what age did you get your first job?

[Elegance]

are u glad you got a job at that age? what job was it?
how many hours did you work and how often? was it paid or volunteering?

i'm 16 and i still haven't had my first job and i probs should get looking because all of my friends have weekend jobs and they get decent pay and i get so jealous because i wanna buy new things :( also i feel like i really need some experience for when i'm looking for a real job long term ahHhhhh

[Meanies]

My first job was at Morrisons on the tills and I had the interview just after my 18th birthday as I remember talking about my brother coming to visit for my birthday. Think it was a couple of days later that I started and ended up spending 14 months there before moving on!

[Samantha]

I got my first job at Home Bargains when I was 18 - I worked in the Bradford store from August 2012 until October 2012 then moved to the Racecourse store (the Bradford one was an hour drive each way, but a family member managed to get me there and then I had to wait for a space at the other shop). At Bradford I was on a made up contract of 16 hours over 2 days, so I would do all day Saturday and Sunday, but sometimes got put in other days too. When I moved to the Racecourse store they messed it up, put me as a leaver instead of a transfer so I didn't get paid for two weeks, then I got told I was only on an 8 hour contract.

After a few months 2 people got fired so I asked for more hours and got given a 16 hour contract as I wasn't in college or anything and I could do any hours. Nearly 4 years later I'm still there, I've gained a pay rise since turning 21, had an interview for a manager position (but couldn't get it due to a relationship with a manager at the time) and got 1 person fired! Fun times. Although it's a job that can be a pain in the backside sometimes I love it so much and I couldn't imagine not working there. I'm one of the only people in the shop who literally does every job and hasn't really got a set shift I do, plus they know if they ring me 9/10 times I'll go in as extra so I think I've got that job for a while :P.

[Cerys]

I technically got a job when I was 15, it was with asda and I passed all the interviews then just as i was about to sign the contract they were like oh how old r u btw, 15? Soz we only employ 16+
:l

But my actual first job was when I was 16 at sainsburys on checkouts, then I got another when I was 16 and 17 in mcdonalds, and my most recent job was at sainsburys again in the clothing dept!

[lawrawrrr]

When I was 16 I did some volunteering in a local charity shop for a summer which was nice. Did the same in my first year of Uni as well but my first paid job was 2 years ago (I was 20), almost exactly! I've been doing freelance paid work since I was about 16 though too.


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[Cody]

I was a sophomore in high school working 4 days a week being in school. So age 16!

[j0rd]

I started doing bar work at 16 and done it for 4 years

[xxMATTGxx]

I was 20 when I got my first job - I'm actually still at the same place 3 years on.

[OldLoveSong]

i was 18 when i got my first job, at a clothing store called urban planet- i still work there 1 day a week but have another full time job

[Zak]

Depends what you mean by first job

I was a paper boy at 13
I worked in a pub at 15
I worked for Morrisons when I was 17

[Shockwave.2CC]

Started work at 18 at LCFC

[Ekelektra]

I actually just started my first job this week so age 20 and it's in a clothing shop.

[Matthew]

18 as an auditor

still there now and will be for another 3 years or so at least as thats my training contract!

[Hannah]

My first job was in a pub & grill when I was 17. I hated it, regret doing it 'cause it affected my college work because I was going to college from 8am to 8pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & going straight from college to work on Wednesday evening, friday & working as long as 14 hour shifts on Saturday and Sunday.

[Empired]

My first job was in a pub & grill when I was 17. I hated it, regret doing it 'cause it affected my college work because I was going to college from 8am to 8pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & going straight from college to work on Wednesday evening, friday & working as long as 14 hour shifts on Saturday and Sunday.
That's awful Hannah! I would have broken down after a while wow
Also, I thought you weren't allowed to do more than X hours if you're in full time education? Or is it just that schools ask you not to?

[Hannah]

That's awful Hannah! I would have broken down after a while wow
Also, I thought you weren't allowed to do more than X hours if you're in full time education? Or is it just that schools ask you not to?

There probably is something there in place for those in full time education, but this place didn't follow the rules. It was a horrible place with horrible people.

I didn't break down, but I was passing out from exhaustion regularly, which is quite scary. Lost a heck of a lot of weight too. I lasted just under 2 years before I just couldn't do it anymore, it was literally killing me. xD

Now I'm lucky enough to be in a 9-5:30 Monday to Friday job with a lovely team of people. :)

[Matt]

I got my first job at 15, was in a newsagents, worked there up until February this year. I'm glad I got the job when I did, it was my own income and introduced me to dealing with the public. It also opened up more opportunities in terms of training and future jobs.

[BreakfastBacon]

15, working the morning setup shift at pub literally jsut down a hill from me, I got really lucky. Started off as a way to raise funds for this expedition in Himalayas I am doing in July but now I work there just to get the coin.

[IzzyUhh]

My first job was at menkind at Christmas and I loved it and I'm still looking for a job but nobody wants me rip izzy

[Lucy]

My first job was when I was 15, I worked in a chain retailer stacking shelves between usually 4:30pm and 8:30pm, helped me buy a lot of things back then, no regrets :)

[Kronics]

14 as a paper boy (might as well be a job as I did get payed for it after all!)

But after that I joined the Territorial Army at 17! After that it's a long list of different jobs! :P

[takeapicture]

first job was 16 :)

[welshcake]

I was 16 when I got my first job in a little shop at the top of the road by my parents. Paid off the books £5 an hour sort of thing hah.

[Circadia]

15 as a waitress on one of the piers in Blackpool

[Shockwave.2CC]

If people are doing a paper round as their first job.
Then my first job as age 12 doing a paper round and didn't finish it till I was 21