What was your first job?

[bubba6]

Ok , just thought id throw this one up to see where we all started n how far we've come.(purely optional but what was the first wage for the above)

[bubba6]

tip trucks for me old man , the 1st wage was a grand total of $83 for the week lol (still seems that money brought more back then ,compared with me wage nowdays lol)

[GetToDaChopa]

I sold overpriced toys at the markets

[DLFHUB666]

process operator in a alumina refinery 18 at the time started off on trainee wages bout 800 a week finished my traineeship 3 months early 100+ grand a year

[ari666]

service station attendand... cant remember the wage, think it was about 3 dollars an hour.

[88GreenVN]

First job for me was cleaning the lower front bar at the ELDO mess in Woomera when I was 15.

2 hours on a Sat & Sun morning sweeping/mop floors and vac the carpet for $38.00 a week. I was rich.

[Calaber]

Paper boy at 11 years of age. Six afternoons a week. 10 shillings ($1) per week.

First permanent job - clerk with government department. $1803 per year. ($59 per fortnight nett)

[50LTRv8]

Washed dishes, 7.50 normal 10.00 over time

[CSP]

Milk Run (as in home delivery hanging of the back of a truck from 5pm until 8:45pm back in the days of glass milk bottles)
Retail - Camping World store
Retail - McDonalds

All around the same time, 15yo - 19yo, then into IT at 19 and apart from my 3 months un-employed (my choice,) my stint in the RAAF and 3 months working as a console operator at servos, it's all been IT.

[Macca86]

First paying job was at Betta Electrical cleaning and dusting and sorting CD's etc 2 afternoons after school a week. Payed about $60/week i think. First full time job was retail sales selling digital cameras. Pay was $220/40hr week. Have worked at several jobs in woolies (grocerys, nightfill, nightfill manager, liquor 2IC, perishables) and currently work as a spare parts interpreter.

[Amy aka boozey]

Coles check out chick, and still working there LOL

[Philthy]

First job - 2 nights a week at IGA during high school for about $7-8/hr
First full time - Washing cars for about $15/hr. Got my foot in the door for what I do at the moment

[Darcon666]

I had three at once actually.

News Paper run for the local News Agency(5c per Paper sold) ---> McDonalds($100/w) --> Wollies($70)

[Dayvo]

My first job was an apprentice fitter and machinist and the first year wage was $25 a week

[2005vzute]

i was the DONUT KING for 3 months when iwas 14-15ish..on 6.36 an hour...after i left they upped the pay the tiniest bit and i got 11.50 back pay wooh haha..then moved onto bunnings earning 8.90 for 18 months, moved to holden for 3 months at 7.05 an hour and now hopefully moving to STA on 484 a week haha

[CSP]

moving to STA on 484 a week haha

as a second job?

[tonza]

My first job was at Pizza Hut working as a pizza production specialist, a utensil sterilizer, floor refiner and customer service technician.

A kitchenhand in other words LOL

[Troy711]

I worked at a pizza shop for $7.50 an hour and was lucky to do 10 hours a week. The tight arsed owner didn't even pay penelty rates for public holidays. When I asked him about it he goes 'What would be the point opening the store? I wouldn't make any money.'

[wamboin23]

worked in a vineyard in school holidays when I was 14 or 15. on $10 an hour

[coolvxss]

Kmart on about $9 hour haha. Apprentice electrician now

[Super_Low 91]

Like most young teens i started in fast food at red rooster cant remember the wage there.
then i went to the warehouse (silly sollys) was about 6$ an hour
then i went to BCF (Boating Camping Fishing) was on about 8$ an hour
then i went to a Locksmith apprenticship an was on about 8$ left there as the boss wouldn pay me the amount he was ment to.
and my current job at Mr Minit and im on 17$ an hour.

[Kurtp]

Worked at butchers cleaning and preparing meat.

[pmlegend]

Worked in a supermarket Saturday monings and got about $12 total. Then apprentice electrician for the princely sum of $52 per week.

[vpcalais6]

First job was packing shelves at Coles about $80 a week second was ground maintenance $1100 a week

Now an apprentice carpenter $350 a week

[Julie]

maccas at 14 earning $5 odd buck an hour