I was thinking last night, after my son made a comment. He said! Mom it is hard to go from making $6.00 a hour on your real first job, to then making $10.00 a hour to only have to go back to work for $6.55 and having H.S. kids as your boss....

My sons first Real Job. on his own. with out the parents help or influence. My Son got a job when he was 18teen at a Restaurant Joseph's dinner house, He washed dishes, moped floors and worked his way up to the bakery making bread and soups. But his attitude prevented him from keeping the job. NO one could deal with his cocky personality.

His second job, Gas station cashier, he loved this job, until he got set up! and well he did not pass the test! he did not check the minors ID>>> and got fired.... this is when he started to drink, and I was afraid he was going to smoke cigs.. because he was near them, he had to look at them all day and night. My fear was stupid cigs.... Gee what was i thinking.. But they also sold Alcohol. That was the down fall.

His third job again was a Gas station and he loved it but the Manager promised him the world and gave the job to a older man. So my son Quit.

He has spent up to 8 months at times with out jobs.. not even using unemployment because unless your fired no money. This state is a no fault state so they just stop giving you hours and weed you out. Until you can not service and have to leave and never come back.

Know he is working in a food store, He gets no discounts on anything he said. He makes $6.55 but in a few days the State wage goes up! a few pennies. lol

As for me. My first Real job I was 16teen yrs old, made $2.10 hr working in a factory being the Friday Girl, I did everything, Shipping and Receiving, Kardex, filing, separating parts and organizing, bathrooms, office work, answering phones.

Sounds very familiar. I had my first real job at sixteen, haven't been able to keep anything longer than a few months. Various reasons. I've worked for two places that went out of business, had issues with management, had problems because of poor training, etc.. etc.. I've never had an issue with too many responsibilities though.

What worries me is how many people I know that are in the exact same situation. I know at least a dozen people in my graduating class that are all living at home not working. I do not buy 10% unemployment, its gotta be higher. Seriously, I know one person I used to hang out with that's actually making it on his own.

im not a good writer, nor can i spell so i`ll keep this simple.
i got my first job at 14, working for a farmer juring the 6 week summer holidays.
this ment at 16, leeveing school with no gcse passes or any clue what i wanted to do, i at least was able to buy a moterbike, wich ment i could get a new job working at a garden nurssery, picking fruit and pulling stinging nettles by hand from large fields.
i then went for a job as a motercycle mechanic, sponcered by honda.
i got the job, beating 100 other aplicants. 2 years on i left after an argument when a customer saw me wheelie his bike through the car park.

now 18
i decided to get a job as a building site labourer as it paid the best money. i worked for a few companys and quickly lernt my stuff.

at 19 i got a job for a large firm on the understanding they would train me. after 3 weeks they had me running a site of 65 men, i wanted to train as a brick layer, they wanted to train me as a foreman. i left after a year aged 20 to find a way to train as a brick layer, worked for some big sites doing brick work, but never got any further with the training. when the work dried up, i got a job in a scrap yard, dimantaling cars and removing engines, i got bored of that pretty quickly and started up my own firm doing patios and timber decks. that lasted 6 months until i couldnt find any more work.

now 21
i got a few jobs with gardeners/landscapers until i found a company i liked. after a fall out when i beat up a workmate who attacked me with a hammer. i left

now 22
after a short break of no work, i got a job with an eco friendly building company who payd for my training, as i was the most experianced person in their new company and they were keen to keep me. i built two houses and a resteraunt for a celebraty chef. then as i could see them bankrupting the company due to their lack of compitance, i left to start my own company now aged 23. i took a few people from that company to start my own.

ive been doing well, but as of 3 months ago the econemy has meant i had to let a couple of people go, and right now im struggling. i work here and there, earning what i can by doing what i can.
now 8 days from my 25
needless to say im at home bored today wandering how to move forward

just to add, i moved out of my parents house at 16, and have never been back. at 19 i was living in my car for 3 1/2 months, now i have a house.

My son is 14 and wanted to get a job this summer. Unfortunately, the jobs that typically went to kids are now going to adults (understandably). He'll work as soon as he can find a job. I started working at 11, had my own babysitting business. Worked just about every night of the week. Started working fast food at 16, then various jobs through college, then started being a legal secretary at about 21, been doing that ever since. I have never not had a job (except when I stayed home for a few years when my son was little), nor have I ever been fired. I've quit but only when I had another job as a replacement.

Frankly, when you are hired, you are hired to do what your employer tells you, the way they tell you to do it. It's their company therefore they have the right to run it the way they please. If you don't like it, leave; but it's irresponsible to quit a job without having another. And if you're foolish enough to continually break your employer's rules and get fired, then that's on you, not them. Once you're an adult, it's not your parents' job (or spouse) to support you. Getting laid off is one thing or losing your job if the company goes out of business or something like that but anything else is just irresponsible, lazy or foolish.

