Your first job?

[cricfan967]

What was your first job? At what age did you get it?
Mine is at Little Caesars Pizza at the age of 16.

[Pakhtoon_Rules]

I was a teacher of class 5th, back in 2006 when i was 19.

[ElRaja]

i was 14 when i worked for a few weeks in microworld house of electronics flogging projectors and laptops, its on tottenham court road, amongst all the electronics shops, next to the sony shop i think it was. im sure london people will know which area im talking about.

[DeadlyVenom]

Apart from working with my dad, selling double glazing over the phone for a shady company.

[James]

Worked in the basement of a fish and chip shop when I was 14, completely illegally and off the books. Used to get my hands dirty and the mick taken out of me every Saturday and come out stinking, but always left with thirty quid and a box of fish and chips for the walk home, and I was happy.

[ElRaja]

Originally Posted by Whippy Worked in the basement of a fish and chip shop when I was 14, completely illegally and off the books. Used to get my hands dirty and the mick taken out of me every Saturday and come out stinking, but always left with thirty quid and a box of fish and chips for the walk home, and I was happy.

30 quid and a box of fish and chips is well worth it at 14.

[James]

Yep not only did I always get a nice tea, but living at home as a teenager, 30 quid seemed like all the money in the world. Things are a bit different now...

[murphyslaw79]

hmmm - 1st job - working in the Kitchen at the University Student Union
2nd job - working on a factory line, where Cadbury's heroes boxes were being produced (i lasted a week)
3rd job - door to door selling double glazing.

[Garuda]

First official job I was at the age of 22.

as a Software Developer in Boston with a pay around USD 55 k per annum.

That was those dream days. No family to worry about or to return home early. Enough money to spend on whatever you want.

I think 5 years from that time was the best time of my life. and then marriage happened.

[dhump]

Originally Posted by Garuda First official job I was at the age of 22. as a Software Developer in Boston with a pay around USD 55 k per annum. That was those dream days. No family to worry about or to return home early. Enough money to spend on whatever you want. I think 5 years from that time was the best time of my life. and then marriage happened.

Ahh I feel sorry for you bro we all do the same mistake and then cry on it for rest of our lifes.

My first job was at the age of 17 internship in a tax-law firm something not at all related to what I do.

[ahsan88]

At 15, worked at a Pakistani store in Montreal. Earned 150 $ in a week, last day $ 120 bike got stolen from outside the store.

[James]

Hehehe. Sometimes I wonder if men are meant to get married.

[IgnitedMind]

Worked in chemistry Store for our college's chemistry department for 2 yrs while in colz. Absolutely no work except when kids come to buy gloves or a certain chemical or equipment....99% of it is the first week of the semester. Rest of semester..well got paid for studying my subjects or watching movies in laptop.

[violet_may]

First job was at the age of 15. Worked at a fast food joint. Smelled like fries everyday.

[dhump]

Originally Posted by Whippy Hehehe. Sometimes I wonder if men are meant to get married.

well there is no middle way you get married or you dont get married and on either side you wonder how it feels to be on the other side, and this is quite ****.

[KingKhanWC]

First job when I was 5 washing my dads care for 50p. slave labour

First proper job working on a market stall before and after school. Wage was around £4.00 per day. child labour.

[Warfare]

First job was working in my Uncle's dry cleaners on the Suzy machine at the age of 13. That was some intense labour man.

I can't remember but I think I got paid £160 for two weeks of work and I didn't know what to do with the money...

[kkmix]

Car Wash place at age 17.

[pakistanbest]

paper round at 12 and my 1st proper job was at 17, a market researcher over the phone, at 20 still stuck

[BoomBoomAli]

River Island at 18, what a terrible experience.

The amount of bitching and politicking going on, I havent shopped there since.

Man, I could tell some stories..

[umerz]

I don't know if that counts as job but I started giving tutions when i was 18 and continued till i got the first professional job i.e. at 24

[velu]

First job at 22.
Joined as a software engineer and worked for 2.5yrs in the same company.

[Justcrazy]

Worked with a solicitor. I was 12, helped him by taking dictations.

[sakss]

working at my dads shop 14 yo


1st job of my own 18, cineworld cinemas(feltham) doing all kinda sh*t...

[ace4rmspace]

First job, as an IT instructor conducting MCSE courses at the age of 19 back in Kashmir.

[Law]

20 at a Govt office as a computer guy. Earned 6000 in 2 Months

[msd89]

My first job is my current job as a software engineer..joined 2 weeks back

[Energy]

At 19, sales administrator assistant with a real estate firm.

Loved the idiotic office-oriented feel of plain typing and moving between cells on an empty excel file for the first few days.

[amarali]

Originally Posted by BoomBoomAli River Island at 18, what a terrible experience. The amount of bitching and politicking going on, I havent shopped there since. Man, I could tell some stories..

Story plz......haven,t gone on job yet,still 2 years to complete my graduation,want to see a few stories so that can learn a bit.

[Inswinger]

Part time administrative assistant at a College when I was 17. Boring as hell.

