Pros
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Cons
Everyone working here is an unpaid intern, many of whom are full-time. Betty has the interns doing personal legal work for her that is clearly outside of their internship descriptions. She is very inflexible and unwilling to make any changes to the way the studio runs despite numerous complaints. She does not understand that her current project is completely, 100% dependent on these interns, who are actually losing a significant amount of money to travel to her studio every day. She does not appreciate the work that anyone does for her. Four people quit in one day and she didn't even mention it to us - she pretended that it didn't happen. She is disrespectful, dismissive, immature, and embarrasses the interns in front of the whole studio when they make mistakes, making personal jabs at them. At least one intern left the studio in tears the day she quit. Working 9-6 everyday is also ridiculous and unnecessary for the work that the interns do, especially the language researchers. There is zero supervision and often we went entire days without even seeing her. She never shared any work that she did, though we were all required to inform her of what we did the day before. There is no training and absolutely no one in the studio is benefitting except for her, which I believe is illegal for an unpaid internship. The studio is so poorly run because there is zero incentive to work for her. I even had to email the studio a few days before I started because no one had contacted me in months! We were stuck there because we needed something for our resumes, but it's not even worth it. You are making a huge mistake if you decide to take an unpaid internship at Art Research Collaboration - The Betty Beaumont Studio.