Chicken bald back

[Cinnamon]

My eldest now has 3k saved from her little job at Waitrose,plus she has developed a darn fine work ethic too.....I seriously believe that a job is really important for a teenager.

 

I know it is important for others too ,but if they don't start to work,they may get into the mindset of never working for their living.....and in the meantime the parents are working more to help finance their offspring.

It is seriously messed up.

 

 

I know that we s"Ooops, word censored!"ped the lower wage rate for under 18's,and assumed it was nationwide,but maybe some still pay less?

 

As self employed people our position is never stable financially,so its great if the kids at least have a regular wage.

And no,we do not eat out any more.

 

No easy answers on this one,I am afraid.

[The Dogmother]

I agree Sarah, I'm all for instilling work ethic in our children. I had Saturday and weekend work from the age of 13 and worked all through uni too, leaving without any debts.

 

Rosie has a college fund which I and my parents pay into for birthdays and Christmas, but she's expected to find ways to earn money and has been working in the hols since last year. We're lucky in that I know quite a few folk with businesses who are willing to give her a job.

 

She doesn't get 'free' pocket money or an allowance; I can't afford it, but I do buy all her things for her so she really doesn't need it anyway. Rosie can earn some 'pay' by doing chores and helping friends with their small children.

[snowberry]

I may moan about it at times, but M & S pay the going rate as for an adult (£6.73?) for trained 16 year olds. In my book, if you do the same job, you should get the same wage!

[squiffs]

What really annoys me is that employers don't have the decency to even acknowledge applicants by email; it costs nothing & if they knew how to use mailmerge it would be a doddle

 

 

I found this particularly frustrating when I was on jobseekers' allowance last year.

[squiffs]

 

I know that we s"Ooops, word censored!"ped the lower wage rate for under 18's,and assumed it was nationwide,but maybe some still pay less?

 

 

Nope, there are still, legally, 3 bands of minimum wage. under 18, over 18 and over 21.

[Cinnamon]

Well,thats another reason that I am glad I work for who I do then

[squiffs]

Well,thats another reason that I am glad I work for who I do then

 

 

Absolutely. I'm salaried at 10k a year - which is 1,385 less than national minimum wage for 21+ (I'm 22...) but because I'm salaried, I can't do much about it.

[squiffs]

Ah, here we go!

 

There are different levels of NMW, depending on your age and whether you are an apprentice. The current rates are:

£5.93 - the main rate for workers aged 21 and over

£4.92 - the 18-20 rate

£3.64 - the 16-17 rate for workers above school leaving age but under 18

£2.50 - the apprentice rate, for apprentices under 19 or 19 or over and in the first year of their apprenticeship

 

Rates from 1 October 2011

The NMW rates are reviewed each year by the Low Pay Commission and from 1 October 2011:

the main rate for workers aged 21 and over will increase to £6.08

the 18-20 rate will increase to £4.98

the 16-17 rate for workers above school leaving age but under 18 will increase to £3.68

the apprentice rate, for apprentices under 19 or 19 or over and in the first year of their apprenticeship will increase to £2.60

[Cinnamon]

Crikey.

I believe our under 18's start at £6.26 an hour

[yvonne]

Our local sports centre employs a lot of youngsters and always seems to be after canteen staff - not glamorous or that well paid I'm sure, but it's a job.

I'm not in your area, but your local sports centre may be worth a try if you haven't already.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Woohoo . Just on the offchance, I did another search for Sainsbury's jobs for ES. They now have 5 customer service vacancies - only one fits in with uni hours but he only needs one job . Wish us luck, he'll need to do the online application this evening .

[Egluntyne]

Best of luck ANH.

[jlo]

Good Luck!

[PurpleTree]

I worked on checkouts in Sainsbury's when I was in school. I did 10 hours a week, 5.30-10.30 on a Tuesday evening and same again on a Saturday evening. They were very good at jobs for school/college/university students.

