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Got paid less than minimum wage ON THE BOOKS as a college student

I’m a freshman college student studying business and a couple weeks ago a junior in the same investing club as me offered me a one-time weekend job. He works as a student trainer for a financial modeling certification program. He knew I had competed the certification, and he needed an assistant to help him teach a boot camp over the weekend, 16 hours of work in total. I agreed, and he told me he’d “make sure I got paid”, but didn’t tell me how much. It wasn’t in his control, and I figured the company would just give me minimum wage. A few weeks later I get my invoice and it’s literally 125 dollars…for 16 hours of work. That’s less than minimum wage in the state I attend college. I’m so beyond frustrated I don’t even know what to do.


I’m a freshman college student studying business and a couple weeks ago a junior in the same investing club as me offered me a one-time weekend job. He works as a student trainer for a financial modeling certification program. He knew I had competed the certification, and he needed an assistant to help him teach a boot camp over the weekend, 16 hours of work in total. I agreed, and he told me he’d “make sure I got paid”, but didn’t tell me how much. It wasn’t in his control, and I figured the company would just give me minimum wage. A few weeks later I get my invoice and it’s literally 125 dollars…for 16 hours of work. That’s less than minimum wage in the state I attend college. I’m so beyond frustrated I don’t even know what to do.

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