Internship boss forgets about me?

Career Opportunities & Internships
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<p>I have an internship at a non-profit in my area doing public relations for their events, however sometimes I feel like my boss forgets that I am an intern there. The office is small and most of my work is online, so I don't really go into the office. Once in a while he'll give me a call or ask me to come into the office to give me work. Anything I do is communicated to him via email or phone. My problem is that there's no set schedule for when he communicates with me. I know in other internships, interns, for example, go in every week Monday and Wednesday for a few hours, but I don't have such a schedule. When it comes close to any of the charity events, he doesn't contact me at all. This has happened once before and I emailed asking if there was any help needed, but he told me it was because they were extremely busy. </p>

<p>My issue is sometimes the lack of guidance makes me think I did something wrong. Sometimes I even wonder if I am still doing the internship. </p>

<p>Should I be worried; is this normal? </p>

<p>My boss always says things along the lines of me being an intern for the long run(more than a semester). I think I'm the first PR intern they've had and I guess they're kind of relaxed about it and don't have a set routine for interns.</p>

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<p>Here’s the fact: Not all internships are fun, exciting, learning experiences.
Here’s another fact: Bosses can be arses.</p>

<p>It seems that you are unsatisfied with your internship experience. The lack of contact and cooperation between you and your boss seem to be undermining your interest in this field. If you’re free, I’d start looking for another internship to join and see if that internship experience is more suited towards your interests.</p>

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<p>But isn’t the point for you to take some of the pressure off of them by doing some of the work preparing for a charity event (and other things)? Suggest you work out a schedule to meet briefly, at least weekly in person to set up your week’s To Do list, if you are going to continue working on this in the future.</p>