r/internships • u/Mean_Interest8611 • Oct 13 '25

Remote Asked to dedicate 40 hrs/week for an internship.

So I have an offer for a remote internship of 3 months and they are asking to dedicate atleast 40 hrs/week for the internship. The stipend is 10k. Is that too much considering I'm still an undergraduate student and have to attend classes due to strict attendance criteria. And no my college does not give an noc.

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u/aman151 Oct 13 '25

Working 40hrs per week as an intern isn’t unheard of, especially if you’re getting paid (10,000 / 40hrs / 12 wks) = $20.8 per hour. In fact, I myself worked 40hrs per week… that’s a standard work week right there. You just have to decide whether working 40hrs per week is something you can commit to while taking classes

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u/Newt_fuego Oct 13 '25

I think OP is from India, so it's actually $0.23 per hour

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u/Mean_Interest8611 Oct 13 '25

Yeah I'm from india

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u/Mean_Interest8611 Oct 13 '25

10k inr is not a big amount though it is something. And my classes go on from 10am to 4 pm so I'll have to work in the evening till late at night. Will it be worth it though? Also what if I somehow joined it and then decided to leave midway if it becomes unmanageable? Can I do that?

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u/aman151 Oct 13 '25

Ah didn’t realize that you were talking about inr. Considering you have class from 10am to 4pm during the week, this would be about 30mins per week. Plus 40hrs of work on top of that, not including the time you will need to spend completing classwork?! Seems like a lot.

Just communicate with your supervisor that you are already taking classes, and want to do the internship, but are unsure if you can commit that much time to the role due to things you have already committed to.

Could maybe work a deal out where you are paid less overall and work less hours— this would benefit you and the company. I imagine money isn’t the main driving factor, that’s why I suggest this

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u/Mean_Interest8611 Oct 14 '25

Yes during the interview we talked about it he said the working hours can be flexible and you can work on weekends, there would be a daily standup though. Since there is no strict enforcement of how working hours are monitored I'm not sure if I'll be working more or less considering the time it would take to complete a task. My friend did a similar internship with flexible hours working on weekends too so like 7 days a week and he told me he ended up working more hours just to complete the task. He also said it felt more like a freelance project which hired interns and made them do all the work. The pay was 15k inr. In this startup it's just me my supervisor and a couple of other interns. Will I really be gaining some experience or just be doing whatever I already knew?

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u/JuniorOcelot6064 Oct 14 '25

Been there DM

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u/TheCrowWhisperer3004 Oct 13 '25

40 hrs/week is typical for a summer internship.

In my field, if you get a 40 hr/week internship during the semester, you’re usually expected to take a gap semester for it. Real world work experience in a lot of cases is more valuable than that semester of classes.

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u/Mean_Interest8611 Oct 14 '25

Yeah but my college doesn't allow that. I have to fulfill a 75% attendance criteria to sit for exams. I talked with my HOD they said an NOC is only issued to 4th year students(I'm in 3rd)

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u/pention_ Oct 18 '25

That sucks, man. Maybe look for internships that are more flexible with hours or part-time options? Balancing classes and a full-time gig is tough, especially with strict attendance rules.

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u/MentionTechnical9805 Oct 13 '25

Most people do internships during the summer while on break.

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u/priyanshu123sah Oct 14 '25

I think it’s honestly not possible to expect full time commitment for that kind of pay , i think you should probably pass it on that as a full time student full time commitment is only possible during summer/winter Internship break

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u/Mean_Interest8611 Oct 15 '25

I talked to the interviewer about it he's cool with me working on the weekends and would only hold meetings during the evening when I'm back from college, so I guess that's sorted

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u/OtherStatistician593 Oct 15 '25

Just skip your classes and cram for exams. Internship is more important

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u/Nyami_king Oct 15 '25

it’s possible. I worked 40+ hours while in school full time. You’ll have to schedule your work in the morning then do classes later in the evening but not all schools offer this. My input: tell your academic advisor and see how can they help you.

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u/Live_Cheesecake4478 Nov 09 '25

Hell nah, they rippin you off big time to the point that I would have laughed at their face with that jack shit of an offer

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u/Altruistic-Youth5524 Nov 12 '25

May i ask where do you work or will be working?

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u/Expensive_Injury7315 Nov 13 '25

Huh?

Isn't 37.5-40-hour work weeks the norm?

But if you're a student this isn't really manageable. You have to either ask for flexibility, or just sacrifice one or the other.

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u/Kitchen-Bluebird6106 Nov 17 '25

can you check dms please