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I am having an issue with pay at my current job. I'm out of college and wanted to go into a field more relevant to my skills, so I left my first job and started a new one a few months ago. I was hired as an intern and after a week my boss told me he wanted to bring me on full. Unfortunately a client backed out from the company and my boss told me he could no longer pay full, but could keep me on as an intern. I was kind of stuck and took it, but he promised that he would bring me on full as soon as the company got a new client.
Let me make it clear that I am very aware that business is business, that nothing should be taken as truth until a contract is signed, that words are words and nothing more.
Two months later I'm still being paid just an intern stipend and I am beginning to look for other positions. In the meantime, my boss gets angry and yells at my coworkers and me if he disagrees with something--he's a micromanager. I get that, don't love it, but accept it. But he expects I put in full-time work, contribute full-time-quality, for intern-pay. So I'm doing the same as my co-workers but for a fraction of the salary.
How would you approach this? Should I sit down with him? I want to be professional, and I think being able to ask for raises is an important skill to gain confidence in. I think that legally something's amiss because everything I do contributes directly to the company, not for personal learning. I'm just nervous I could do something that would make him fire me. As much as my below-minimum-wage "stipend" is difficult for me to sustain on, at least it's *something*.
Something like this happened to my sister a few weeks ago-except she was paid too little money when she was entitled to a higher min wage because she turned 18.
Anyway, its illegal and you need to speak to someone in charge of accounts. Most businesses however small have someone who does the wages, not the business manager. Contact them-the business may be subcontracted, but that person who sorts the wages out does exist.
The thing is, to treat it like he's been too busy. That way you don't come across as all angry and instead you accept that its a mistake.
Are you on a contract? If so he can't just fire you. It gets tricky if you're on a zero hours contract-or indeed no contract.
But you're pointing out to him that he's breaking the law. I know you said that it was part of the conditions of taking you on, but an intern is not an intern forever.
So yes, speak to the accounts people about it.
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Thanks. Yeah it's actually a start-up with one CEO, 5 full-time employees (a graphic designer, a webmaster, a platform developer, a content writer, and someone who gets clients)... plus me. So the CEO is the one who handles wages. I think that's where it gets so tricky and he can be so sneaky. "an intern is not an intern forever" that's the best way to put it! :) Thanks again.
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