work for free

One of the trends from the recession that seems to have embedded itself in our culture is the idea that job seekers should work for free. Traditionally, free labor was limited to college students who hoped to gain some experience between semesters in their chosen field and retirees with too much...

What if your company said that it wanted you to work for free and that was the only way for it to stay viable? When the tech start-up company I worked for in the last recession asked my colleagues and me to agree to a pay cut, we did. But when it said it would pay us in worthless stock options...

The lack of a paycheck isn't stopping some people from showing up for work. CNBC reports that some people have started working for free. In a trend that is both alarming and possibly illegal, some companies are relying on the free labor of their recently laid off employees or hard up recent...

As if working on an airplane -- whether serving drinks, flying the plane or fixing it, among other jobs -- wasn't hard enough, now British Airways is urging its staff to work for free to help the company save money.British Airways chief Willie Walsh says he won't take a salary for the month of...