Dey tuk our jebs!!!!

jumpguy

So yes, a summer job thread. I'll be 16 soon and begin a fresh set of job exploration during the school term. This year, I was turned down...everywhere. They were either full up (DEY TUK OUR JEEEEBZ) or I was too young. So I ask the young adults here, what is your part-time job? Do you like it? What's the pay (if you think that's nosy, you may just say if it's ****/grand/okay/mediocre.

Also, a more specific question, do Tesco hire under 18's?

Thanks, hope dey didn't tak your jeb. I hope to soon.

timmywex

The only thing under 18's have is they can pay us peanuts (6.06 to be precise)


My current job is in a filling station/service station, sweeping up, carwaashs and taking/sorting deliverys. Then some shifts on the tills aswell. Its an alright job tbh, out and about with people so aint too bad, best part is clearly randomly driving the forklift around when im bored :cool:

Although it only pays 6.75 an hour at the moment, i get tips a good bit for helping people or washing their cars so its not too bad on the pay front. Ill have an 8 hour shift every weekend during college aswell so thatl be good, plus being 18 then ill be paid even more, 70/80 euro a week during college will be well spent :D

My niehgbor got a job 2 years ago with tesco when he was 17 anyways

A Neurotic

I know a few under 18's working for Tesco.

I work one night a week at a wedding funtiony/conference centre/lakeside spa place. It's unfortunate that out of the whole week, the 10 hours I usually have to work are the only ones I could be doing something better (6pm-4am Saturday nights ). I quite like it otherwise though. I get to drive a golf buggy around.

Jay P

I work in a lovely hotel doing functions and weddings and the like. I'd get two nights a week, with five hours work each night, which could be up to seven if I do afters. The recession hasn't helped things, there are a small bit less weddings, though the numbers are now much smaller. There was some industrial agreement and we get a bit more than the minimum wage - 6.37 I believe. Though I'm 18 now so I've moved up to 7.26 :cool: I love my job

What's the minimum wage for >18 year olds now? €7.36 an hour? I had a job a few years ago working in a petrol station and I was always paid €8.65 an hour, with the minimum wage being, at the time, €8.35 an hour I believe.

I worked there for 2 years -- from age 16 to 18 -- and I was always paid €8.65 an hour, which was nice of them.

Stev_o

Had the best job ever last year when i was 16/17 and got 9.60 a hour plus tips was pretty sweet.

bythewoods

When I was 16 I had a job which paid €6.06 an hour!
Saved up loads though, still have a bit from it knocking around in the bank even though I haven't worked since. 2 years later.
Yah.

PlayGirl

get paid €8.65 an hour, am 17

spend it as soon as i get it though..
i even plan what to spend the next weeks pay on (next week its a gym membership)

so basically, since getting a job 3/4 weeks ago i have no more money, but much more random stuff / buy more food

bythewoods

bythewoods wrote: »

When I was 16 I had a job which paid €6.06 an hour!
Saved up loads though, still have a bit from it knocking around in the bank even though I haven't worked since. 2 years later.
Yah.

How could you still have savings?!

What sickens me is the amount of money I've spent and what I've spent it on. You know the P60s that you get at the end of each working year that tell you how much you've earned? When I got them I was sickened because I realised how large my savings could have been. But instead I wasted my money on stupid novelties and going out.

bythewoods

-JammyDodger- wrote: »

How could you still have savings?! .

I put the money into a bank account I can't access unless I actually go into the bank to take it out. Which I never do.

-JammyDodger- wrote: »

What sickens me is the amount of money I've spent and what I've spent it on. You know the P60s that you get at the end of each working year that tell you how much you've earned? When I got them I was sickened because I realised how large my savings could have been. But instead I wasted my money on stupid novelties and going out.

Yeah, I'm the same as you.
If I saved all the money I waste on alcohol or nights out in general/ clothes I don't even really wear or just wear once/ general crap I could actually buy big, useful things.
But alas, no.

Fad

I just got myself a job

Worst hours ever.......

And I have to work the afternoon of my birthday, and the morning after.......

meh

It's money.

SarcasticFairy

A Neurotic wrote: »

I get to drive a golf buggy around.

On your feet for hours on end? Pffftt. :P


Last year I was being paid around €12 an hour. When I was leaving, my boss said he'd do his best to get me back in this Summer, which he did, but with cutbacks and stuff, it didn't happen. Bleh.

