It's funny you mention this; the internship I have is not paying me at the moment. The first 30 days are a "trial period" for them to see how you fit within the company. After that you are eligible for a stipend ranging from 100-150 a week. However, it's been almost a week since the trial period and I have been given the runaround about the meeting we're supposed to have for the stipend. My pops thinks I need to tell them fukk off if they're not coughing up the money, which I'm quickly getting close to doing. On top of all this, I have been working damn near full-time at 35 hours per week.
I can't say it hasn't been a good experience because I am learning some things, but I'm beginning to feel strongly that I'm only being exploited for free labor. Suggestions breh(s)?
Sorry to say, but in the beginning you kinda have to take their shyt.
You really have to think a few months or year out from now and How much that experience will help. The experience pays for itself.
Sucks I know. I got fukked over on my first IT JOB. I was given a 3 month contract by a temp agency ( $12hr ) and they promised more jobs after that. about 2 - 3 weeks in, I stopped getting assignments( field job ). So I kept calling them and they would never return my calls.
On my 2nd job ( Another field job and the pay was like $12.75hr), They kept having me work late, I told them I was going to school at night. They had no problem with it, but the problem was I kept getting assignments that were far out or in the heart of DC. Going to DC to repair something around 2:30 and trying to make it back to MD for class @ 5pm just wasn't happening.
So I quit on a Monday, found another temp agency on Wednesday , took a drug test on Saturday.And started where I'm at now at $19/hr and have been here for almost 8yrs w/ several promotions. Around this time the 1st temp agency called me back and offered me a job paying $13/hr for 3 months.
So things will get better later.
Need to get my A+ cert
You know there's millions of places in the US you could start
