At what age did you get your first job?

I was 16 when I got my first real job. It was a part time job where I worked about 20 hours per week. I was a pizza maker. I had babysat before this from when I was 11.

 

16 too. Worked 20 to 30 a week at a locally owned hardware store. Great job. Learned a lot.

 

If you count working on the farm, I was real young. My first real job for a boss other than my father or grandfather was at a restaurant when I was 15...rode my bike to get there.

 

Started going to work with my Dad when I was about 8 not that I could do a lot LOL moved a few bricks etc by the time I was 10 I had a summer job on a mobile shop now that was great fun and also was still with my Dad as much as possible

 

Of course this is a job. I am sure it was hard work on the farm. I never lived on a farm but i had friends that did. And they worked very hard.

 

When I was 14 my brother would occasionally get me work at the local hockey rink. They'd have concerts there on occasion and I would help direct traffic in the parking lot. Paid in cash.
This led to other jobs doing whatever was asked by the owners of the rink.

At 16 the cash stopped and became checks. Worked as a rink guard which basically entailed skating around in circles for public skating sessions. Not much money but there was a good perk for a kid that played hockey.
I got LOTS of free ice time.

 

I bet the free ice time a great added benefit. I would have liked that.

 

I was 15 and worked as a stock boy in the 99 cent store on the Ocean City (NJ) boardwalk in the summer until they fired me. First and last time I was ever fired from a job.

I am interested in Moen's first job. My guess, union rep age 9.

 

Wow you started work early. I bet your dad taught you a good work ethic!

 

It was the norm were I grew up Angie, ask David how old he was when he started to help out on the farm, ok it might not have been a paying job per see but it is still work in my case It was for my pocket money, my Dad believed that you had to work for it and I agree

 

Oh no I totally agree with you. Kids these days are handed everything. I think that they should have to work for what they want.

 

I don't remember a time we didn't work on the farm. We got up at 4am to feed & milk the cows, after we were done & everything was cleaned up we went back home for breakfast (if it was real cold we also had to make sure the animals drinking water wasn't frozen over). We also grew corn, soy beans, green peppers & tobbaco as well as maintained the garden where all of our vegetables came from. It was hard work but it was all we knew. My brother & I did it but so did our friends & neighbors.

 

I was 15. A busboy at an Italian resturant called Carpozzi's. Before that I worked summers maintaining an elderly neighbor's lawn and garden. I was 11 and did it until I was 14.

 

My brother in law is 20 and just got his first job this year. It disgusts me how lazy kids are now and how everything is given to them. I started doing odd jobs when I was 11 and got my first real job at 15. I worked 25-30 hours a week all through high school because my family was poor and couldn't afford to get much food or clothes for school. And I was never given money for the movies or anything, I had to earn it myself. I learned the importance of working and budgeting. Kids now have no sense of that.

 

I wouldn't quite agree with you Samy my nephew who is now just 21 owns his own window cleaning operation and he started with a bucket and a ladder when he was 13 These days he has all the latest tech tools etc for the trade and is doing well. There are still those who will work to earn spending money but yes there are also those who do expect it all for nothing and parents who will give it to them.

 

I was 16 years old and worked as a waitress in the local coffee and soda shop. I lasted 2 days! I then went and worked for a local grocery chain and enjoyed that for sometime.

 

Certainly working on the farm counts. I count for myself anyway. I started on the cotton chopping crew when I was 12. It was a summer job and only worked 5 hours a day 7:00 - 12:00 five days a week. Earned a $1.15 per hour. The next summer, being that I decided not to play summer league baseball, my work hours were increased to 7:00 to 5:00 6 days a week. It was an experience that made me really appreciate rainy days and baseball.

 

When I was 17 years old! I did my first job in Software Company as a junior employee!

 

17 - for the summer months and while the other kids still worked after school I ran a mile from the shop - I'm now on my second job at 20!