JC 2K3

bythewoods wrote: »

Yeah, I'm the same as you.
If I saved all the money I waste on alcohol or nights out in general/ clothes I don't even really wear or just wear once/ general crap I could actually buy big, useful things.
But alas, no.

I think big, 'useful' things are overhyped.

I think although I could buy more expensive things if I never went out, that the fun I get from said nights out is worth the money I spend.

I have a relatively new philosophy in my life which makes me tend towards spending money more on experiences and less on material items.

sock puppet

-JammyDodger- wrote: »

What's the minimum wage for >18 year olds now? €7.36 an hour? I had a job a few years ago working in a petrol station and I was always paid €8.65 an hour, with the minimum wage being, at the time, €8.35 an hour I believe.

I worked there for 2 years -- from age 16 to 18 -- and I was always paid €8.65 an hour, which was nice of them.

Depends. The minimum wage for someone over 18 ranges from about €7 to €8.65. You've worked for 2 years so you'd get the full minimum wage if you were to start working again. That said a lot of places just pay minimum wage to 18 year olds even if they haven't worked for 2 years.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

-JammyDodger- wrote: »

But instead I wasted my money on stupid novelties and going out.

All work and no play...

bricky10

The amount of people (teenagers) in my town who cant get a job is scary. And to be honest, the ones who do have either got them through their parents or people they know. ITS ALL ABOUT CONNECTIONS these days

phasers

It's impossible to get anything atm unless you know someone :mad:

curse my self employed family

Pigwidgeon

i've worked in a kids adventure centre thing since i was 16 (18 now) and really not as much fun as you'd think.
I got €8 an hour which was increased to €10 an hour when i turned 18, but haven't got any hours the last few weeks. Apparently july was just really quiet for parties and stuff so I'm hoping I'll get some hours in August.

Fad

bricky10 wrote: »

ITS ALL ABOUT CONNECTIONS these days

[Evil Laughter]HAHAHAHAHAHA[/Evil Laughter]

jumpguy

bricky10 wrote: »

The amount of people (teenagers) in my town who cant get a job is scary. And to be honest, the ones who do have either got them through their parents or people they know. ITS ALL ABOUT CONNECTIONS these days

Yeah I know! Everyone who had a job in the "good times" have an advantage too. Their employers give them priority for work so if you haven't been already working you're squeezed out.

phasers wrote: »

It's impossible to get anything atm unless you know someone :mad:

curse my self employed family

Why couldn't you work for your parents for a nominal wage? Know a few people who do that.

phasers

jumpguy wrote: »

Why couldn't you work for your parents for a nominal wage? Know a few people who do that.

It's not the type of business with employees.

Atavan-Halen

phasers wrote: »

It's not the type of business with employees.

Curse my dirty mind...

Anyway, I had a christmas job this christmas and afterwards the manager said if anything came up over summer he'd call me but apparantly nothing came up. I'm going to look for something now when I go back to school

mardybumbum

I get paid €15 an hour to teach people guitar.

itsallaboutheL

when i was 17 i was earning an average of 110-120 bucks a day for 3-4 hours work..it was SWEET!!

Now i don't have a job. BOOO

Steviewonder

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

when i was 17 i was earning an average of 110-120 bucks a day for 3-4 hours work..it was SWEET!!

Now i don't have a job. BOOO

Where were you working dude? thats some moneY!!

jumpguy

Yeah the only place I've ever heard getting those kinda rates is the local brothel Politician's Office.

itsallaboutheL

Steviewonder wrote: »

Where were you working dude? thats some moneY!!

Mercenary Farming!!


Milking Large Herds of cows:o

It wasn't me!

Delivery driver. Generally earn €15-30 an hour, depending on custom.

QueenOfLeon

I've been working in the pro shop of a golf club for about 2 and a half years now...started off at 8 an hour, now on 9, and i was 16 when i started...i have a lovely boss Really love it tho, usually dealing with members that i've gotten to know quite well since i started, love the atmosphere down in the place

A Neurotic wrote: »

I get to drive a golf buggy around.

Me too!! :D

Stev_o

Working at golf courses is beyond handy best jobs ever.

cork*girl

Worked when I was 16 in a hotel, hated it. €6.15 an hour. oh it was awful. so i quit, still cant find a job! was told I had one for this summer but never got called. im going into 6th year now so i cant be looking for a job, not that there is any there anyway. I'll have to start looking in January for a job for next Summer me thinks!

