<prompt> Human: Last January I started an internship at a big company. I chose it because it is a prestigious brand, which on the paper pays well enough for me.Problem is, its not.Being an intern, I de facto have few to no rights. That said, I am under an apprenticeship contract granting 700 per month. Furthermore, it is common practice for the company to pay for its employees meals. This is what I and the other guys who were hired the very same day, in the very same city, and under the very same contract as me were expecting. Easy and smooth. Which, for them was.Me, instead, I got moved to a close-by town. Here is where the problems started arising. In fact, exactly one month after my internship had started, as I went to my boss to ask about my salary, he only then decided to kindly inform me that in the city I got moved to interns get paid every three months. Which is fine, because I can survive three months without getting paid, as long as payments are punctual. I mean, fortunately I had saved enough money to keep going for another two months.Things got worse, though, when the reimbursement stuff did not go as expected, either. In fact, while I was hoping to receive meal tickets or stuff like that, they just told me to pay for my lunch myself, keep the receipts and file a reimbursement request every month or so. Which Ive done three times now. Three, as in three months of going to the cafeteria and spending a whopping 6.50 a day for lunch. I would have never spent that much money on a lunch, if it werent for the promise of full reimbursement. I filed my first request at the beginning of February, the second one in early March, the last one on Thursday. None of those have yet been granted. To be fair, they have a complex accounting system here, which makes this kind of stuff quite slow, but still, WHAT THE HELL! This should be solved in days, perhaps weeks, not months!Anyway, the company now owes me 300 in lunch reimbursements and a 2100 salary. I have no idea when to expect being paid.For some, this might look like an exiguous amount. It kind of is. Still, Im 23, just started working, almost ran out of savings, and really REALLY need that money.I tried to talk to my direct superior, but all she could do was sending emails to her boss, the HR rep, the head of accounting, but after two weeks none of these has received an answer.I dont know what to do, as soon I will have to pay for rent and bills.I was a student before I started working. It was fine, as I had access to a university fund my family had put together. Then stuff happened, and I had to put university on hold and look for a job. This opportunity looked perfect. Now I just dont know what to do, as it really sounds ridiculous, but, yeah, I will soon be unable to afford working.Post deleted and reposted with country code, after suggestion by uStedw UPDATE: turns out, reddit is good at motivating people. After harassing the whole HR and accounting branches for two full days, the first of my reimbursements has been accepted and is due tomorrow. Fingers crossed!Assistant: paid every three months.I dont know anything about Italian law, but this is illegal even in dont-give-a-crap-about-workers countries, so Im sure this is illegal in Italy too. For example, the maximum pay period in Canada is one month and in many provinces in Canada, the maximum is two weeks.Some things should be clear to you: Your company has no money. Your company is screwing you. Your company has no intention of paying you.TODAY, you should: leave the company, taking everything movable you can. Take documents, take emails, keep copies of everything. Write down everything you can remember - names, dates, addresses, phone numbers, everything.Then, file a complaint with your ministry of labor or equivalent for unpaid wages.Then, file for unemployment compensation.Then, prepare and file a lawsuit for back wages.Then, find a new job. You dont currently have a job working for nothing is not a job and you need one.Human: Id rather avoid disclosing details about the company I work for, but what I can tell you for sure is that they do have money. It is much more likely to be a very unpleasant accounting mistake.  <response>: No, it sure isnt. Accounting mistakes get remedied in hours or days. 