[nazimcricket]

Steno-Typist at a cotton export company at age 17. Spent the off-season with not much to do, so got curious about the tobacco laced paan chewing habit of my co-worker. Decided to have a go at it myself and spent an hour spewing my guts out after ingesting the tobacco

[Inswinger]

Originally Posted by nazimcricket Steno-Typist at a cotton export company at age 17. Spent the off-season with not much to do, so got curious about the tobacco laced paan chewing habit of my co-worker. Decided to have a go at it myself and spent an hour spewing my guts out after ingesting the tobacco

Jeez. Where the heck have you disappeared to?

[Aly]

still searching for one, Do you guys have any?

[amirfanforlife]

House of Fraser.

[ace4rmspace]

The one in the Oracle? You still work there? More importantly, do you get staff discount? :typicalasian

[amirfanforlife]

LOL, Yeah, the one in Oracle but I stopped working there last week. I'm not allowed to take 5 weeks off so I had to leave, but I'm going to try and apply again when I come back from Pakistan.

Don't worry Ace, If I start working there again, I'll make sure you get a discount... in the makeup section.

[nish_mate]

My first job was at the train station @ leeds in the journey's friends-did it for 2 months and then quit.

Then got lucky and got a job @ the uni. library- 8 hours studying my course and getting paid for it

Also did invigilation for uni exams when was doing my masters-was fun catching cheeky sods trying to cheat-knew all the tricks out there....

Good o' day of uni...

[ace4rmspace]

Originally Posted by amirfanforlife LOL, Yeah, the one in Oracle but I stopped working there last week. I'm not allowed to take 5 weeks off so I had to leave, but I'm going to try and apply again when I come back from Pakistan. Don't worry Ace, If I start working there again, I'll make sure you get a discount... in the makeup section.

How come I didn't know you worked there? I walked passed it a week or so ago, could have dropped in and bought some mascara ... for the Mrs obviously ... ahem.

Isn't the makeup section right next to the perfume section? Sure you could sort me out with some cut price Paco Robanne ... eh?

[amirfanforlife]

Depends what day that was. I didn't work all week.
Yeah... the Mrs.

haha, yeah will do.

[RWAC]

First job was at a farm at 15. Pay was $7/hour IIRC. The work was okay but I loved sneaking into the freezer to grab some berries and cherries every 30 minutes.

[Pk-zindabaad]

At 17 I did a medical based project in a hospital and earned some nice cash and also marked homework for teachers who paid me nicely

[BoomBoomAli]

Originally Posted by amarali Story plz......haven,t gone on job yet,still 2 years to complete my graduation,want to see a few stories so that can learn a bit.

Ladies handbags and accessories worth up to £150 were kept on a dirty dusty floor in the stockroom, kicked around by the stockroom assistants. People wouldnt see the damage, and pay the full price on a handbag which by the time it has been through the stockroom is a second.

The managers were constantly bitching with each other, thankfully I was on the good side of my manager so I didnt have to do the donkey work like clean etc.

There were always 'incidents' on staff nights out, stuff like managers getting it on with other staff. Really opened my eyes as to what the culture is, I then tried even harder on my A-levels to get into Uni as I would not want to be working there full time!

[amarali]

Originally Posted by BoomBoomAli Ladies handbags and accessories worth up to £150 were kept on a dirty dusty floor in the stockroom, kicked around by the stockroom assistants. People wouldnt see the damage, and pay the full price on a handbag which by the time it has been through the stockroom is a second. The managers were constantly bitching with each other, thankfully I was on the good side of my manager so I didnt have to do the donkey work like clean etc. There were always 'incidents' on staff nights out, stuff like managers getting it on with other staff. Really opened my eyes as to what the culture is, I then tried even harder on my A-levels to get into Uni as I would not want to be working there full time!

Hmmmmm interesting....What i learnt from it is that being on the good side of manager is key to success.....

[jusarrived]

Debt Collector @ Amex for 4 months..a call center . This was during my Engg Vacations . 23k + perks was a lot of money then .

[Looney]

Worked at Price Chopper at 15 or something

was even younger when i started my first " business "

[chaiwala]

Originally Posted by Looney Worked at Price Chopper at 15 or something was even younger when i started my first " business "

What business?

[FAM]

Computer Operator. Age 20.

[Ayaz1983]

The late great Woolworths store , started when I was 15 on work experience.

Best two years ever !

[IgnitedMind]

Originally Posted by Looney Worked at Price Chopper at 15 or something was even younger when i started my first " business "

I worked at price chopper too mate in Deli department for year or so as sales associate. Did not like it..made good freinds though

[Looney]

Originally Posted by chaiwala What business?

sold jhandiyaN , badges , flags before 14th aug

made profit too

the jhandiyaN that did not sell were used for decoration later

[siccric]

I'm not one of those people who can balance studies with part time jobs. Plus, teenagers generally don't work in Pakistan (unless they don't attend school altogether). I haven't really had a 'real' job yet, but I do a whole lot of freelancing online. I choose how much I want to work, and I earn money in dollars, so yeah, life is pretty good! I mostly do administrative tasks and search engine optimization. Nothing too fancy, since i'm just a 19 year old person without any valuable skills

[in_cutter]

McDonalds!

[Qelic]

Started taking care of family business at 16 ...