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That's what I was thinking. I notice the poster you replied to has the highest post to rep ratio I have seen. Nearly all posters are < 1.0 and that poster is > 2. Just stirring the pot, I think.
In my earlier post I said $2.65 at my first job but that was a senior moment; it was $1.65 back then...
My parents told me I was "not going to lie around all summer." I worked every summer after that until I graduated from college. I found I enjoyed having my own money and working, and never looked back. I learned about money, how to write checks, how to save, about delayed gratification, etc. The lessons were invaluable.
I was fortunate enough to be able to retire 3 years ago at age 52, and am loving every minute of it!
17 - Restaurant dishwasher/odd jobs after School. Senior year HS. Learned how to make killer mashed potatoes from the cook, Beverly, who easily was the most foul mouthed person I ever met.
17 - Summer job as janitor at a VFW. I quit that job. Couldn't handle cleaning the bathrooms. Grossed me out. Thought I could do better.
17 – Summer job working on a Dairy Farm haying and doing chores. Worked hard all summer. Didn't make much money but learned a lot. Ate at their table and they ate good! Funny though. They didn't drink milk...
18 - Produce assistant at a P&C Food market. Worked there 3 years and did OK. Pay was good but couldn't get full time hours. Left that job for a better one.
20 – A Machine shop. Surface grinder operator. 2nd shift. Decent pay w/benefits. Laid off after almost 2 years.
22 - Ithaca Gun Company <1 Yr. 45 mile commute. Barrel department building shotgun barrels for piecework. Worked hard made great money. But quit when company started having financial issues.
23- Back to the machine Shop again for almost 2 more years. Surface grinder operator. 2nd shift. Worked hard. Got laid off anyway.
25 - Universal Instruments Corp. Great place to work and learned everything I know about Quality Assurance there. Great pay/benefits. Profit sharing, 401k. “Downsized” after a 25 year career there.
51 - NLX/RCSTS Quality Assurance Inspector. For a company that built Flight and Maintenance training simulators. 9 years and laid off when company closed local manufacturing. Great job, great people but very stressful.
60 – Machine and Welding shop, Quality technician. Terrible working conditions. Held out for a month. Finally resigned. (I am getting too old for this.)
61 – Signed up with a Temp agency. Worked in a warehouse in the shipping department. Easy low stress work.
61 - Got a nice Contract job as Quality Inspector doing 3rd party inspections for a medical instrument manufacturer. Lasted all summer.
62 - Back to the Warehouse through the Temp agency.
62.5 Retired, 401K, pension, savings, SS. Still working off and on for the temp agency and seeking more contract work .
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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I had a paper route at age 10, but got my first real job at 14. I was peeling potatoes and cleaning tables at a Fish & Chips shop for $1.75/hour, in 1966. When I got my license and needed more money to buy a car, I took a second job repairing department store mannequins, which even back then paid $5/hour and taught me skills that I use today with various hobbies. When I moved out and got an apartment in my second year of college ($150/month rent) I took a job as a clerk in a liquor store for $3/hour, and stayed at that until after graduate school.
In 1963 Sonic opened a Drive-in 4 blocks from my house. I was 14 and became their first 'skating carhop' -- we all had to deliver the food trays on roller skates back then.
Age 15 worked at the Country Club pro shop. The tips were at least half of my take home pay.
Age 16 worked at Woolworth's cleaning the floors, emptying trash, stocking shelves etc
Age 17 worked at Roote Mfg (Baxter Springs, Ks) making lawn mower blades and tiller tines.
Age 18 joined the Navy
Age 23 Went to work at B.F. Goodrich on the inner tube line.
Family Practice physician since 1987 -- still working full time.
14 paperboy
16 hauled hay and water golf course
17 sprayed white pine trees for forest service in Clearwater national forest Idaho
19 resident counselor ar university dorm and drove local public school bus
20summer job in labor gang at refinery
21 Reservoir engineer for summer with shell oil
22-60 chem engineer at refinery to impervious to executive itch sme oil company
60-63 retired
63-67 work for family business part time for no pay if that counts under op,rules
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