Should I quit my Internship because I'm not learning nothing

Career Opportunities & Internships
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<p>I’m currently and intern for a Small company that seals with web design, sales, and HR. The company only has 5 employees and really unorganized and on my second day I’m not learning anything at all about Management and I feel like I’m wasting my time. The company can’t be making a profit because they only have around 6 customers. I started my internship two days ago and I am ready to quit. I have to inter 30 hours a week and I have to complete 120 hours before I can get college credit for the internship. On day 1 I just sat on the computer all day and surf the web, checking email. Well today I had an 8 hours shift and the only two things I did was edit a paragraph on a document and add three names to the contact list. So for the remainder of the time I was on Facebook, and checking email. The owner of the company left today to go on vacation in Cancun for the entire week. The problem is that I have nothing to do until he gets back so for the rest of the week I’m just sitting at my desk and surfing the web until it’s my time to go. I really want to wait this internship but I need to finish the course to get college credit my plan is to get at least 30 hours a week and be finished within a months’ time and after my 120 hours I have no plan on returning to the company and if I’m offered a position I will not accept because the company culture is not for me. Also communication is a problem most people at work don’t even communicate and stay to themselves and the lack of diversity is also a problem with this company. So Should I just quit this internship or just continue until I get my hours required? </p>

<p>Also I have to complete and Internship by 8/9/2011 if I want to graduate on time and I really don’t have enough time to find another internship.</p>

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<p>where are you living? If you’re in DC or NYC there might be places willing to take an intern this late in the summer, but otherwise I’d say stick it out so you can graduate.</p>

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<p>Just stick it out until you can get credit. It still helps your resume, whether you learn something or not.</p>

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<p>A double negative and lack of punctuation? I think you should stay.</p>

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<p>Hi-
You might check out this thread…seems you already have your input from this thread made by “BrandonMichigan”…hummmmmmmm…</p>

<p>BrandonMichigan
New Member</p>

<p>Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 2
Need Advice Should I quit my internship. Urgent!
I’m currently and intern for a small Web design company/ Social marketing firm I have just completed my first week at the company and I have to complete more than 120 hours to get credit from my college. The problem is that I’m not really learning anything and I feel more like a secretary than an intern my program is Business management but I have not done anything this week that has given me experience to learn how a business is run. The owner of this business recently went on vacation to Cancun so we only communicate by email. While’s he’s on vacation he want me to run errands to other business to pick up credit card information. Like I have said I’m more like his personal secretary than an intern. Also he wants me to keep him updated each day on the progress in the office I guess he wants me to keep an eye on everyone while he’s gone. It’s too late in the summer for me to find a new internship and I need to have this internship completed by 8/9/2011 to graduate on time with my degree any advice on what I should do? By the way this is an unpaid internship and he requires me to put in at least 30 hours a week at his company. The problem is that I work full time second shift for my real job so I intern in the morning and work in the afternoon I’m exhausted. Should I continue with this internship or try and find a new internship? I’m in Michigan.</p>

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<p>It can take a while to get going, just because the first two days, or first two weeks are bad, doesn’t mean that you won’t learn and you won’t do stuff. Having six customers isn’t bad, it depends on how much revenue they generate. If you ask people what you can help them with, maybe you will have stuff to do next week, and maybe you will learn.</p>

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<p>I think you should stick it out and try to be a resource instead of surfing the web all day. If it is as boring as you say, try to make the best out of a bad situation and find a way to improve the company and get noticed. In the corporate world you don’t get ahead by surfing the web all day, or even just doing your job duties. You need to go above and beyond to get noticed. So try doing that instead of complaining about how you’re not learning anything or how bored you are. Plus it’s your 2nd day…what do you expect?</p>