Your first job

whistlingtitan · 07-06-2012 11:23AM

Kamjana wrote: »

I started out at around 13 as a vision technician and garden architect,then at 16 i moved into the fuel injection business,been working many different jobs since then

Hee Hee

pablomakaveli · 07-06-2012 11:36AM

I got a job in Dunnes at 17. They put me on the cereal aisle on my first night. I was on my own as the guy who was supposed to be showing me what to do finished a half hour into my shift. So i just stood in the aisle for about 4 hours just rearranging the boxes.

Also that night i had nightmares about boxes of cereal.

The Big Red Button · 07-06-2012 11:36AM

First "official" job was washing dishes in a busy restaurant. Long hours, split shifts, crap money, horrible work. Hated it!

For years before that (and after, right through college) I did lots of babysitting work for rich families. €50-€100 a night, and the kids were mostly little angels, and were asleep most of the time I was there. No wonder the job in the restaurant kitchen seemed so awful in comparison!

leviathon · 07-06-2012 11:48AM

Littlehorny wrote: »

About 15 worked on a chicken farm, stuck in sauna hot, eye watering smelly sheds. 3000 chickens in each shed and was told for the size of the sheds these chickens were being kept in good conditions. All for the kings ransom of 6 punt a day!

Did the chickens have large talons?

mikemac1 · 07-06-2012 12:02PM

chatterpillar wrote: »

I did lots of babysitting work for rich families. €50-€100 a night,

:eek:

My sisters used to get 20, maybe 25

I thought that was the going rate

fearcruach · 07-06-2012 12:05PM

Worked in a chip shop. Swore to never eat Taco chips again. (Drunk Fearcruach loves ignoring this hard earned wisdom).

Work in the pharmaceutical industry now.

McG · 07-06-2012 12:18PM

packing bags at SuperValu when I was 14 but I'd done some caddying and divet repairing at the local golf course before that

07-06-2012 12:23PM

worked in fast food

current job, actuary

ordinary_girl · 07-06-2012 12:47PM

Worked in retail then, working in retail now just in a different shop. 'Tis grand, gets me through college.

MarkR · 07-06-2012 12:48PM

Picking raspberries for 16p a punnet iirc. Wasn't exactly rolling in it. :-) Then as a cleaner in the airport.

Now I mess around with computers.

Rubberlegs · 07-06-2012 12:52PM

Started work in a fast food restaurant when I was 16, then worked in a Pound Shop, had kids, worked in a Centra for awhile. Went back to college, had a couple of years work as a Community Education facilitator. Now at home again with new baby for the forseeable future.

SEPT 23 1989 · 07-06-2012 12:55PM

Lounge Boy

dazed+confused · 07-06-2012 01:05PM

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Worked in Garden Centre from 11 years old when on school holidays for few years.

was on £1.50(punt) an hour. You would not scratch your hole for that money now.

Exact same as my first job. You weren't working for Laddy were you?

Nothingbetter2d · 07-06-2012 01:30PM

MarkR wrote: »

Picking raspberries for 16p a punnet iirc. Wasn't exactly rolling in it. :-) Then as a cleaner in the airport.

Now I mess around with computers.

i did that once but we were paid by weight rather than punnet.

we used to pour water into the bottom of the bucket to make it heavier

RhubarbCrumble · 07-06-2012 02:06PM

Dunnes, when I was about 16/17. Good craic and am still friends with some of the people I worked with.

Currently a sales rep, so still in retail.

Michael Weston · 07-06-2012 04:02PM

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

MarkR wrote: »

Picking raspberries for 16p a punnet iirc. Wasn't exactly rolling in it. :-) Then as a cleaner in the airport.

