What was your first JOB?

[Gl4di4tor]

Do you remeber what your first paying job was? If so where was it, how much did you get paid, and what did you think of it?

 

[pulse8]

Blockbuster Video.

$5.15/hr.

It sucked my ever-hairy ass.

 

[khtm]

First "real" job that I had to pay taxes for....bank teller....$10/hr (CDN)....it made me realize that I didn't want to work in a bank for the rest of my life

 

[prodigy]

When I was in highschool I was a K-Mart Cashier making $5.50/hr.

 

[TCPpacket]

worked at baskin robbins back in high school. a whopping $4.75 an hour. couldn't even afford a bannana split after an hour's work.

 

[RossMAN]

Telemarketing, got fired after 5 days, the pay sucked, the job sucked and I was 14.

 

[fr]

Originally posted by: khtm
bank teller....$10/hr (CDN)

 

[911paramedic]

Full service gas station attendant, $5/hr (not bad for '82)

 

[dakata24]

check sorter $8.50/hr

 

[HappyPuppy]

Welder/heavy equipment mechanic..1962..age 14..$1.25/hr.

 

[cmdavid]

stars & stripes paper boy when i was in 6th grade i believe... the pay was some number of cents for every paper delivered, paid by the month.. the tips i made at the end of the month were about double my pay anyways.. i think all in all i made ~$350/month for about 30 mins of work a day.... pretty good for a 12 year old...

 

[cdan]

Now I'm a telefundraiser at the University of Hawaii Foundation. $7 an hour. Yes, I never had a paying job till college...

 

[notfred]

Worked at a cafe for $5.25/hour in highscool, it was fairly cool. Mostly high school girls worked there, and in the afternoons we'd jsut sit around and eat free food cause there were'nt very many customers.

 

[tigerbait]

Circuit City Sales Associate $8.75/hr or commission, whichever was higher

 

[StageLeft]

Worked as a research assitant with a doctor - my mom got me the job. It was so cushy it would make you weap. I got paid a crap load of money that summer for very very little "work" hours.

My next job was as a secretary for her and I got a lot of money doing that with few hours too!

Too bad they couldn't help land me a job in IT

 

[Gooberlx2]

Soccer Referee @ age 13. Rochester, Mi

pay range:
$7-$18 per game for as a line official (based on age group of players [u12-u18])
$10-$22 per game as a center official (based on age group of players [u7-u18])

Loved it!

In fact, I loved the job, the sport, and being outside so much I might sign up to be a ref again. (I'm 22 now)
They'll probably make me take a damn refresher class

 

[Dedpuhl]

Sacker at Kroger @ $4.35/hour. I now make $8.15/hour as a clerk for the same place...

 

[kranky]

Selling greeting cards door-to-door at age 12. At that time schools weren't pushing all their students to sell crap, so I had no competition. Most people bought something just for the novelty value of seeing a little kid playing door-to-door salesman. I made enough in two months to buy a new bicycle, which stunned my friends.

 

[Shelly21]

Waitress, about 6 years ago at a Japanese sushi bar. (That's where I develped my sushi addiction)

I was making 3.75 /hr + tips. On a good night, I pull in 70-100 in tips thanks to the high price menu. I worked from 6pm to 11pm.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: kranky
Selling greeting cards door-to-door at age 12. At that time schools weren't pushing all their students to sell crap, so I had no competition. Most people bought something just for the novelty value of seeing a little kid playing door-to-door salesman. I made enough in two months to buy a new bicycle, which stunned my friends.

Damn you were only 12? Wow.

I kind of did something like that, went door to door hoping to sell The Oregonian newspaper, it was all based on commission and it sucked.

 

[John]

Dairy Queen @ 3.35 per hr

 

[Ameesh]

i swept the stock room of a computer store and i got a 1x cd rom at the end of the summer.

 

[John]

Originally posted by: Ameesh
i swept the stock room of a computer store and i got a 1x cd rom at the end of the summer.

Are you still looking for work? I think I might have a position open......

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: John

Originally posted by: Ameesh
i swept the stock room of a computer store and i got a 1x cd rom at the end of the summer.

Are you still looking for work? I think I might have a position open......

LOL that was when i was 12. i got a fairly decent job now thanks.

 

[kranky]

RossMAN, no parent would let their kid do that today - just walk around the neighborhood going to stranger's homes. Luckily I lived in a neighborhood of densely packed small houses, so I could cover a lot of houses in a short distance. When I got a paper route at 15, I had 80 customers and it only took me 40 minutes walking time.