<prompt> Human: I started an internship not too long ago with the plan that upon graduation I would be able to discuss full-time employment with benefits, salary, etc... I graduated last week and brought up to my employer that I am now available to work full-time and discuss employment. She said that she would like to extend the internship throughout the Summer to get a better understanding of my skills, conceptual thinking and contribution to the team. Im going to be making pretty good money and much more than Ive ever made but its still not as much as I would be making if I were a full-time employee on salary. Theyre pretty busy right now with projects and hiring other interns so my questions is do you think they just want me to work through the Summer and then possibly let me go once things slow down around August or are they being sincere in that they would like to just better get to know me. Ive been there for two months already. In addition, I noticed that I am not getting any taxes withheld from my paycheck. I am getting paid exactly X x hrs a week. At the moment, I dont have health insurance so thats also another issue because Id like to work somewhere where I can receive benefits.Any suggestions on ways to address this to my employer or should I just hold it off till August and see how things go? The thing is I already accepted the extended internship so I suppose my opportunity speak up already passed.Assistant: Your only leverage is if you dont accept you will leave. As an intern with two months experience with them, that doesnt give you a leg to stand on. Wait it out until the end of summer. Human: Yeah, I agree. I really dont feel qualified enough to be an employee yet, not because I lack skills or a bad intern but because I am still learning and getting acquainted with their company. Still, I dont know why they didnt just tell me that I had to wait till August to receive a decision. Also, would it be weird if I asked them to withhold taxes from my paycheck? or is it too late now? Whats a reason as to why a company wouldnt want to withhold taxes?Assistant: Every new employee has to learn and get acquainted with the company.Go apply for a real job elsewhere. They arent thinking about your future.Human: what makes you come to that conclusion?  <response>: Any company that really wants you as an employee is willing to pay for you to learn on the job. In my industrycorporate space, an employee is going to take a year or two before theyre good for anything serious.Best case scenario, they want to compare you to the other interns to see if you make the cut. Worst case scenario, they just want you for a few months. 