A poster on the NUSWhispers page got a serious reality check after whining about their pay getting docked $100 after they broke something in the company where they are doing an internship.They wrote that after they broke the item—without specifying what it was—the boss told them he would deduct $100 from their salary, “which is already like 20% of it.”
They acknowledged that the actual value of the broken item is over $100, but complained that “he didn’t even hesitate to say that the deduction will be $100, seems like a common tactic he used for previous interns that also broke stuffs”.Should i speak to my intern liaison officer about it ?They were promptly schooled by netizens who gave the intern a huge dose of real life.Some commenters tried sarcasm to get their point across.“Please take good care of the company’s items too.
One commenter asked the poster, “What gives you the idea that you ought to be paid more than you are worth?Others took exception to the fact that the poster referred to their internship as “slavery.”One corrected the poster by telling them what they receive is an allowance, not even a real salary.