*sigh* this may take a while

ladyholly

Excellent news on  the job. Hopefully she will now realise money doesnt grow on trees.

Drawingaline

That's really good pay! My 16&17yr olds are on 7.50 and that is supposed to be brilliant for the age group! Hopefully she wil start to appreciate things a bit more and how difficult it would be for you to work full time.

EssexHebridean

Steep learning curve coming for DD then - I suspect you have a great deal of entertainment to look forward to as she learns how the real world works! Fantastic that she will be earning her own money too - and £30 a week more than I earned at her age for a full time job - oh how times have changed! (And I gave my parents £25 a week keep out of that to - do please let her know that, that should give her a scare! )

Oh lord the age thing too - yes - I still feel 18 (apart from my knees!) so no idea how I've ended up at fortymumble... 

savingholmes

EssexHebridean said:

Steep learning curve coming for DD then - I suspect you have a great deal of entertainment to look forward to as she learns how the real world works! Fantastic that she will be earning her own money too - and £30 a week more than I earned at her age for a full time job - oh how times have changed! (And I gave my parents £25 a week keep out of that to - do please let her know that, that should give her a scare! )

EH you make me smile!! Love it. Definitely think you should discuss board... LOL. So pleased she has a job

ohdearhowdidthathappen

Thanks all... we are SO pleased, we're both really hopeful it will have a positive effect on her.

I'm already chuckling to myself at the culture shock she's got in store; entitled customers, demanding managers, 8 hours on her feet etc... but I remember my Saturday job at that age and I recall the camaraderie with colleagues and the enjoyment of pay day!

Both my younger boys need new school shoes and one of them has lost both his school jumpers, so they're unexpected expenses I could do without.  Kids keen to watch the new Marvel film, might have to wait until next pay day!

savingholmes

I loved my Saturday job - it really increased my confidence.

Drawingaline

My daughter hates her job, but ye, I think she enjoys being out with people seeing as she is a natural introvert. 

My first jobs were paper rounds and singing in our church choir for weddings (£3 per wedding, in the summer I could do three per sat for about three months!), I made decent amount of money and enjoyed being out on my bike/walking. I paid for two foreign trips at secondary school doing this. 

My first main job is for the company where DD and ds are now working, one of the reasons I know they are decent to work for, I worked my way up to a good pay grade, but the job was hard, shift work and ultimately not that family friendly. However I adored the people I worked with. Found moving to an office environment, with all its politics, hard.

I hear you in the kids and uniforms. We are ok for shoes atm, but back to changing for pe in school means I have had to replace lost items already 🤦

enthusiasticsaver

I loved my first Saturday job in the jewellery department of a local department store. I used to spend ages keeping the stands tidy and untangling necklaces and so on and the brown pay envelope with cash we got at lunchtime was so rewarding to get. My DDs were paid by BACs on their first jobs which somehow didn’t feel the same. Hopefully your DD will start to appreciate how hard she has to work for her pay and value the things you do for her more. 

ohdearhowdidthathappen

savingholmes said:

I loved my Saturday job - it really increased my confidence.

Same here, I'm a natural introvert and it helped me hugely. I'm not sure with DD, I think she might be a natural introvert too, but better at hiding it.  She's more outgoing, but her default setting is being at home.

She was saying to me yesterday that most of her year group dabble in drugs and regularly drink alcohol.  There are a few girls who are currently pregnant and a couple that I know run away on a semi regular basis.  These are are all clever kids, the school has high requirements to stay on for A-levels.  I wonder if it's all more common these days or you're just more aware of it because of social media.

ohdearhowdidthathappen

Drawingaline said:

My daughter hates her job, but ye, I think she enjoys being out with people seeing as she is a natural introvert. 

My first jobs were paper rounds and singing in our church choir for weddings (£3 per wedding, in the summer I could do three per sat for about three months!), I made decent amount of money and enjoyed being out on my bike/walking. I paid for two foreign trips at secondary school doing this. 

My first main job is for the company where DD and ds are now working, one of the reasons I know they are decent to work for, I worked my way up to a good pay grade, but the job was hard, shift work and ultimately not that family friendly. However I adored the people I worked with. Found moving to an office environment, with all its politics, hard.

I hear you in the kids and uniforms. We are ok for shoes atm, but back to changing for pe in school means I have had to replace lost items already 🤦

Yes, same here.  I had a paper round from 13 to 16 and then worked in a local supermarket while I did my Alevels.
I worked at a different branch of the same company as one of side jobs until a year ago.  I really enjoyed working with my colleagues and liked the straightforwardness of the work, much nicer company to work for than the NHS.  I was sad to leave both times, but couldn't justify the wage.

I know, where does the uniform go?!
Although, there is some thieving going on.  One year, my DDs brand new coat went missing in November and turned up in March (on her peg).  Someone had blatantly been using it as looked used and smelled of a detergent different to mine!