Where was your teenage Saturday job?

Floss

I'm watching a C5 programme about the old High Street shops such as Woolworths, C&A, Radio Rentals etc. It got me remembering my teenage Saturday jobs: firstly on a market stall, then a Dolcis concession inside Burtons, and finally in our local McColls where my wage for all day Saturday and Sunday morning went up to £21.96 on my 18th birthday 😊.

Where was your Saturday job?

lesleyb

I worked in a local newsagents 9-1 every Saturday, I hated every minute of it.
I then helped my brother out by doing his paper round and loved it, out of the house every day by 6.15 and home by 7.30 am. 

DullGreyGuy

In the call centre for Great Universal Stores. I was lucky as I applied for the order line but they put me on the new customer line instead which meant my salary was £3.25 an hour. Our union had sold us out so contracted hours were the same rate no matter what day of the week it was whereas other call centres got 1.5x on Saturday and 2x on Sundays if contract or overtime (we only got 1.5x on Sunday for overtime, normal time on Saturday). 

Did that for 6 months and then got trained for the enquiries line which moved my pay to £3.90 an hour. No pay rise for becoming 18 but just after that got promoted to a manager on £17k prorated but went off to uni. Would take me another 7 or so years to earn that much again

sammyjammy

Chemist in 1990 8am to 1pm for the princely sum of £5, poor even then.

Floss

sammyjammy said:

Chemist in 1990 8am to 1pm for the princely sum of £5, poor even then.

Oh wow - my £21.96 was in 1982!

Gem-gem

Aged 13-15(1980's): a paper round - 7 days a week £4.50 per week. During school holidays - helped out on a milk round - Thursdays and Saturdays £5 per day. 

Sing at weddings (church choir) £5 per wedding.
Aged 16 - Friday 5-9pm or 6-10pm; Saturday either 11-5pm or 2-10 or 5-10pm salad bar girl at Pizza Hut £2 an hour. 

It did increase when I worked in the kitchen and became a kitchen supervisor whilst at college (17 and 18 years old).

snoozer

I worked at the Fortes service station on the M6 at Charnock Richard (only a mile from home). Luckily in the shop rather than the eating areas. 9 till 3 Saturday and Sunday for £5 in 1974. 

I remember once being hauled out by the general manager to make sandwiches with her. I was buttering (marge really) for egg sandwiches and was told I'd make the customers fat. When we moved on to ham I was told just to put spread round the edges so there wouldn't be complaints.

Seasalt3

Saturday job in Woolworths working on the sweet and pick and mix counter in the late 1960s earning 17s/6d a day in old money.  

PaulieHerts

When I was 14 I worked in a local bakers all day Saturday for £1, in 1971, I think it went up to £1.25 by the time I left in 1973   I also brought home lots of leftover cakes and bread 🤣. I had started college then and worked in Chelsea Girl for about £5 and 20% discount, I think it had gone up to about £8 when I left in 1975 to start full time work.  The shop got it all back as I couldn’t resist the clothes!

zedonk

I worked in the cafe at House of Fraser in the late 90s for £3.20 an hour. 

Happycas

Woolworths mid sixties for an unbelievable 14/11d per day.  Enough to go to the Mecca on Saturday night though with quite a bit left over!