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Young, Talented... Exploited!

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After graduating, Yatuu was incredibly motivated to get her first job! After having sent out a multitude of applications, she found she was only offered unpaid internships… She reluctantly accepted one of them hoping it would lead to permanent employment. Three more unpaid placements later Yatuu received a call from the biggest ad agency in the world... for an internship. In this book, Yatuu takes a vindictive delight in documenting the injustices and humiliations heaped upon her during her unpaid work experience.

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

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506 reviews12 followers
November 3, 2019
Tre stelle e 1/2, praticamente il manifesto di una generazione...(la mia di sicuro)
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7,257 reviews136 followers
April 24, 2018
A volte mi chiedo perché vado a leggere cose del genere. Della serie: già io non sono famosa per aver un'esperienza lavorativa stabile, ancora vado a leggere di scalognate che non riescono a trovare un lavoro.

Non ho mai fatto stage in vita mia, lo ammetto. Collaborazioni, contratti a termine, e una sfilza di altre definizioni che mascherano la realtà: non siamo altro che schiavi che lavorano per 7,50€ l'ora. Ma niente stage.

A parte questo senso di sfiducia generale, il fumettino non sarebbe neanche male. Certo, non è di quelle che di cui ti ricorderai tra vent'anni ma si fa leggere e si passano dieci minuti tranquilli.

La protagonista ci mette tanta buona volontà, povera, ma non riesce a raggiungere l'obiettivo di un lavoro vero e proprio. Stage tanti; straordinari che ormai non si contano più; stagisti più giovani che non vedono l'ora di prendere il tuo posto. Ma niente contratto.

Le vignette sono un po' scabre e povere di fondali ma lo stile non è male.

Letto senza pretese.
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4,132 reviews23 followers
July 25, 2022
English Sloth Publishing (UK) Edition = 2013 = £9.99
->Translation = Fnic


It reads shockingly fast -which I appreciated- because these types of books can get burdensome with too much personal minutiae that doesn't serve to "deepen their character". That said, I never figured out what she actually did at these agencies! What TYPE of art job?

This art is totally blog-style quick-hand with scarce background- if any. It works though because she's good at cartooning corporeal expression with zest.
35 reviews3 followers
February 14, 2023
J'ai aps réussi à tout suivre, des planches drôles mais une constructions ans queue ni tête ?
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381 reviews11 followers
March 10, 2012
Une jeune fille fraîchement diplômée cherche du travail et ne trouve... que des stages sous-payés et précaires (par définition).
De plus, dans l'agence de pub où elle travaille, elle fait de nombreuses heures supplémentaires dues à des délais serrés. Heures non payées, bien sûr !

L'auteur dénonce ces faits, bien sûr, mais avec humour et fraîcheur.
Elle porte un regard incisif sur ce monde, et sa propre vie.

Le dessin est simple (ligne claire style blog, tendance Pénélope Bagieu) mais précis et expressif.
Sympa.
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69 reviews3 followers
September 2, 2015
Une bande-dessinée qui traite avec humour et dérision du monde des stages en entreprises avec leur salaire inversement proportionnel au nombre d'heure de travail. Avec cette BD, Yatuu parle d'un problème de société dont on a tous déjà entendu parlé, sans vraiment savoir démêler le vrai du faux.
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391 reviews23 followers
November 19, 2012
Pas mal de choses vraies (malheureusement) dans cette histoire... Je me suis reconnue dans cette diplomée qui veut trouver un boulot et à qui on ne propose que des stages.
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412 reviews10 followers
December 26, 2015
C'est un peu ça la vie de stagiaire
Et on y va, allons nous faire exploiter.
Ahah j'ai jamais connu ça, mais tout ce que j'en ai lu ressemble à ça. Une chouette bande dessinée que j'ai adoré.
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