What was your first job?

geri1965_2

I worked as a clerk-typist for a firm of electrical wholesalers.

sweetme

An office junior for a firm of Electrical Contractors.

Yogibear

mustang121 wrote: »

So as the title suggests. I'm curious as to whether any one did any strange and wonderfulfirst ever jobs, or did people just roll through education and straight in to theironly job?

My experience is boring with my first job being a summervacation job during university. Working on a production line that manufactured doors,boy how the summer dragged.

I was a apprentice Jollier in a Pottery in Portobello when I was 15

Deep_In_Debt

First job was working as a chamber maid at a local hotel. Was quite an eye opener for a sweet and innocent youngster!

runninglea

worked in the local chinese.

They had a sign up in the window so i went in and asked they gave me a menu and the test was to memorise the menu and prices.

I went away and learnt the menu, went back within an hour after memorising the menu and they tested me. Got them all correct so got the job.

It was a whole £1.60 per hour

jfh7gwa

waitress. i was terrible, the pay was terrible, and the owners were terrible.

it did teach me a lot though - as in, that i needed to get my head down and get some qualifications / skills! every time i've flagged during revision or professional exams or anything, i still have flashbacks to deep cleaning that kitchen on the quiet / off days.

nanto3girls

Left school at 15 in 1966.Last day at school was on the Friday,started work on the Monday in a sewing factory.Worked there until i started a family in 1969. Wage was £3.10's(£3.50) a week.

scorpiolady

In between taking exams i worked as a waitress at the cricket ground

ntb1

McDonalds 1.80 per hour part time at college, did soon go up to 2.25 (1989 at 16)

then Chain Boy summer job on a building site at £2.50 per hour

first full time job car valeter at £2.50 per hour.

flutterbyuk25

I had the best first job ever, worked in a music shop - Our Price (which was owned by Virgin) started at age 15 just doing saturdays and then went part time when I was in uni. Stayed there til I was 20 when it shut (I'm now 30).

It was brilliant. I got paid to listen to music all day , got 25% discount off everything, my friends thought it was the coolest job ever (It was!) and would come visit me, I'd get tonnes of free promo CD's etc, free gig tickets and every Christmas Richard Branson would give you a brilliant present. One year it was 6 bottles of champers (I was 16 :rotfl:), another year it was Virgin perfume and a personalised signed autobiography and the best one was a free Virgin mobile phone with £50 of credit on it. I was 17 and the first person in my school to get a phone! I think the credit lasted me well over a year!

Ah I miss that job although I do have an awesome job now as a teacher/youth worker.