What role was that?
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What role was that?
Best time to apply for these things though (at ~16 I mean).
HehI'd be so lucky.
They're more likely to pick you than a 20-something with a mishmash of unrelated experience and a ream of level 2\3 qualifications (me). At least from the response I get RE: apprenticeships..
Uh, yeah, for your mother who must be at least middle aged? For 16-18 its like four pound something..
Reward level has nothing to do with how hard the work is. If you think McDonalds is easy, go and work over the saturday lunchtime in a city centre store...
But I'm sure employers will look more favourably at time spent being a doley than someone who is actually working.
I did a few days in a sugar factory as a temp one summer, it was the most depressing place I've ever worked, far worse than McD's or Tesco's. And if you think McD's is boring, it's got nothing on most factory work...
I would take McD's over the vast majority of factories any day.
Voluntary work is all well and good, but not when it's the taxpayer paying for it. Those who do voluntary work off their own backs deserve credit, those who do it to try and claim moral high ground while being a dolely unwilling to actually go out and earn their keep deserve contempt.
I manage to do voluntary work and earn my own way, so there is nothing 'good' about being a scrounger and doing it.
Be warned, serving in a fast food joint means you have to deal with the downright rudest, most obnoxious and stupidest people ever to grace the earth. I think its a small percentage that give them a bad name, but they really can be foul and degrading.
If anything, I would aim to work in the kitchens. Although your English probably means you will be shoved out front....
Still, at least its not a totally repetitive job. There are many roles to take in the kitchen and you are never doing the same job out front continuously. Better still, theres plenty of time to chat to other workers.
I would far prefer working in a fast food joint than be stuck on checkout at a supermarket.
This comes from my experience of working at KFC.
If anything, I would aim to work in the kitchens. Although your English probably means you will be shoved out front....
Still, at least its not a totally repetitive job. There are many roles to take in the kitchen and you are never doing the same job out front continuously. Better still, theres plenty of time to chat to other workers.
I would far prefer working in a fast food joint than be stuck on checkout at a supermarket.
This comes from my experience of working at KFC.
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Point taken and agreed.
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I've worked in a shoe factory a supermarket and now an insurance company. I would recommend them all. They all have their ups and downs. Best one so far was the supermarket. Great people to work with and customers. Just a shame they ask for so much and give you so little. Now I do so little and get so much 
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So how much do they pay the guy that spits in the food?
For people suggesting courses of action such as "Do volunteer work/read books/whatever for 6 months" - what sort of world do you live in 
I don't mean that you have your head in the clouds, I really mean how do you lead a lifestyle where you do not have to pay for rent/mortgage, transport, food, clothing, electricity, heating and so on? If you live at home with your Mum and Dad then yes, I can understand how you would get by if you lived the life of a recluse, but unless you do I just can't comprehend how people live without a wage. Even boiled rice and water costs more than £0.
alliec, I think it's good that you are willing to consider any sort of employment to keep food on the table and a roof over your head. You may find McDonalds surprisingly enjoyable, I was very happy in my part time retail job while I was in University - plenty of social ineraction with customers and colleagues, and it also gives you exposure to people from all walks of life.
Dolph, interesting comment about people treating 16k jobs like minimum wage jobs. We get the same at my place - our Frontline Response agents now start on approx £18,500 + realistic bonus of £1800 a year - now for a job requiring 1 year experience minimum in customer services, good telephone manner and no other real qualifications to speak of I personally think that is bloody good pay.
Yet all the time we have to let staff go because they can't be bothered to log in and out on time, turn up late, don't dress in smart office attire, moan about 2 hour appraisal sessions, don't like their calls evaluated and so on.
I don't think they realise just how good they have it when there are similar call centre jobs that are FAR more target driven and high pressure that are paying under 10k a year.
I don't mean that you have your head in the clouds, I really mean how do you lead a lifestyle where you do not have to pay for rent/mortgage, transport, food, clothing, electricity, heating and so on? If you live at home with your Mum and Dad then yes, I can understand how you would get by if you lived the life of a recluse, but unless you do I just can't comprehend how people live without a wage. Even boiled rice and water costs more than £0.alliec, I think it's good that you are willing to consider any sort of employment to keep food on the table and a roof over your head. You may find McDonalds surprisingly enjoyable, I was very happy in my part time retail job while I was in University - plenty of social ineraction with customers and colleagues, and it also gives you exposure to people from all walks of life.
Dolph, interesting comment about people treating 16k jobs like minimum wage jobs. We get the same at my place - our Frontline Response agents now start on approx £18,500 + realistic bonus of £1800 a year - now for a job requiring 1 year experience minimum in customer services, good telephone manner and no other real qualifications to speak of I personally think that is bloody good pay.
Yet all the time we have to let staff go because they can't be bothered to log in and out on time, turn up late, don't dress in smart office attire, moan about 2 hour appraisal sessions, don't like their calls evaluated and so on.
I don't think they realise just how good they have it when there are similar call centre jobs that are FAR more target driven and high pressure that are paying under 10k a year.
Keep at it. Once you get one job, future work will follow.... I have no idea why but myself and most of my friends have always found it easier to find work once they were already employed.
I had a training course recently and we were asked "What did you do before working for TNT?"
One bloke had been a:
Labourer
Care Worker
Hairdressers assistant
Shelf stacker
Burger King worker
Electrical Retail worker
Shoe shop assistant
Factory worker
Bookshop assistant
Chip shop employee
Barman
Ramp worker at an airport
Travel agent
There are a huge spectrum of jobs out there - if you are not aiming to pocket millions then there are so many opportunities out there to do short term jobs which all build life experience and broaden your horizons. Some will say save yourself and wait for your perfect job, but where's the fun in that eh?
How old are you?
If you want full time and can drive just ring up any of your local delivery companies and they will bite your hand off.
ANC (£18k), Interlink(£15,700-£19,000), Citylink (£17,000-£24000) UPS (24k after training) DHL (£18k)
Bloomin' hell! Thats a long and varied list if I ever saw one!
Aye I'll keep at it. Just grinding me down since I've been looking for months and months without avail.
I'd do it for 5k but unfortunately I don't have a drivers licence yet 