I remember my first job
By solxee
@sol_cee (38219)
Philippines
April 25, 2023 5:55pm CST
My nephew broke his new smartphone and his mom (my sister)was furious because it wasn’t even fully paid yet. So my nephew said he is going to work part time to save up some money to have his phone fixed. He is only 13, by the way. His mom cut him a deal. He would help sell her baked goods and he would get a commission which he could save up for his phone repair. But for now, he has to be phone-less.
Can you remember your first job?
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@RasmaSandra (80747)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Apr 23
I didn't work my teen years but I worked when I went to university and I was a counselor at Latvian summer camps in both the US and Canada
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@RasmaSandra (80747)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Apr 23
@sol_cee take care of and watch over and take care of children who are camping for the summer in cabins at campsites,
@DaddyEvil (137636)
• United States
26 Apr 23
Oh, yes... I got a job working at the school as a janitor for minimum wage when I was 13. I worked two hours a day after school and had to pay one of my brothers to take me home afterward. (I paid him $1 a day for the ride home, which was a big chunk out of my paycheck.) Minimum wage was $2.30 an hour back then.
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@DaddyEvil (137636)
• United States
26 Apr 23
@sol_cee My family was poor. We needed the money.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
26 Apr 23
@DaddyEvil such a responsible teenager you were
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
26 Apr 23
I grew up in Texas and my first job was at a supermarket, bagging groceries for 40 cents an hour. At age 15, I was a cashier in that store.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
27 Apr 23
@JamesHxstatic woah! Did you have time to hang out with your friends then?
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
26 Apr 23
@sol_cee Yes I was. I was in high school and worked from 5 PM to 10 PM three nights a week and 8 or 10 hours on Saturday.
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@m_audrey6788 (58472)
• Germany
26 Apr 23
Well...I`m not sure if I can consider a job, selling some homemade sweet candies at school when I was just 10yrs old
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@m_audrey6788 (58472)
• Germany
27 Apr 23
@sol_cee Yes and the cost of those candies is not too much
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@jeanbug23 (992)
• Philippines
26 Apr 23
My first job back then was at Dunkin Donuts. I was so happy with my salary and it was my first time to have money from my own hard work. It was a summer job, I was in college then. When summer was over, I stopped but it was a very wonderful experience having that first job.
@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
26 Apr 23
Your nephew is a good kid. He knows how to take responsibility for his actions. I hope he would be able to save enough for his phone's repair.
We plucked the white hair of my grandparents in elementary school days to earn. 0.10 centavos for each white hair plucked.
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@RebeccasFarm (90469)
• Arvada, Colorado
26 Apr 23
Yes it was a donut shop. Overnights..I was only 14 yrs old.
Before that babysitting for many kids.
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
28 Apr 23
I had my first job before I was born.. I didn't get paid for it.. So, it's not worth remembering..
@LeaPea2417 (37379)
• Toccoa, Georgia
26 Apr 23
My first job was wrapping gifts at a shopping center department store during a Christmas Season.
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@moffittjc (121714)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Apr 23
When I was a child I used to take my dad’s lawn mower out of the garage and walk around our neighborhood knocking on doors to ask people if they would hire me to cut their grass. So I guess technically that was my first job. My first real job working for an employer was when I was 14. I worked at a grocery store I worked at that store until I was 18 and then I left to go away to the university to further my education after graduating from high school.
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@moffittjc (121714)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 Apr 23
@sol_cee I was that kid. I should have been a movie star. Would you be my number one fan if I was a movie star?