What were some of your first jobs?

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Benzgirl, we followed somewhat the same path!

Teaching swimming lessons (13-16): $3/hour
Lifeguard (15-18): $5/hour
Waitress (15-20): varying from $1-3/hour + tips
Tour Guide (16-22, with a break): $8/hour

We must have been separated at birth? What kind of tours did you guide?

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

We must have been separated at birth? What kind of tours did you guide?

Through The Nationality Classrooms at Pitt. During the school year, you could volunteer, but if you passed the test with a 95% or higher and were considered a skilled guide (adept with visitors and/or able to speak a second language), you could get paid on weekends, holidays, and during the summer. They're amazing!

[KSUViolet06]

My first job was at Pizza Hut.

[smiley21]

My first job was Chick-Fil-A. I started there in October of 2000. I was 18. I worked there off and on for about 2 years.

[LoveMyKeyKKG]

My first job was for a professional photographer. I think I was 16, maybe 17. I cleaned and organized the studio and helped set up equipment, change and label film, arrange people and props and take money/orders if it was for a group. I also helped process b/w film and picked up color orders at the processors. He did a lot of weddings, so I would also organize the proof albums and fill out their orders. It was a lot of fun!

[DeltAlum]

I answered the phone at a rock and roll radio station in the evenings when I was in high school.

Boring, but it bought gas for the car and beer for the fake ID.

[epchick]

My first job was working at a recreation center teaching dance to little kids. I worked there for 2 months before I was given an ultimatum--bring in 12+ more students or leave. I don't know 12 kids under the age of 10, so I left. The ended up giving the job to an enemy of mine...but she got paid $6 an hour while I got $15 an hour!!! ahahahahaha.

My next job was at Coldstone, in 2006. Aside from the douchebag owner, I had a blast! I loved it there. At the time, I got paid minimum wage which was $5.15/hr. boo to that.

Then I worked at Aeropostale. Again, loooooved the job, until they decided they rather give me more "on call" shifts than working shifts. I literally got a few $20 paychecks---it wasn't even enough to fill up my tank with gas to get to work!

[VandalSquirrel]

My first job that required paperwork was working at a summer camp, which was from 14-18. When my father took the golden parachute from his job and opened a small business for fun I helped him a lot.

My only other job as a teen was working at Honeybaked Ham one Thanksgiving through Christmas season since my friends were working there and I made a deal with my parents that I'd buy my snowboard if they paid for the trip. In the end they paid for all of it and I used the money to visit my college boyfriend at college under the guise of "touring colleges." They wished they hadn't encouraged me to get that job and buy the snowboarding gear on my own because they couldn't prevent me from using my own money to go to Colorado. I also would have never met said boyfriend if I didn't work at the summer camp. We broke up because of that trip and I think my parents were finally able to exhale.

[preciousjeni]

At 16, I started working at Camelot Music (retail store). Within a few months, the store closed because the company was acquired by Trans World (FYE) and they shut our location down.

Within a few months, my old manager was calling me back because Trans World decided to open a Record Town in the same location as the old Camelot Music store. I was hired back as lower manager (Keyholder) which was huge for me since I was under 18.

Record Town is gone now as I believe all the stores became FYEs.

[DreamfulSpirit]

My first job was working at a mall customer service desk in Mesa, AZ. I worked there when I was 16, and I got paid $6.75/hr. That was more than what most of my friends were paid for where they working at that time during high school.

[Buttonz]

My first job was day camp. I worked for a bunch of summers. I still keep in touch with two of my campers, one who will be entering college in a few weeks.

My second job was working telemarketing and then after a few months I started working there during the day doing secretary type stuff, as well as payroll and mailings.

I loved that it was right by my house, easy to get to class from good money off the books (I was making $10 an hour) and I got to set my own schedule for the most part.

I hated the guy who owned the place and the guy in charge. I lasted a year before we mutually decided to part ways.