Your First Job

RetiredGreyFox · 9 Jul 2016 at 17:09

Rifte said:
Summer = pork pie factory.

My eldest daughter will now never eat pork pies, sausage rolls and chicken nuggets after working at a pork pie factory that also made other stuff.

IvanDobskey · 9 Jul 2016 at 17:34

I had a summer job at an allotment and a paper round

Other than that, I have been 25 years at the same company since leaving college

Rifte · 9 Jul 2016 at 17:42

SexyGreyFox said:
My eldest daughter will now never eat pork pies, sausage rolls and chicken nuggets after working at a pork pie factory that also made other stuff.

As a matter of interest what part of the country did she work in?

fatiain · 9 Jul 2016 at 17:58

I got a summer job at a biotech company that had a field station in the village I lived in.

My first task was cleaning out the crap under the oiltank. Spilled oil, old leaves, dead birds, all congealed into one glorious black mess. They gave me a white boiler suit! Lunchtime of the first day, resembling Al Jolson, I announced to my boss "Finished!".

"Crikey!" he replied, "I though that'd take you at least a week".

RetiredGreyFox · 9 Jul 2016 at 17:59

Rifte said:
As a matter of interest what part of the country did she work in?

She did a stint at Pork Farms in Market Drayton however my sister did a stint at Pork Farms in Newstead, Stoke (about 2 miles from me) and she won't eat any of that stuff either.

wndsr · 9 Jul 2016 at 18:01

Cashier for Barclays at 17 after dropping out of college. A generous £12k per year.

Jae-So · 9 Jul 2016 at 18:04

Bar staff at a bar/club in Central Bristol. Was only there for 2 weeks then moved to another bar in Bristol.

TommyV · 9 Jul 2016 at 20:29

Worked on Saturdays at my Dad's friends photo processing shop whilst doing a paper round each morning mon-sat. From about ages 13 - 16

After that I worked at one of the larger tesco selling fags and lottery! I used to hate rollovers with a passion, this was before you could do it online, ages 16-18

Kyrne · 9 Jul 2016 at 20:53

First job was bar work, did that for 10 years at deputy level. Jacked that in 3 years ago now work for Fujitsu as a mobile engineer.

MOOGLEYS · 9 Jul 2016 at 20:56

Avionics Tech in the RAF.....

Mr^B · 9 Jul 2016 at 21:06

£10/hour writing Lotus 1-2-3 macros for a pensions administration firm in Farringdon (1990, when £10/hour was a lot of money).

itchy · 9 Jul 2016 at 21:07

Selling sweets in the playground at the age of 12.......

Then carrying 4-5 redline slate tiles at a time onto a roof at the age of 15, no scaffolding just a ladder to the roof.

Marky · 9 Jul 2016 at 21:12

I worked at Tesco for just over a year on a Saturday while I was in Sixth Form. It wasn't much fun

Actually prior to that, I had a paper round - They paid so badly it should've been illegal.