This was back around December. Because classes are still onsite, I decided to take a wfh internship to expand my resume and to also earn some side income. I managed to get hired to this start up and they were offering me around $200/month allowance. I live in the Philippines, that much money was already enough to feed an entire family. It was below minimum wage, but there are no other companies that would pay an intern that much here.
During my first day in this company, I started noticing that there were some red flags. I was hired to be an intern for the Outbound Business Development Team, and on my first week in the company, my manager quit. I was trained and under the supervision of another department head, but it was obvious she doesn't know the problems and demands the department was having.
In just my first week, I had no other team members (employees, other interns, or a department head), and already I can feel that the company and the supervisor that was training had to no idea how to do my job. On the second week, I got sick, it was so bad that I registered a 39 degree fever. When I told this to my supervisor and the CEO, they asked me how long will I be sick???? I wasn't even healed and they were asking me to work already.
In the end, the $200/monthly was just not worth it. They were making work on Saturdays and Sundays, and I work from as early as 8PM in the morning to as late as 10 PM at night. They were expecting so much from me. I quit and they asked me to stay 'cause, I'm literally the only one in my department but it wasn't worth it.
Oh, just in case y'all forgot, I was an intern when this was all happening. Not even a paid full time employee. I had no benefits besides the allowance I was receiving.