How long did your first ever job last for?

[Spinneret]

3 weeks mine

 

[easyas123]

I'm still here, started summers in high school. I'm 50 now.

 

[tvguy]

Two years

 

[luvnwdwgal]

6 months. I was in the COE (Cooperative Office Education) program my senior year of high school. I quit my job at an insurance agency for another job at a resort hotel. My aunt who had worked there for years in accounting recommended me for the job as purchasing secretary. It was also a job I would be able to keep after I graduated. The insurance agency was fine with it and understood but my teacher was not happy with me at all.

 

[CdnCarrie]

I'm still here, started summers in high school. I'm 50 now.

Where do you work?

Fast food - less than a year until I got something better.

 

[lorimt]

4.5 years

 

[Seahorse17]

32 yrs

 

[mrodgers]

7 years almost exactly. Grocery store in high school, community college and the last year night shift until I got the job I have now.

 

[KayMichigan]

Four months, September-December 1982, Best Products Catalog Showroom. It was a brand new store and they laid off many of the staff after the holidays, including myself. I didn't mind, I liked the people I worked with but not so much the job. It was a catalog showroom where customers would pick out something and fill out a form, then give it to me so I could put it in the computer and they could pull it from the back stockroom. The customer would then be called over the intercom to pay at the register. It was a cumbersome process which is probably why they don't exist any more.

 

[Living42Day]

.

 

[easyas123]

Where do you work?

Family business.
I've had other jobs, I've been a receptionist, travel agent and, most important job - a stay at home mom. But returned to my roots so to speak, and have currently been at my first job for the second time for about 18 years. I am one of the owners now, and it's very rewarding as we see the third & fourth generation coming along.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

One Summer.

 

[Carol_]

Many moons. I worked in the science library. I’d kill for that job today. It was sweet.

 

[dclpluto]

Four years then USMC for four years. Then the job I have now been there 29 years. Never been turned down for a job that I applied for.

 

[cvjw]

6 years. Bank teller. Started at 15 thru a program at my high school. Worked all thru high school and college until I moved away.

 

[E&Cmom]

A summer.

 

[mamamary]

2 1/2 months. It was a part time job that I took until my full time job started. I knew that I’d be quitting in June but this part time job started in April. It was originally starting earlier but it was a brand new store being built so it got delayed. I felt bad quitting so soon but that was my plan all along.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

5 years

 

[RF536]

2 years in fast food. Left to work as a receptionist. When I left boss couldn't understand why I would leave for almost $1 more an hour, better hours and not smelling like food every day.

 

[kanerf]

3-4 Months. Don't remember exactly. I was a gas station attendant. Hated it.