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How old were you when you got your first job? And what was your first job?
And if you don't yet do you plan on getting one?

I'm 14 about to turn 15, I don't have a job, just curious.
 
I was 15...It was at Tim Horton's Drive Through. Horrible, stressing job but I loved getting paid, even if it was only minimum wage.
 
My first job was at McDonalds as a cashier (surprise surprise!). I was 15 (underaged) and got paid minimum wage! A whopping $5.35/hr...that was 8 years ago. It sucked, but hey...money was good to get back then.
 
Got my first job this summer at the age of 18. I offload trailers at a Sears Warehouse for 11 bucks an hour. The job's tiring as hell and I'm glad I can finally quit in a couple weeks. Made about $4000 for uni, though.
 
^^ I worked at sears too for a couple of years. Tools/Lawn and garden. the management sucked there...i hated those bastards.
 
If you don't count paper routes, I am on my first job.

I work as a park attendant at Ontario Place (www.ontarioplace.com), a poor man's Disneyland, and get paid close to $9.60 an hour pre-deductions. Basically, all I do is stand around and guard the rides, make sure kids are tall enough, have tickets, etc. Made about $2400 already, latest paycheque was $760.

EDIT: Got the job in March, was 16 then. Started in May when the park opened for the season.
 
My first job was at at Dominion back in the day. I think I was 15 or 16 at the time. Was happy when the money, but nowhere near the money I'm making now as a bartender.
 
I'm still at my first job- I work cashier at Rite Aid. It's not too bad, I sit around for 8 hours, doing basically nothing, then get my pay check every 2 weeks.
 
First job was Bill Miller's BBQ, WORST place ever, i was working my way to the top in 8 months then they hired female workers and i got demoted all the way to busboy. Then they wanted me to work my graduation night, when i said no they wanted to fire me so i quit. Now i work for the city of san antonio and make about five time what i did there.
 
Two summers ago when I was 16 I worked for a computer company running cables through schools for about $7/hour plus overtime. Last summer I worked at a lawfirm running errands for attorneys making $9/hour plus gas (full time - no nights/no weekends). This summer I decided to work a few weeks as a counselor for a christian summer camp for fun and had an absolute blast.
 
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting monty001:</div><div class="quote_post">My first job was at McDonalds as a cashier (surprise surprise!). I was 15 (underaged) and got paid minimum wage! A whopping $5.35/hr...that was 8 years ago. It sucked, but hey...money was good to get back then.</div>

Wow, 8 years ago it was 5.35? What area is that?

Mine, I was 17 and worked as a Courtesty Clerk, aka Cart Pusher for a local grocery store. I made 5.15 an hour to start. It was a job I took to get an early work release from high school. After a few months they raised the base rate to 6.35.
 
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If you don't count paper routes, I am on my first job.

I work as a park attendant at Ontario Place (www.ontarioplace.com), a poor man's Disneyland, and get paid close to $9.60 an hour pre-deductions. Basically, all I do is stand around and guard the rides, make sure kids are tall enough, have tickets, etc. Made about $2400 already, latest paycheque was $760.

EDIT: Got the job in March, was 16 then. Started in May when the park opened for the season.
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Wow, that's awesome. I would love to work at Ontario Place or perhaps Wonderland....OP more cause I believe it'd be easier. However, how did you get that job? Someone put you into it or you just dropped your resume there and got hired?

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Last summer I worked at a lawfirm running errands for attorneys making $9/hour plus gas (full time - no nights/no weekends)
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Since I am aspiring to be a lawyer, I am curious as to how you got that job at the age of 17?
 
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Hunter:</div><div class="quote_post">Two summers ago when I was 16 I worked for a computer company running cables through schools for about $7/hour plus overtime. Last summer I worked at a lawfirm running errands for attorneys making $9/hour plus gas (full time - no nights/no weekends). This summer I decided to work a few weeks as a counselor for a christian summer camp for fun and had an absolute blast.</div>
wow so you started this site @ 15 thats awsome


im only 15 so i cant get a job unless i work under the table now and im really not in the mood for dealing with that, i have to get a job next summer to raise money for a car and college
 
Probably when I was about 14 or something, worked at my dad's job. I was an intern at Mega Store at around that time too, although I can't remember if it was before or after. After that I worked at my mom's job, converting flight maps to a new system. Right now I have two jobs, one as a carpet cleaner/floor carer and one as a phone salesman.
 
16yrs ol 3be a ref for the the local ref...abosuletly loved it.. got exercise and got paid for it...also got 10 bucks a game and the games couldnt go for more than an hour...4 games a night for 3 weekday nights and a morning saturday..hours were awesome and u got hooked up on a lot of stuff. plus the fat check!!
 
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Junoon:</div><div class="quote_post">
Since I am aspiring to be a lawyer, I am curious as to how you got that job at the age of 17?</div>

My mom has been in the legal profession for 25+ years and has worked for most of the major lawfirms in town. I had aspirations of being an attorney so she called up one of her old bosses(who was managing partner of the lawfirm) and it turned out they needed a "runner" for the upcoming summer. Job fell into my lap really.

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">wow so you started this site @ 15 thats awsome</div>

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<div class="quote_poster">Quoting purehoops:</div><div class="quote_post">Wow, 8 years ago it was 5.35? What area is that?

Mine, I was 17 and worked as a Courtesty Clerk, aka Cart Pusher for a local grocery store. I made 5.15 an hour to start. It was a job I took to get an early work release from high school. After a few months they raised the base rate to 6.35.</div>

Haha I remember seeing you out there pushing carts, haha it was quite funny. You looked miserable.
 
