child exploitation!! -what do you think??

robpw2

i used to get £5 a week delivering our weekly paper and i had to walk round 3 streets one side of the roundabout and 2 the other , thankfully i had a great mum who used to put all leaflets in paper pack the bag for me so i could just grab my bike and papers and go deliver .

aliasojo

poet123 wrote: »

Absolutely, but I inferred from you comment that you considered my comments irrelevant to the thread.

Ah. Well your interpretation is not the same as my intent.

I was actually referring to the fact that so many seem to have an opinion about whether kids should or should not have a paper round.

I don't think there is a 'right' answer to that and was just pointing out that I agreed with your 'each to their own' comment.

It's for us all to decide as individuals whether we agree with our kids delivering/working at that age or not.

Emma_N

Between the ages of 13-15 I didn't have a paper round but I did have a Saturday job at my local stables. I was paid the grand total of £5 to work between 8am and 6pm, which increased to £10 when I demonstrated that I knew what I was doing. As soon as I got to 16 I went and got a job at my local pub for £3.20/hour.

Looking back the wages were rubbish but working taught me the value of money.

OP I say good on your daughter for having the initiative for going out there and getting herself a job.

Oldernotwiser

poet123 wrote: »

Really? Why? Unless you mean due to the economic climate? Mine are 27, 25, 23,and 14, and all of the older ones managed to find a part time job after their first year in college. They worked in a warehouse, video game shop and bar respectively.

Feedback from this site leads me to believe that those who haven't had a job until they go to university are at a great disadvantage in this economic climate and that seems understandable to me. It's not unlike the situation where someone's been unemployed for 2/3 years; employers wonder what's wrong with them.

poet123

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Feedback from this site leads me to believe that those who haven't had a job until they go to university are at a great disadvantage in this economic climate and that seems understandable to me. It's not unlike the situation where someone's been unemployed for 2/3 years; employers wonder what's wrong with them.

I don't doubt some employers think that way, but I don't agree not entering the workforce young (if you are still in school/college/uni) is the same as being unemployed for a prolonged period. Nor do I think that it is usually viewed that way.

So long as you can demonstrate from grades and extra curricular activities that you are not lazy, or lacking in motivation, I think most employers would accept that at face value. Quite a lot of friends of my sons' didnt have jobs pre uni or even during uni (mainly those who were on strenuous courses) they all got jobs on graduation.

SeW50

Not bad IMO.

You could give her a few pounds yourself as a bonus so she could make a bit more