Summer jobs, hellish holidays | M6 | Enquête Exclusive

Earning money in the sunshine: the dream of many youngsters who use the summer months to find a temporary job. During the holidays there are more than a million seasonal workers in France. Waiters, donut vendors on the beaches… the crazy pace of the work is part of the contract. They know it, but some them go through a summer of hell. To get a job in Cap d’Agde, Ethan, 21, is prepared to do anything. With nowhere to live, he pitches his tent in the woods. Between the restaurant owners who employ but don’t pay him and the prowlers who regularly loot his camp, he is very soon disenchanted. Lucie, a student, no longer knows how to react to the inappropriate behaviour of her employer. Indecent propositions, groping… a young waitress harassed by her boss. César thought he could pay for his college fees by selling donuts, a highly profitable business on the beaches. His first surprise: he has to sell unfit merchandise, but that’s not all¾he doesn’t get the short-term contract he was promised but has to work on commission… a method of paying wages that is illegal. Unpaid wages and despicable working conditions… an investigation into holiday jobs that can turn into a nightmare.