Now I mess around with computers.

i did that once but we were paid by weight rather than punnet.

we used to pour water into the bottom of the bucket to make it heavier

Water... a tap in the middle of The field ? It's time the people knew the truth, unleash the horror and tell the good folk of boards where the "liquid" really came from ..;)

Nothingbetter2d · 07-06-2012 04:05PM

Michael Weston wrote: »

Water... a tap in the middle of The field ? It's time the people knew the truth, unleash the horror and tell the good folk of boards where the "liquid" really came from ..;)

there was always water nearby... they washed the raspberries before they got shipped off to where ever

daniels.ducks · 07-06-2012 04:44PM

Michael Weston wrote: »

Water... a tap in the middle of The field ? It's time the people knew the truth, unleash the horror and tell the good folk of boards where the "liquid" really came from ..;)

Irrigation?

e04bf0c8 · 07-06-2012 05:05PM

My first one was pretty unusual. I used to make the lanes ropes for swimming pools. I was about 10/11 when I started and got the princely sum of 1 punt an hour and a piece of cake each day! The wife of the guy I worked for was always baking away and I used to get a piece of whatever was on the menu that day. The brownies were my favorite!

I am head engineer for a big Australian company now but still look back with great fondness on that job!!

cocoshovel · 07-06-2012 05:22PM

IVe never had one aside from crappy school and college work experience. However, I have just applied for my first ever job today! \o/

Support service at hospital, porter etc. Doubt Ill get it.

SmilingLurker · 07-06-2012 05:27PM

Michael Weston wrote: »

What was your first role in employment and how does it differ to your current position?

Worked in a bar at 14 (yes - I know under licensing laws this was not legal). I was paid around £1.40 and hour, and not paid for "cleaning up" Did get tips though...

I have been working in IT for a *long* time now.

How does it differ?
Bar - no or very little training required, ok pay, low motivation, no benefits, limited future, easy to travel, can be dull (it was due to the clientele in the bar I was in), abuse from some drunken customers, generally good work mates. Not for me long term, ideal job at the time.
IT - get a good degree - need to learn how to do it properly, good pay, good motivation, good benefits, good future, easy to travel (have worked in lots of places), hard but interesting work. Abuse from some ignorant people (clients and employees) but handled in a professional manner, generally good work mates. I usually love doing my job.

Side note: do a job you love doing, you will be good at it, and your life will be better - make sure you will enjoy doing the job....

Novella · 07-06-2012 05:39PM

I worked in Starbucks for one day.

The first job I actually stuck with though was in Topshop.

ordinary_girl · 07-06-2012 05:43PM

Novella wrote: »

I worked in Starbucks for one day. The first job I actually stuck with though was in Topshop.

Was Starbucks that bad? :eek:

Temptamperu · 07-06-2012 05:45PM

I went around collecting milk money. £5 a night sure i was laughing.

Novella · 07-06-2012 05:56PM

ordinary_girl wrote: »

Was Starbucks that bad? :eek:

No, to be honest it wasn't that bad. I just hated it and at the time, getting jobs was pretty easy so giving up after a day was something you could do! I got that job in Topshop in the same week so it was fine.

LenaClaire · 07-06-2012 06:15PM

I babysat (age 11) or did odd jobs for my dad's company during the school year and was a full time Nanny in the summers starting in Secondary School.

Now I do IT shenanigans.

Michael Weston · 07-06-2012 06:25PM

daniels.ducks wrote: »

Irrigation?

For strawberry fields ? No

kincsem · 07-06-2012 06:37PM

Bicycle paper round at about age 11 or 12. There I developed my dog kicking skills.

misterdeeds · 07-06-2012 06:49PM

I worked in a poxy off licence for a poxy wage tho it was my first job and all it was better than the auld dole etc , on a career break now but starting a new job in a few weeks :-)

Laura_lolly87 · 07-06-2012 07:02PM

My first job was in Woodies. I actually loved it, the money was ok and the staff was all young so we had night out nearly every weekend.

Now i'm a full time student and work part time doing accounts for a company. Money is good but it's not a fun job.

Your first job

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