[BP-Revo]

Originally Posted by rawfuls

Walked into work today, and was told that I would be getting $1000 at the end of my summer "internship".

Not too happy, but not too upset.

Was hoping for quite a bit more, however at my age, I'm lucky to be getting a job & slight pay at it.

Though, I have put a little over 54 hours within the past 2 weeks, so I guess it's time to dial the hours back.

That's a bit absurd. Assuming you keep up your current work hours until the end of summer, you're putting in roughly 27 hours a week at this point. 27 hours a week at 10 weeks (what most set-length summer internships are), is 270 hours.

$1000 for 270 hours results in less than $3.75 an hour. United States minimum wage (I'm fairly sure you live in the US) is $7.25 an hour, nearly twice that. You're pretty much getting the shaft here.

Most internship offers I see earn a stipend of roughly $3000 for 8 weeks, which if you consider 40 hours a week is over $9 an hour, some offer more at $4000 or $4500 for the same time period.

I would talk to him about this. Make it clear you aren't thrilled about this but also bring up the legal issues about this, though try to bring it up in a way where you are looking out for him, not trying to twist his arm.