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Post by Brad on Oct 2, 2012 15:31:27 GMT -5
My first job was at an outbound call center at 17. I worked there for 6 years. Sometimes it sucked but I have a lot of good memories from there and gained a lot of experience. I worked in management there as well so that gave me experience needed for future jobs.
From there I moved on to an outsourcing company who handles customer service for other companies. Best thing I could have ever done. I had to work in a big call center for a bit and a lot of the time that sucked but now I work from home which is absolute bliss. Been working for this company for four years now.
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Post by Epic Z on Oct 2, 2012 17:42:59 GMT -5
I worked at a crappy hotel. I had some pretty interesting memories there that I probably shouldn't share. The pay was decent though so I loved it.
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Post by Sully© on Oct 2, 2012 17:49:57 GMT -5
Pot washer at a nursing home, made 6.55 starting lol.
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Post by kazoosandstreamers on Oct 2, 2012 18:10:11 GMT -5
Cleaning an entire grade school with just 3 other guys during the summer when I was a freshman in high school. God, it was awful.
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Post by Dante, The Voc on Oct 2, 2012 18:17:49 GMT -5
Umpire for my old Farm League (little kids, 3rd-5th grade). Fun job, paid $10 in the field, $15 behind the plate. Parents became a pain in the ass by the end of the year, but it was pretty cool.
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Post by HHH316 on Oct 2, 2012 18:58:20 GMT -5
In 2002, On my 17th birthday, I was hired by KB Toy Works for my first job.
I've got a lot of great memories from that place, some I'll remember forever. I was still collecting figures back then, so I always had first dibs on what I wanted. My store manager was a pain, but my assistant manager was awesome, and because of him we got away with things I still can't believe. We did things like ride electric scooters all over the store and in the parking lot. I remember an epic game of home run derby with a electronic pitching machine. We also had a Burger King in our parking lot and on extremely slow nights we would lock up for 45 minutes and go get food. While eating we'd see people try getting into the store, but couldn't because the doors were locked. Ah, memories.
I also met my first serious girlfriend there, and we were together for about a year and a half. When the company went bankrupt in 2003, they closed my location in 2004. I felt bad for a lot of my co-workers because they didn't have a back up plan. I still had a couple of months of high school left, so I wasn't too concerned.
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Post by Escape The Rules on Oct 2, 2012 19:20:24 GMT -5
Congrats on the new job! My first job was like a temporary job as a PR member where we'd be handing out these free magazines 3 days a week doing 6 hour shifts for 3 days a week. Sometimes 4 shifts. The money was pretty damn good too: £7 an hour! I was doing it in the winter though & my legs were ed afterwards & I was freezing.
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Post by fallbrawl on Oct 2, 2012 19:26:48 GMT -5
I worked in a factory putting car parts in boxes. I loved the job but the staffing company screwed me on my money.
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Post by Zigzag on Oct 2, 2012 21:34:15 GMT -5
Genovese Pharmacy (defunct drug store chain in MA/NY/CT) at age 16. Applied because my friends were working there. Stayed on a year until I couldn't take it anymore.
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Post by Prophet of Ash on Oct 2, 2012 21:42:50 GMT -5
I worked at McDonalds when I was like 14. Made enough to buy a Gameboy Advance, which was all the rage back then (which should tell you just how long ago this was..) and quit. Job was horrible and I was way too immature to be doing it.
Worked at the same McDonalds from January to December 2007 on overnight shift. MUCH more enjoyable time with lots of fond memories of shenanigans. We dealt with mostly ass holes and drunks, which grew very tiring.. and the morning crew who came to replace us were just the worst. Eventually quit when the Mexican maintenance guy dumped grease over a stack of clean dishes I had just spent 5 hours washing, then got lippy when I bitched him out about it. I took off into the stock room, because I knew there were no cameras in there. He followed me and I proceeded to basically break his face. He claims I hit him three times, I only hit him twice and only once in the face. With that one punch, I blacked both of his eyes and made his nose into a Z. He wouldn't even look at me when I went in the next day to clean out my locker. They wouldn't fire me for it either. I walked out immediately after the incident, and my manager specifically said that if I wanted to stay there, I could and wasn't fired.
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Post by Matt on Oct 2, 2012 23:51:51 GMT -5
My first job is still my current job. I started off as a busboy and am currently an assistant manager at a Gastropub. I will be there four years come February.
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Post by jackshen on Oct 3, 2012 3:32:29 GMT -5
I was a lifeguard, let me tell yah, it paid good, and i worked allot, but it was not a fun job.
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Post by Yeezy's Mullet: Team X Blades on Oct 3, 2012 5:58:17 GMT -5
My first job was at a McDonald's at 14. Made some lifelong friends there, but also encountered probably the worst boss I think anyone could ever have. I've only had two other jobs after that, but the many years brought along many different managers and supervisors. That being said, my GM at my first job is STILL the very worst boss I've ever had.
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Post by Adam on Oct 3, 2012 6:41:35 GMT -5
I started at Party City a couple weeks after I turned 16 and worked there for 7 1/2 years under 4 different GM's. There was obviously good and bad about the job, but I tend to not complain nearly as much as others did. My biggest gripe was that the store had no loading dock, and I could have received as much as 10 to 15 pallets stacked taller than me (6'4"). I would have had to break them down and carry the boxes into the store.
But as Yeezy already said, I made a lot of great friends there too, including my best friend. Also, working in retail has taught me to outright reject "the customer is always right".
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Post by Zeke on Oct 6, 2012 1:54:20 GMT -5
I work in a nightclub, as a glass collector, started there back in April last year, not the best job in the world, but I met Nigel McGuinness in there once. (:
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Post by Drummerboy on Oct 13, 2012 19:31:34 GMT -5
I Worked at wendys as my first real job, Great place to work. My boss was cool and i loved all of my co-workers, I Didn't mind the job that much because i always worked 11-2 and was always happy with about 200 bucks for a 2 week paycheck (Now that would never work lol), Sometimes i wish i could go back to when i only needed that much money and had no bills, Things would be alot easier.
I've worked at walmart for the past 4 years now, It sucks because i work night shift and i work every single saturday night putting away returns and doing boring stuff, The job is really annoying in the sence that i cant get one weekend off even though i put in for it like 3 months ahead of time, If you arent a transgender or you dont have kids you cant get weekends off even though you have seniority over those people, Big discrimination at my store.
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Post by "The Visionary" Eldniw on Oct 13, 2012 19:37:53 GMT -5
McDonald's, like many others. Started there about 2 1/2 months after I turned 16. Worked through Christmas and then was taken off the schedule. I didn't quit, nor was I suspended or fired. I was just never scheduled to work. Ended up re-applying and was "hired" back the following August, in 2003.
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Post by GreyHaze:Big Bad Booty Daddy on Oct 13, 2012 19:41:26 GMT -5
My first job was as a bag boy in a supermarket when I was fourteen. Soon afterwards I got a summer job (provided from my hs) as a graphic designer for a small company. Three years later and I'm working for a pizzeria.
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Post by Tye Hyll on Oct 13, 2012 21:48:28 GMT -5
First job was at a sewing store where I was the manager after like a month, it was okay but pretty boring and my next job wasnt until 3 years later and that was this year and that was working for the NFL during pre season so Id say it was a step up for sure lol.
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Post by KeBen Owens on Oct 13, 2012 22:24:11 GMT -5
Produce assistant. Hated it.
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