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[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.

[JERRY2KONE]

Yea we see interns in the US Department of State and I can tell you for sure that most of them make $10 per hour or better, plus the Department flies them to US Embassies around the world to do these internships. Our teenagers (16-18)work their summer breaks and most of them make $8.50 to $10.00 per hour. This guys is for sure taking advantage of you and hoping that no one will be the wiser. If you sit back and take that crap you are setting yourself up for the same kind of employer treatment in the future. One of the things about learning the work force is knowing what your worth and standing up for yourself when it is needed. Even if you say something and he tells you to have a nice day you can do better working your summer at McDonalds working the french fryer 20-30 hours per week. Don't you work your butt off for this Dusche and get poop for payment for a full summer. Thats just wrong.