 

Good luck for the interview and good luck to anyone else looking for a job, glad I'm not searching for one at the moment.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Just settled down with ES to fill in the application. What a nightmare . Links don't work, the activation email doesn't contain the link it says it should and to top it all, the one job that fitted his uni hours has disappeared from the list, despite only appearing in the last day or so .

 

I'm going to phone them in the morning .

[Snowy]

How frustrating I sat with my son and went through the whole list of jobs that came up on the directgov website. A lot were with agencies placing people in temporary production/warehouse type jobs - I made him sign up with them all. Anyway, one called him back (mainly because he can drive!) as they wanted someone to start straightaway doing some temporary work for the council. Their first two candidates had done a days work and left He is on his 4th week now, working with a team from the council doing house clearances. Dirty, menial, heavy, but he is thoroughly enjoying himself - he's getting a decent wage and is losing weight The agency think he is great because he stuck it out and have talked about finding him some part time work once he goes back to college.

The hardest part is getting a foot in the door - I just hope all of those looking for work find something soon.

[Olly]

Good luck ANH, don't worry about the hours too much, they always want people to do different shifts so there is probably a lot of flexibility if he can get in there - as Snowy said, it's getting a foot in the door.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Just spoke to Sainsburys - the jobs disappear because as soon as they have enough applicants they remove them from the website . She also said the hours that are listed for each job are the hours you have to do so we can only apply for the ones that suit, which narrows it right down .

 

She couldn't explain why the activation email didn't actually contain a link . She asked if ES could try it again but obviously he's still asleep .

[ubereglu]

It's not that I want the money for 'teenage jollies', so to speak. The fact it I want to be more independent and have my own income. Mum and Dad help out occasionally and I do lots of household things, like cook tea at least 3 times a week, sort out the washing, clean up the kitchen and sort out the garden. Also, it would be nice to have something focussed I could actually get out of the house for, as after a while of setting yourself tasks to do you can get quite demotivated. Definite downside of being the youngest of 4 and always having people around. And I'm the one in charge of the hens too.

 

It's not that I don't have a work effort instilled in me. From September to the end of exams I think I did college work everyday, except my birthday and Christmas day...so I hope that has all paid off...time will tell, when it comes to Thursday.

[little cluckers]

My son has been working at McDs for almost a year now. When he was 16 he went around all the local businesses and they told him they couldn't employ someone under 18 due to H&S reasons. He then got a job in McDs at 16 using the deep fat fryers! I am so proud of him for sticking at it, the shifts are worked out weekly so you only find out on the Sunday what shifts you have that week (!) most of the shifts he works are 4pm-11pm, and he gets £4.35 per hour.

 

He has learnt that work is tough (his feet ache after most shifts) and also he now has much more respect for money, when you earn £4.35 per hour, you realise that £20 for his girlfriend and him to go to the cinema is a lot of money whereas before he was earning it, he wouldn't think twice about asking me for it.

 

Although McDs have their bad points they also have good ones too and they have many benefits to working there. Money off driving lessons etc. They also have a scheme where you can do a course which is worth several GCSEs and get paid to do it.

 

When he first started there his friends all took the mickey because he was frying chicken but now most of them work there too. Even my best friend looks down her nose and refuses to let her son work there! But at least my son is happy earning some money and some independence

 

My older son has Aspergers and that just opens a whole other can of worms looking for work!

[Cinnamon]

Who was it who had a Saturday job at Lakeland in Reading?

 

My girl has just applied there...could do with some tips!

[Sam]

I've managed to get a job at waitrose

So happy that I've finally got a job, and it seems like such a good place to work

Thanks to a very helpful omletteer who explained to me the process of getting the job

 

A lot of the big shops just rely on online applications now, that's how I applied for waitrose, and so did some of my friends for M&S.

[Chucky Mama]

Congratulations. You get some great benefits working with the John Lewis group. Your mum will love you (assuming that you name her as an additional discount card holder).

[Snowy]

Well done!

[percy049]

well done! My work experience place (Boots) said that I could have a saturday job there when I turn 16 if theres one going