) United Arab Emirates
Ethics
Mar 10, 2020
Ethical considerations are very important to consider in the first place.
P.L.F. Persio
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