What was your first jobs pay rate?

[crashley]

£10p/h - first job at 16, working for a multinational asset manager as the office monkey, in charge of reprographics (AKA photocopy boy).

Edited to add that was 15 yrs ago.

[Maxwell90]

Mr Classic said:

What industry are you in?!

Oil & Gas. Definitely don't regret not going to uni, apprenticeships are better imo .

[Polariz]

£280 a month as a cleaner at age 16-18. 12.5k pa as a work experience student in IT (Automotive firm) while at uni. £20k pa starting salary in IT firm that I'm just about to move on from, 8 years later

[Shelsleyf2]

Took the Job at £7.75 but had a pay rise before I started went up to £8.25....your probably thinking quite a decent rate.


That was a week.....as an apprentice with GKN. ( 1970 Forgings and pressworks Witton Birmingham )

[Mr Classic]

Maxwell90 said:

Oil & Gas. Definitely don't regret not going to uni, apprenticeships are better imo .

There is a thread on here saying oil &gas graduates start on 14k at their company as it is just experience they need and no one else will take them!

[theguvernor]

£2.82 P/Hr @ 16 - 12 Years ago (silver service waiting in a hotel).

[MrJuice]

£5.40 ph at Harvey Nichols for the winter sale 2001. 25p bonus per hour for good time keeping. And £5 bonus for every Versace tie, Richard James tie and Zegna tie we sold. Tie bonus paid in vouchers. Total vouchers over 3 weeks was approx £50

Earned very little but learned a lot.

[bazza white]

16 years ago - £2.20/hour as a pot weekend cleaner, worked a 67 hour week and took home £137 as they taxed me. Thought sod that and went to maccy d's on £5.50 was chuffed with doubling my pay.


Also 16 years ago mates were on £50-60/week apprenticeship, I was headhunted whilst in college and offered an traineeship for a well known lift/escalator company starting on £300/week and like a nob I turned it down.

[Maxwell90]

Mr Classic said:

There is a thread on here saying oil &gas graduates start on 14k at their company as it is just experience they need and no one else will take them!

They are working for the wrong company! I work for one of the big service companies and graduates start on £33k. The only one I know that doesn't pay well is opito.

[JumboBeef]

LHRFlightman said:

1984 a £34.50 for 40 hours.

I was on £29.50 for 40 hours in 1983. But I was LOADED compared to the YTS people who were only on £25/week.

[43034]

JumboBeef said:

I was on £29.50 for 40 hours in 1983. But I was LOADED compared to the YTS people who were only on £25/week.

What did that extra £4.50 get you? How much was a pint?

[JumboBeef]

43034 said:

JumboBeef said:

I was on £29.50 for 40 hours in 1983. But I was LOADED compared to the YTS people who were only on £25/week.

What did that extra £4.50 get you? How much was a pint?

I remember it was about 70p or so. I also remember being SHOCKED and OUTRAGED at having to pay £1 a pint in the local night club!

[43034]

So an extra few mid week beers it was then!


Paying £2-£2.50 yesterday for a pint. Quite pleased with that!

[mybrainhurts]

£40 a month.

[DUMBO100]

£35 per week + my bus fares and 50% off my "work wear" in River Island

[MrBarry123]

About £5.70 an hour with Waitrose when I was 16 and at Sixth Form.

[johnxjsc1985]

MitchT said:

Graphic Designer. Started in 1994. Got my bus fares paid for! Every job I looked at wanted someone with two years' experience so I basically offered to work for nothing so I could get something on my CV!

Do I win?

no you had your bus fare paid.
Are you still a graphic designer?. if so it was obviously a good decision

[krallicious]

Around 3.50 an hour working in a sports shop during the summer holidays. I was only there for a month before I broke my leg playing basketball

[john2443]

£8.50....a week! Holiday job in my O level year 1973.

£4100 a year, first proper job after I got my degree in 1979.

[johnxjsc1985]

john2443 said:

£8.50....a week! Holiday job in my O level year 1973.

£4100 a year, first proper job after I got my degree in 1979.

That was a decent starting salary for 1979.