My daughter worked at a grocery store when she was 15. She worked there till she left for college. When she got to college she worked in the library some nights and other nights she worked at a pizza place. When she came home for a few days, she would let the store know she was coming so she could work while she was at home. She is now 21 and is working for the park rec. at her college town. She is responsible for 23 kids during the day. She is now manager at the pizza place in the evenings. When school starts back she will be at the library again and the pizza place. She does not make very much hourly, but between all jobs, she does pay all her own rent, food, and spending money. She has never asked for any help. I am so proud of her. She is a hard worker. If kids these days can't find some kind of work, I'd think maybe they aren't looking to hard or maybe just a little to picky. JMO

Now about my Daughter, My daughters Real first job, with paycheck and all.. was at the Movie Theater, while going full time to colelge she was 18teen yrs old. She had the job for 3 yrs, then got a job at the college being a janitor worked there for 3 more years, during this time she was also paid to be a lab assistance which she did for the 3 yrs also.

Then she was offered a job at the Water treatment there is only 3 in the entire Oklahoma state. She worked there for a year, part time/ college full time.. Then when she finished college she started in May working full time this year, and she loves it. Her Boss just put her on Salary and she is making 28k a year. He has told her that he is moving up in the company and he wants her to take his place. So he is training her for other jobs in the business..

Because of my daughters skills they are making a lot more money for she is certified in those areas. So they can take in more tests. She is also trying to certified other employees so they can take her place if needed and be a asset to the company and some have worked there for over 9 yrs... And she has passed all of them.

I am glad my daughter listened to me and strives to be the best she can be. Even If i am a over achiever and made a child who is a over achiever. Sometimes it is a good trait to have.

She started off to be a Vet then changed to be Zoologist but found out she was allergic to animals.. NO JOKING>>>> so has chose to go the scientist departments working with Cells, and Genes, ect.. microbiologist stuff......

Anyway she loves her job...

We just hope we can get her brother back on track! With love and devotion, I think we can.....

8 and 10, respectively

Let me first say that I have always work 2 or more jobs the entire time during my second marriage to make ends meet. So one day my daughter came home from school and asked if she could go on the trip to Italy. I looked at her with that are you freakin joking look and started laughing. I told her that we couldn't afford to go on a family vacation let alone send her on the trip to Italy.

So miss smarty pants says to me, "If I get a job and earn the money myself can I go". I thought ok she is 14 yrs old who is gonna hire her. So I said yes. WELL little did I know that she had this whole thing planned out. The next day she came home with a job that paid her under the table and wanted her to start right away for & $7.50 an hour.

OK so that kinda backfired at me but 6 months later she had enough money to cover the cost of the trip and $1000 spending money

My first job was sellign newpapers on a street corner in Phiadelphia, PA. I did this all thru high school. Givign upo Saturday nights.

when my daughters were young I went to college full time and worked part time. They learned the vaule of education from me and their father.

I encouraged them to work at a local fast food place when they were 16, they wanted to drive and the needed to earn insurance money. Worked well they worked hard hated the trade adn it also encouraged them to go to college to get a better job.

Both daughters are college graduates(maasters) and going on to better things.
Lead by example and encourage the dreams. It all works out in the end.

my daughter was 16 when i MADE her go to work. u c, she was cutting school, being a couch potato, and sitting in the rocking chair all day watching TV. my roommate told me, so i had to do something. she got a job in a mailroom making $6.50 an hour which was unheard of in those days. i can't remember how she landed it as my memory is selective but i remember the rest.....
then, i made her enroll in Ventura Junior College to take typing. i was the mean wicked mother from hell.

then, we lived on the outskirts of town so she had to bicycle it in about 5 miles daily. then, the little biach ran away because we had a fight about her house duties.
well u c, her father had spoiled her, and she thought that mother was there to wait on her. but that is not the way it came down. she lived with him, and all of a sudden, he loaded up her, and her furniture delivered it to my door, said he would pray for me, and off he went.
then, my father who was still alive, said that when she turned 17, i would have trouble. he did not miss that figure by much. so off she ran to some far off place, telling them about her mother from hell.
i did not c her for a very long time, and during that time i had some peace.
now she is old herself, and has a kid of her own to chase around. i think that she blames me for making her become a teacher, learning to type, and sew. u c, i also made her enroll in 4-H where she had to become a junior leader teaching this skill to others. i made her do this, and she did not want to do any of it. how right my father was....
later, i will tell you about teaching her to drive...