Got my first job when I was 17, as a Warehouse Assistant, nice pay rates, $17.50 an hour, $700.00 a week. Now I'm 19 and looking for employment, my friends Dad is opening a restaurant down the road, and he is apparentley going to hire me as a Kitchen Hand, then maybe take me on as an Apprentice Chef, which I'm looking forward to.
 
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting NTC187:</div><div class="quote_post">Got my first job when I was 17, as a Warehouse Assistant, nice pay rates, $17.50 an hour, $700.00 a week. Now I'm 19 and looking for employment, my friends Dad is opening a restaurant down the road, and he is apparentley going to hire me as a Kitchen Hand, then maybe take me on as an Apprentice Chef, which I'm looking forward to.</div>
Dam, $17.50 an hour at 17, nice. What did you exactly have to do as a warehouse assistant?
 
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting SP23:</div><div class="quote_post">Dam, $17.50 an hour at 17, nice. What did you exactly have to do as a warehouse assistant?</div>

I'm guessing he's talking about Australian currency? I have no clue what the value is/was though.
 
I dont care how much the money is.. But when ur 15..16..or 17.. its still good to get paid minimum wage because in an age that low it doesnt matter about money..u just wanna get the paper..im 14..and hopefully i can get a job somewhere next year..but getting paid and doing work at 15 or 16 is nice..u get to spend ur money on whatever you want..thats tight..i cant wait!
 
My first job was at a drug store called, Long's. It was an awesome job, I just got sick of it. It was repetitive, I got minimum wage, $6.75.

Second job was at PETsMART. Horrible job. Made $7.55 an hour. Started out getting 40 hours a week, dipped to below 5 when I called in for a week because my grandmother passed away. The manager said that he couldn't schedule me anymore because I backed out of my hours when he needed me most. I told him to take his job, shove it up his ass, and told him I quit. I was on the verge of kicking his ass. He was pissed at me because my grandmother passed away.

I now work at a grocery store called Ralph's. It's owned by Kroger. It's an awesome job, love it. So fun, so chill. I make $ 7.00 and I've been there for 3 weeks. They're probably going to transfer me to the service deli, wich is a $0.55 raise. I'm getting 40 hours a week, in the service deli, I could be getting almost 50. It just depends on how they schedule me around my classes.
 
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting SP23:</div><div class="quote_post">Dam, $17.50 an hour at 17, nice. What did you exactly have to do as a warehouse assistant?</div>

Not a great deal really, I was working at the distribution centre for one of the major hardware suppliers (Mitre 10) in Australia, so what I did was basically sort through orders to make sure they were correct before being shippied out to stores, putting away products using an RF handheld computer and doing put away of the bigger stock using an RR Forklift. Usually there wasnt much going though, so alot of the time I just stood around talking to the old blokes or sweeping the floors.

Eventually I left because they were going to cut my pay back once I went full time, as I'm under 21, and I was doing just as much work as others, so I told them to get stuffed. The hours started dwindling aswell.

I just calculated it, $17.50 (AUD) works out to be about $13.30 (USD).

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Umair15:</div><div class="quote_post">I dont care how much the money is.. But when ur 15..16..or 17.. its still good to get paid minimum wage because in an age that low it doesnt matter about money..u just wanna get the paper..im 14..and hopefully i can get a job somewhere next year..but getting paid and doing work at 15 or 16 is nice..u get to spend ur money on whatever you want..thats tight..i cant wait!</div>

Its good to see you're keen to get out there and get going with a job, but you must always care about how much money you're working for, it is very easy for employers to exploit you. They'll try and cut every corner in trying to pay employees as little as possible, especially at your age.
 
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting SP23:</div><div class="quote_post">Dam, $17.50 an hour at 17, nice. What did you exactly have to do as a warehouse assistant?</div>

It's $17.50 in Australian money, lol. I started off as a paperboy when I was 13 and I got payed ?25 a week($50). That was quite good because I only had to deliever around 20 papers and it took 30 minutes to collect the papers, deliever them and get back home. I quit that job two years ago because I couldn't be bothered to wake up in the morning's anymore.

This Chiristmas I got a job at a retail store called BHS(sell's mostly clothes). I was a sale's assistant there and bah god it sucked there. The pay was crap($9 an hour), the people that worked there were pricks and it was boring as hell. They asked me to come back and work for them permanently after Christmas but I said no.

Now, I work in an office doing standard office work. It can be boring but it's not so bad. The pay is great($12 an hour), the people that work there are older but they are friendly and it's a relaxing job. I'm only going to work there for three weeks as it's a temp job.

I've also applied for a job at a soccer club. I won't tell you which one but it's a Premiership team. I only applied because I know one of the team leaders(he goes to my college). There's a good chance I'll get the job and it also means that in my breaks, I'll be able to get free entry into the stadium and watch the games. I think the pay is something like $12 per hour so it's pretty good. I'll let you know if I get the job.
 
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Laker_fan:</div><div class="quote_post">It's $17.50 in Australian money, lol.</div>

Didnt you see the part about that equating to $13.30 US?
 
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting NTC187:</div><div class="quote_post">Didnt you see the part about that equating to $13.30 US?</div>

Yeh I did. I found it funny that there was a mistake made hence adding the "lol" after. Didn't you see that part?
 
Made around 15 bucks an hour (US Money lol) at the age of 15, designed stamps for a local stamp company...still working for them, I actually am at work right now heh...
 
I'm still looking for a job. I am in the middle of freaking nowhere with no car. Its practically impossible to job hunt since everything is so far apart here. Its like 3 miles to walk to the closest pizza shop so I'm desperately trying to get a job there. Its no fun sitting around all day with no money at 16 years old.
 
I hate when teens say i make 13 dollars an hour..thats sucks! thats good..in texas..thats great
 
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