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rawfuls · 08.12.2011, 12:06 AM

Hey guys, just as an update since today was my last day @ work, and I start school on Monday.

I talked to him about 3 weeks into the job and we had a pretty good conversation, his main reasoning behind the $1000 stipend was because that was more or less the best he could do.

Since he is a fairly small business, I understood, so I brought up the idea of editing my hours per week to make it a fair hourly wage.

I went with twice a week, 6 hours a day, and for an estimated 8 weeks, is about 96 hours total. (Beside the 54 hours in two weeks, my first two weeks), divided by a thousand, equals out to about $10.4/hour, which actually is a great wage for a 16 year old, IMO.

As far as the 54 hours/2 weeks, I was actually given a few "bonuses" of $20-$40 a couple times, usually when a big fat invoice was paid by one of our customers; just about 4 times or so.

Sure, I could be making more by lifeguarding (which I originally wanted to do, but ended up giving the IT field a shot first), about $5 more; but this IS my first legitimate year in the commercial industry, and at 16 years old, I'm fine with the wage.

He asked if I would be willing to work weekends during the school year; I told him as long as I would be receiving a set hourly wage.
He replied by saying I would receive a wage, a little under our other two, very experienced (One worked for Geek Squad, I know, awful, but later worked for a very large company in business & residential, and now just works whenever he is needed; our other has an internship w/ a couple large companies, one being Microsoft. A+ certified...
Both are mid-20's), who are making about $16-20/hourly.

As long as I make right above $12/hour, I'm happy.

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rawfuls roofles. Offline Posts: 1,982 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Woodland Hills, CA	08.12.2011, 12:06 AM Hey guys, just as an update since today was my last day @ work, and I start school on Monday. I talked to him about 3 weeks into the job and we had a pretty good conversation, his main reasoning behind the $1000 stipend was because that was more or less the best he could do. Since he is a fairly small business, I understood, so I brought up the idea of editing my hours per week to make it a fair hourly wage. I went with twice a week, 6 hours a day, and for an estimated 8 weeks, is about 96 hours total. (Beside the 54 hours in two weeks, my first two weeks), divided by a thousand, equals out to about $10.4/hour, which actually is a great wage for a 16 year old, IMO. As far as the 54 hours/2 weeks, I was actually given a few "bonuses" of $20-$40 a couple times, usually when a big fat invoice was paid by one of our customers; just about 4 times or so. Sure, I could be making more by lifeguarding (which I originally wanted to do, but ended up giving the IT field a shot first), about $5 more; but this IS my first legitimate year in the commercial industry, and at 16 years old, I'm fine with the wage. He asked if I would be willing to work weekends during the school year; I told him as long as I would be receiving a set hourly wage. He replied by saying I would receive a wage, a little under our other two, very experienced (One worked for Geek Squad, I know, awful, but later worked for a very large company in business & residential, and now just works whenever he is needed; our other has an internship w/ a couple large companies, one being Microsoft. A+ certified... Both are mid-20's), who are making about $16-20/hourly. As long as I make right above $12/hour, I'm happy.