Get a job

[Ltlabner]

A comment by Roy Tucker in a different thread got me to thinking.

When did you get your first job?

I started mowing yards regulalry for money at 13, but the first "real" job was at 16 working at a Hardees. From there it was 7 years at a ribs resturant as a cook (from mid highschool through college) and then into jobs related to my carear post college.

I know the older folks will laugh, but I remember distinctly when I hit $4.00/hour and thinking it was the most money I'd ever make.

[camisadelgolf]

My first job was making minimum wage at Thriftway in Blue Ash at the age of 16.

[westofyou]

Lawns don't count, that was walking around the suburb money.

First job - Mariemont Theater age 16

At age 20, I quit school and worked for a year, made $4.00 an hour worked 48 hours a week and shared an apartment.

I went back to school, pumped gas for $4.50 an hour when not at school or my apartment.

Washed Dishes, made Hot Dogs, made Hamburgers, prepped kitchen, sold t-shirts and did anything to finish school... so I would never get another 25 cent raise from an arrogant boss again.

[Ltlabner]

Washed Dishes, made Hot Dogs, made Hamburgers, prepped kitchen, sold t-shirts and did anything to finish school... so I would never get another 25 cent raise from an arrogant boss again.

I also did some farm work towards the end of my yard mowing carear. That made it pretty clear to me that I did not want to work with my back my entire life. I'm not knocking that line of work, but it is most certinally not for me. From then on I knew I'd get through college come hell or high water.

[Razor Shines]

16 years old. I worked at Mail Boxes Etc. (UPS Store, now) and made $6.15 an hour. I worked there until I graduated high school. I actually really liked working there, they were great at working around all the sports that I played.

[Roy Tucker]

I was 15 and worked in a car wash (Far Hills and Whipp Rd., its still there). Made $1.15/hr. After taxes, it was <$1.

Plus, it was in the winter time, I dried off the cars with wet towels, I worked from 8-6 Sat. and Sun., we only got a break if the cars stopped coming, which sometimes they didn't, so I'd eat a PB+J with one hand and dry with the other.

That job stunk and still ranks as my #1 worst job.

I very quickly got my second job at a donut shop which was more reasonable.

[pedro]

When I was 15 I got a job washing dishes and serving food at the Tamarack Manor nursing home in Danville, California.

It was not a very nice place.

[nate]

Let's see. I think at 18, I worked at the movie theatre in beautiful El Toro, CA. Then I moved up to selling sunglasses at the mall.

In college, I worked at a music store.

That was the last time I was actually "employed."

[IslandRed]

I think I was ten when I started earning money doing farm jobs for family. Tobacco crop work, mostly. The first real traditional job -- involving working for someone other than family, with a check that involved tax deductions -- was on a construction crew during college summer break.

[Johnny Footstool]

I got a job helping a friend mark the local baseball fields when I was 13, and I got the whole job to myself the next year. We placed the bases and marked the lines, which was thankless work because the foul poles, bases, and home plate didn't line up properly, so our lines were always crooked. I think it paid $50 for the whole summer, which wasn't much money in the mid-80's. Luckily, we had the key to the concession stand, so we got some "free" candy and pop.

[SunDeck]

Age 15- worked in my dad's machine shop. Got about $12/day.
Age 16- washed dishes Fri/Sat from 12-6am at a restaurant on Westbourne Ave. for $3.35/hour.
Summer before my junior year I worked in another machine shop owned by my dad's business partner. $4.50/hour. I thought I was peeing in tall cotton.
Summer before my senior year I worked as a landscape laborer for about the same wage. I gained about about 15 pounds in muscle from the hard work.

[RFS62]

Age 15 summer job cutting weeds on the side of the road for the State Road Commission was my first job with a regular paycheck. Swinging that big scythe in the hot sun got me in pretty good shape by the time two-a-day football practice came around.

[Cyclone792]

I started working as a golf caddy when I was 13, and I actually worked that job for five summers. Most kids tended to last around a year or two, but I developed into an outstanding caddy so I would typically make pretty good money per round, or enough money for me to stick around into high school.

By my third summer (age 15), there were about four or five golfers who would request me regularly, and they'd always pay me very well. Tournaments were huge, and there'd be tournaments where a golfer would request/reserve me two or three weeks in advance of the tournament.

Plus, I think another reason I actually hung around into high school was that the club allowed the caddies to play two free rounds of golf each week on either Monday or Friday. I probably played around 25 free rounds of golf each summer while working there.

The summer between my junior and senior years in high school was my last summer working as a caddy, and then when school started my senior year I finally went out and got my first job with an actual paycheck in a factory warehouse.

[TeamSelig]

Ughhh... McDonalds (i'm guessing we aren't counting farming jobs, etc.)


Didn't last there very long. Got yelled at once for putting ketchup on a sandwich before mustard. I said "..... huh? what is the difference?" I got a reply of, "THAT'S NOT HOW WE DO IT HERE AT MCDONALDS"

Guess I couldn't cut it in the hamburger business.

[guttle11]

Like Cyclone I was a caddy. Made some good money carrying doubles. Usually between $60-80 per round, sometimes more. Played many a free round on Mondays as well. It's great work and money for teens.

Got a "real" job my senior year of high school as well.