Trying to think about reasonable expectations for BIL. Did you work in high school? Yes year-round/Yes summer, holidays, otherwise limited/No are the answer choices...
Yes. It was how my brother and I got grocery money some weeks because my mom was too busy dating someone closer in age to me than her. From the time I started working at 16 until now, I've had 2 jobs (with the exception of 5 months when I was laid off from a PT job).
I wasn't allowed to, which I hated and meant I had no savings when I went to college, so I totally don't recommend that. lol
A friend of mine worked in high school at a local restaurant that had a Wednesday night special (the big church night in the area). She was allowed to work Wednesdays then Friday-Sunday as long as her grades stayed up. I always thought that was a good balance.
Only babysitting gigs. I spent much of the summer at various camps--a week of debate camp, a week of student council camp, three weeks at a gifted and talented program, a week as a counselor at a different debate camp (that one I did get paid for). During the school year, I had mandatory sports practice after school and spent most weekends at debate tournaments, so Friday and Saturday night babysitting was easier to fit in than any other type of employment. I actually begged my parents to let me work at the Gap at one point, but they were afraid it would detract from school work and extracurricular and wouldn't let me.
Post by delawarejen on Nov 22, 2014 19:39:40 GMT -5
After I turned 16, I worked year-round except when I couldn't find a job. (I was laid off after the Christmas season and couldn't find a job again until March.) We moved onto the bus line just before I turned 16.
Post by LoveTrains on Nov 22, 2014 19:41:12 GMT -5
Yes, year round but only starting the summer after sophomore year (so I was 16). I worked at a summer camp that summer and then got a job at the cvs at the local mall. I worked that cvs job year round - maybe like 10 hours a week - which was enough for gas money for my car (gas was under $1/gallon). I made minimum wage which was $5.15/hour. I worked cvs until I went to college and then worked there Over winter break in college.
I also babysat for one neighborhood family. I would do that every other Friday for my junior and senior years. They paid me $10/hour and this was in the '90s!!
I continued working at the summer camp (day camp) the summer between je and sr years and after senior yr of high school and summer between first/ and second year of college. I think it was good for me.
Yup. I worked in a restaurant at night and a bed and breakfast on weekend mornings. My mom never said anything about it. I still got straight As, was on the tennis team, student government, two different musical groups, theater, mock trial, and a gazillion other clubs. When she didn't want my ( much) younger brother to work because he needed to focus on school I rolled my eyes so hard.
Yes, sometimes year round, but definitely in the summer. Starting at about age 12, my dad insisted I have a summer job. At that age, the only options were babysitting or working in the fields (beans or corn). I always made sure to find a sitting job so I didn't have to detassel corn. In HS, I pretty much worked in restaurants--Bonanza, Pizza Hut, TCBY, Chi Chis.
I worked at an ice cream parlor from Easter through Halloween.
I also kept score at grade school basketball games, and answered phones at the church rectory. Throughout the school year.
ETA: I forgot, I also worked at the city's summer day camp for a few years. Most days I'd get home from camp around 4, eat dinner, then go to the ice cream parlor from 6-11/midnight.
And I babysat once in a while when my parents' friends needed someone. Sometimes my sister joined me ... we also worked together at the camp and the ice cream store when she was old enough.
No unless you count babysitting every few months for a family from church. My parents were very much school is your job and I had limited access to transportation so that was that.
Yes. I had two jobs. I was a hostess at Applebee's during the week/on weekends, and I was a tour guide for local tourist attraction on the weekends only. It worked out to approximately 15 /20 hours a week during the school year, and ft in summer. I was very, very aggressively saving for college, so I worked probably more than was healthy
Year round if you count my Sunday only paper route carrying the enormous Chicago Tribune. It was only 2 hours a week early Sun morning. I also babysat. But I played 3 Varsity Sports most of HS & so I didn't have time to get a reg after school job.
Yes, I worked in a cafe starting when I turned 16. During the school year, it was Saturdays and Sundays only if I had sports and during non-sports season, I would do one or two afternoons after school too. About 30 hours over the summers. I also was a basketball referee and scorekeeper a few nights per month in the winters. I had to work, this was my only spending money and the only money saved for college, but it was fun and I'm glad I worked regardless of needing to do so.
I started babysitting around 11. And I started working pretty consistently year-round from age 14. I started with babysitting and a paper route and then moved onto waitressing and retail. Then onto data entry and ultimately to accounting clerk while I was in college. Honestly, looking back, I wish I had worked a little less and focused more on schoolwork. I could have applied myself more.
I was a lifeguard in the summers, I babysat in the winters and worked only weekends at a wedding reception site, where we let in the caterers, cake ladies, DJ, etc. It was like babysitting the building.
I worked in my parents' business (wholesale greenhouse) - greenhouse work, then office stuff like filing, computer work, ordering supplies. Also babysitting, then I worked at an ice cream store, and a law firm my senior year (2 hours a day filing and going to the post office).
I am jealous of people that were making $10+ babysitting. I got $5/hour to watch a family of four kids. And they were awful. It was really not worth it.
Yes. year round and a lot I think. I started my freshman year of HS doing dishes at a restaurant, then became a busser then a waitress at the same place. I worked anywhere from 15-25 hours a week. I made good money waitressing and saved a lot of money for college, but I wish I didn't have to work so much and be so concerned with having enough money for college.
Post by perkyderky on Nov 22, 2014 20:38:03 GMT -5
Summers and holidays for sure and the occa sional Sunday during the school year for a family owned deli on long island. I still consider that the job from which i learned the most about business and life. I baby sat my freshman year.