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FlashOfLight posted...

When you first got a job, how did you go into it? Were you nervous, or excited?

Sister's bf moved to our city and was looking for work, a new store opened up and he got a job there. They needed temporary labourers so I joined on and eventually stayed on as permanent staff for about 4-5 months (and joined them a year later, alternating between full-time and part-time as my occupation with university permitted). I was both nervous and excited. We worked 8-9hrs a day, 6 days a week for about 2-3 months until the store opened.

Did you go into it because maybe you were pressured to by either your family or other circumstances? Or was it a decision that you took upon yourself to really be your emancipation for your coming years?

Nah, I just felt like I should start working because it would be a valuable life experience and cultivate an important ethic.

Did you regret perhaps starting so early, or was it the right time?

I was 16 --- I feel that's a good time.

Was it what you expected, or far worse?

It was a bit hectic and scary at the beginning. Lots of uncouth tradies that were kind of dicks to newbies, but also lots of good fellas. When the store opened and I was on as a full-time storeman doing furniture removal and driving the forklift, it was good so long as management wasn't trying to tell us how to do things and it was just the boys having bantz and working hard.

Some of you may have had to take their first job while still studying during the school year; was the pressure too much for you, or were you able to handle it fairly?

I think I started working on the penultimate or final week of the school term for that year, so I just stopped going on days I had work. When I went back to school next year I didn't work until near the end of the year when I did the same thing.
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