Bill and Hillary Clinton are hunting for help at the Clinton Foundation, but their latest job listings have inspired more laughter than admiration.
The opportunities offer applicants a chance to work near two of the most famous names in Democratic politics, though the terms hardly look glamorous.
Hillary Clinton’s office on Madison Avenue in New York City posted an opening for an “intern” expected to handle research, memos, office management, and other assignments.
The listing says the applicant must demonstrate a “high level of professionalism and discretion,” which is quite a request coming from Clinton world.
Anyone possessing both of those qualities might have enough judgment to keep scrolling.
After all, discretion has carried a particularly heavy workload around the Clintons for decades, and professionalism apparently does not include paying a young worker for nearly 30 hours each week.
Bill Clinton’s team is also seeking a “special projects associate” to prepare meeting agendas, edit briefing materials, and coordinate activities between his office and the foundation.
That job at least comes with a paycheck, although the compensation may leave New York applicants checking their rent bills twice.
The projected salary falls between $50,000 and $55,000.
Considering the Clinton Foundation’s financial resources, the demands of the position, and the punishing cost of living in New York City, the offer is hardly a ringing endorsement of the generous wage policies Democrats constantly demand from everyone else.
Apparently, progressive sermons about a living wage become optional when Democratic royalty is signing the checks.
The Clinton operation seems perfectly comfortable offering modest compensation while expecting polished work, extensive coordination, and the kind of discretion usually associated with far more lucrative employment.
The situation facing Hillary’s prospective intern is even richer, although the intern certainly will not be.
That person would receive no pay while working inside the foundation and carrying out duties that sound suspiciously like regular office labor rather than some casual educational experience.
The posting includes “transcribing speeches and public remarks,” “managing mail and maintaining archives,” and a “commitment to working 25 to 29 hours per week.”
That is a substantial chunk of anyone’s schedule, especially for a young person attempting to pay tuition, cover rent, buy groceries, or build an actual future.
The arrangement raises an obvious question about who would voluntarily accept no money for the privilege of spending nearly 30 hours each week working for Hillary Clinton.
Some opportunities open doors, while others appear to open directly into a fluorescent office version of hell on Earth.
There is also the unavoidable comedy of a Clinton organization advertising for interns at all.
Hillary may be managing this particular opening, but the family name carries enough historical baggage to make the internet react exactly as anyone with a functioning memory would expect.
The timing adds another layer of irony.
Hillary recently discussed why socialism appeals to some people on the left, pointing to younger Americans who feel anxious about their economic prospects, yet her own office is offering those same young people unpaid work as the supposed solution.
That contrast practically writes the punchline.
Democrats can lecture businesses about wages, economic fairness, and opportunity, but when their own foundation needs nearly 30 hours of weekly labor, suddenly experience and proximity to power are apparently supposed to cover the grocery bill.
Social media users quickly pounced on the postings, and many of the jokes focused on the Clinton family’s notorious history with interns.
One commenter said the position belonged in the former first lady’s office because, “you can’t offer ‘internships with Bill Clinton’ anymore.”
“Bill lost intern privileges,” an X user joked.
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The short response captured what countless readers were already thinking, proving once again that the internet rarely misses an opportunity when the Clintons provide material this obvious.
“Depends on what the definition of internship is,” someone else posted.
Another user asked, “What sort of ‘Special Projects?’” as the title of Bill’s available position generated its own round of suspicion, mockery, and thoroughly predictable Clinton references.
“The last time a Clinton sought college interns it really really didn’t end well,” someone else observed on Instagram.
The Clinton Foundation may eventually fill both openings, but it cannot expect Americans to forget history simply because the old controversies have been repackaged as employment opportunities.
