Your first job?

Just wondering what everyone's first job was?

I still have mine, as a cinema kiosk assistant, although I do a lot of the projection work now.

Anyone else?

Reply 1

MountKimbie

18

Hello MaggiiMae,

my first paid job was brilliant. I was 17/18, and I somehow landed a job working for my local council conducting surveys regarding peoples method of transport and trying to convince them to pursue 'greener' alternatives. Most of the people doing the job were graduates, I was by far the youngest. We tested new software and got to use flashy Samsung Galaxy Tablets. They pay was amazing and the job was really fun!

Reply 2

username1221160

19

I was 16 when I started working in a newsagents. The owner was knocking out under the counter, so had some awkward moments when customers came in asking to buy cowies. Ruined the last of my innocence.

Reply 3

Dinasaurus

22

I worked at Amazon from October last year til December, I absolutely despised it. Some times I worked like 60 hours in a week, my average was probably 50 hours.

Reply 4

username987675

18

My first job was a temporary christmas job when I was about 16 at Dobbies (a garden center for those that haven't heard of it). It was set up by an agency and it was one of the worst things I've ever done. I was basically a sales assistant for a company that had a stand there over christmas, I was given no training or information on what I was actually doing. When I showed up there was literally no one who even knew what I was doing. Got paid for it but it was such a bad job.

Reply 5

John55

14

When I was thirteen I had a job putting supplements in newspapers. I hated it and was delighted when I got fired.

Reply 6

MountKimbie

18

Original post by Quantex

I was 16 when I started working in a newsagents. The owner was knocking out under the counter, so had some awkward moments when customers came in asking to buy cowies. Ruined the last of my innocence.

What do you mean by this......

Reply 7

TheOneMusketeer

Original post by Dinasaurus

I worked at Amazon from October last year til December, I absolutely despised it. Some times I worked like 60 hours in a week, my average was probably 50 hours.

What kind of job at Amazon?

Reply 8

erika foster

2

Original post by TheOneMusketeer

What kind of job at Amazon?

born july 1986 dental hygieniest

Reply 9

Dinasaurus

22

Original post by TheOneMusketeer

What kind of job at Amazon?

I worked in a warehouse, the job I did the most was receiving. Stood in one place next to a conveyor line, boxes would come through. I'd take them off the line place them onto my desk, scan a sticker of the item inside the box. Type some numbers on the computer. Place the contents of the box onto either a silver cart thing or into one of 3 coloured boxes. Repeat until silver cart is full. Take silver cart to holding area in the warehouse, get new empty cart. Repeat.

6am until 6pm at its worst. I don't think I ever managed though, I normally did 7am until 6pm.

Reply 10

MountKimbie

18

Original post by John55

When I was thirteen I had a job putting supplements in newspapers. I hated it and was delighted when I got fired.

Why did you get fired?

Reply 11

TheOneMusketeer

Original post by Dinasaurus

I worked in a warehouse, the job I did the most was receiving. Stood in one place next to a conveyor line, boxes would come through. I'd take them off the line place them onto my desk, scan a sticker of the item inside the box. Type some numbers on the computer. Place the contents of the box onto either a silver cart thing or into one of 3 coloured boxes. Repeat until silver cart is full. Take silver cart to holding area in the warehouse, get new empty cart. Repeat.

6am until 6pm at its worst. I don't think I ever managed though, I normally did 7am until 6pm.

I can see that it is repetitive job and the hours are long. Is that why you hated it? or were there other reasons?

Reply 12

TheOneMusketeer

Original post by erika foster

born july 1986 dental hygieniest

Sorry, why are you quoting me?

Reply 13

erika foster

2

Original post by TheOneMusketeer

Sorry, why are you quoting me?

what do you mean am i quoting you

Reply 14

Dinasaurus

22

Original post by TheOneMusketeer

I can see that it is repetitive job and the hours are long. Is that why you hated it? or were there other reasons?

The hours were long, it was repetitive. Almost everyone was Lithuanian and they rarely spoke to anyone else, I am visibly not Lithuanian so they never made an effort to speak to me.

The few people I did speak with kept moving around, so we didn't share breaks so I would spend most days barely speaking as we weren't allowed to 'chat' on the job, although we still did but we'd get in trouble. Being silent for so many hours is impossible for me.

I felt the lack of mental stimulus absolutely mind numbing and lack of conversation, especially as my friends were in uni and they go out and party multiple times a week.

Reply 15

username738914

21

I started working at O2 as a Sales Advisor at 16. Switched gears to Three (got paid more p/hour + cash bonuses > gift cards lmao) as a Sales Associate at 17, been here for a year and 3 months. I'll be leaving in 2 weeks to focus on revision.

Reply 16

TheOneMusketeer

Original post by erika foster

what do you mean am i quoting you

You replied with some nonsense when I hadn't asked you anything.

Reply 17

erika foster

2

Original post by TheOneMusketeer

You replied with some nonsense when I hadn't asked you anything.

but the that is my first job and my current one hardly ****ing ********

Reply 18

user382

17

Servicing horny school mums.

Hard work but someone has got to do it. :wink:

Reply 19

John55

14

Original post by MountKimbie

Why did you get fired?

I was really lazy. Additionally, at one point I let milk leak into a freezer containing frozen food and didn't notice for like quarter of an hour by which time it was to late... :s-smilie:

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