Aisling(",)

ive looked for a job every summer since i was 16 but no luck.
m&s rang me when i was 16 with an interview but then said they couldnt hire me till i was 17 grrr.
i need employment.
ill do anything at this point!

phasers

Does anybody know if delivering pizzas is actually daecent work? They're always looking for people where I live, I thought it might be a handy little number when I get my full license

It wasn't me!

phasers wrote: »

Does anybody know if delivering pizzas is actually daecent work? They're always looking for people where I live, I thought it might be a handy little number when I get my full license

I'm doing chinese deliveries, but it's not going to be enormously different. Yeah, it's fun.

Pigwidgeon

It wasn't me! wrote: »

I'm doing chinese deliveries, but it's not going to be enormously different. Yeah, it's fun.

this might sound stupid, but do you need your own car or do they provide one...

wixfjord

Aisling(",) wrote: »

ive looked for a job every summer since i was 16 but no luck.
m&s rang me when i was 16 with an interview but then said they couldnt hire me till i was 17 grrr.
i need employment.
ill do anything at this point!

Hmmm *strokes chin* :pac:

It wasn't me!

kateos2 wrote: »

this might sound stupid, but do you need your own car or do they provide one...

You'll need your own car I expect. It'd be a ridiculously huge business overhead for a typical takeaway to buy, tax and insure even one car, and most will have several drivers. I don't even get a petrol allowance where I am, but it's still a fairly profitable job. Generally works out fairly well on my side.

Professey Chin

wixfjord wrote: »

Hmmm *strokes chin* :pac:

Stop that!!!!:mad: Leave me alone!!!!!!:mad:

A Neurotic

How the hell did that happen?

Jonathan

If you were prepared and looked for jobs early then you should have been able to find something.

I sent out about 20 CV's to various companies around feb/march and was offered 3 separate jobs/internships for the summer.

Scrambled egg

17 and work in a library. BORING but pays very well

It wasn't me!

Jonathan wrote: »

If you were prepared and looked for jobs early then you should have been able to find something.

I sent out about 20 CV's to various companies around feb/march and was offered 3 separate jobs/internships for the summer.

With due respect, your experiences do not represent the wider reality. 20 CVs is absolutely nothing. I know of people who've put out between two and three hundred this year with no response, despite previous work experience for several years and good employability.

Scrambled egg

Boys and girls its a horrible but true fact at the end of the day, its not about what you know, but who you know.

Fad

Scrambled egg wrote: »

Boys and girls its a horrible but true fact at the end of the day, its not about what you know, but who you know.

Did that come as a surprise to you?

Scrambled egg

Fad wrote: »

Did that come as a surprise to you?

Terrible terrible supprise.

Jonathan

It wasn't me! wrote: »

With due respect, your experiences do not represent the wider reality. 20 CVs is absolutely nothing. I know of people who've put out between two and three hundred this year with no response, despite previous work experience for several years and good employability.

When did they send them out?

jamesie_boy

i cut hedges and grass for money...lol also do work on flowerbeds, I'm 18:D
all this is thanks to my brother in law,who has loads of regular customers.the pay is a bit **** tbh but scabbing off the mam nd dad more than makes up for that:rolleyes:

oh and you get free tea nd bicies from ppl

jumpguy

I've half a mind to apply in Tesco's when I turn 16, they're hiring all over the place these days. Anywhere will do though, the big supermarkets pay is alright enough.

Feckin not what you know but who you know...

sock puppet

Scrambled egg wrote: »

Boys and girls its a horrible but true fact at the end of the day, its not about what you know, but who you know.

It's only horrible for the rest of you plebs.

It wasn't me!

Jonathan wrote: »

When did they send them out?

Between January and June. There's work out there, but it's only available through hard work, luck and connections. Just about everyone is having difficulty.

Davidius

I've never worked and I haven't bothered to look for it.

I bet that if I sent out 1 CV, I'd get a job. Why? It's nothing to do with how employable I am or connections. It's quite simple.

The universe is unfair and loves to rub it in your face.

The new item drop system in TF2 is a good case study. New players with no idea what was going on got all the rarest weapons in 5 minutes. Player who actively sought items and wasted their lives by playing all day got an item they already had every 20 hours.

In a similar way, the fact that you actively seek employment only makes it more likely that I'd be employed considering that I don't really care.

It's simple science! except it's not.

:pac: