What was your first job that you were paid a salary. | Forum
Jstnona
Mar 19 '15
Mine was the summer before college. I worked in a Fannie Farmer Candy Shoppe and received $15 a week, in a little brown envelope.
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Moderator billyHill
Mar 19 '15
OK Nona..... I'm not going to make the joke I am dying to make..... some candy little girl??? LMAO, ok I did it !!! Sorry
I guess it depends on what you mean by "salary". I cut lawns in the neighborhood for a couple of bucks / lawn... then delivered newspapers, that is where I found out if my customers did not pay I still got charged from the news paper company.
Then an actual paid by the hour job was good 'ol Mickey D's. a whopping $2 or $3/hour + change was minimum wage back then and that is what they paid.
I guess it depends on what you mean by "salary". I cut lawns in the neighborhood for a couple of bucks / lawn... then delivered newspapers, that is where I found out if my customers did not pay I still got charged from the news paper company.
Then an actual paid by the hour job was good 'ol Mickey D's. a whopping $2 or $3/hour + change was minimum wage back then and that is what they paid.
Jstnona
Mar 19 '15
Yes Billy, I did mean a salary vs the lawn and baby sitting jobs most young people have done.
Candy little girl LOL....kind of the other way around. I was the one with the candy. Most of the customers were Harvard and MIT students...harmless.
Candy little girl LOL....kind of the other way around. I was the one with the candy. Most of the customers were Harvard and MIT students...harmless.
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Jstnona
Mar 20 '15
My father was in the Army, so we didn't have "bases." We had "Barracks" and "Kasernes" (which translates to "Barracks") LOL
The high school from which I graduated was a DoDDS facility. I don't recall it being ON a military installation, per se, but was surrounded by them. It was a strange area...some places had restricted access, requiring sentries. Augsburg had about dozen scattered installations.
I remember walking from housing to school, and the PX and gas station were close by, which is indicative of a military installation. However, I don't remember that these facilities were within restricted access areas, like a true military installation.
What a wonderful experience that must have been, Crystal. Classmates from all over the US in Germany. No wonder you have such good memories and want to live there again. Or have you given that dream up?
AmeliaCastillo
Oct 8 '15
My first salaried job was a bookkeeper for a small retailer of bakery products like yeast, baking powder, etc. I was underpaid (below minimum wage) but I had to grab the opportunity just to gain experience. No stable or big company would hire inexperienced applicants by then. But I was hired on my own merits without recommendation or sponsor that was the trend those times.
Kimo
Oct 28 '15
I think i sold weed at school when i was 14 15 it gave me some money if that counts as well
Or i helped my old folks who had some bars and a disco the disco was cool i was responsible for the music and to buy new records tho i bought some commercial stuff and good rare non commercial music for me that made grow my music collection to a huge one.....
I even had some shows in better state than some west coast 60s bands and i still trade some unreleaed music or shows with some old bands even today....
At times what i have is even better sounding or more complete than what some bands put out commercialy....
Apart of that i didn't need no money....
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Filbeauty
Nov 7 '15
My first paid job was working on weekends and summer at a Wood manufacturing company. My job was to pile those cut -irregular sizes of woods in a pallet.
That was a hard job and I was paid so little but it helped a lot with my school expenses and was able to help my family as well.
Mehitabel
Nov 15 '15
I was 17 and and short order cook at a drugstore grill for a whopping $1.25 an hour. When I finished nursing school and had my first "real" job as an RN I was paid $5 an hour and thought I was rich!
Whoops! I guess I'm giving away my age with that info. . . :D
jimmym
Apr 9 '16
It was 1977 and I was 17 and a porter in a 24 lane Bowling Alley don't remember the pay but it was low and first raise was 15 cents do remember that still work in bowling but a Mechanic on the bowling machines now as of 1980 so many years ago made it to Facility Manager tell they closed then got Mechanic postion in a 60 lane center after being in a 50 lane center for 14 years as a Facility Manager .
Grandmagwen
May 5 '16
When I was in Jr. high school I worked for a major newspaper as a paper carrier. I delivered the papers 6 days a week for $10 a month and that was for a country route. Lots of walking after school and on Saturday for a little remuneration. Had many jobs since and pay is much better.
davidb23
May 10 '16
Oh yes my first job was at a sawmill with my Grandfather it was very educational for me in the value of a earned dollar. The things that Grandfather was trying to teach me I didnt comprehend at 12yr old
cod1964
Jul 3 '16
i first worked for my uncles logging company when i was 13. 6 bucks an hour, good money back then
Willi
Jan 17 '18
My first paid work was the dream vacation job for any youngster: I actually worked in a local specialty chocolate factory ! My "production line" job entailed knocking the chocolate shapes out of their metal molds manually. Breakages were allowed to be consumed during lunch hour...
Trang
Jul 5 '18
I think the salary is too much important when you have first job. Just do what you like. And I had the first job like that. Hihi
