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 .

[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+


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