Top Ten Tales : It happened to us...

General Work Experience

What was your first experience of work?
Most of us had Saturday jobs and we all did a work experience placement at school.

How old were you when you first did paid work?
Some of us started at 12-14 with a paper round, some of us didn't start until a part-time job at 16.

What hours did you work when you started?
It depended on the job. Half of us worked 8-12 hours, the rest 14-16 hours a week.

Were you given any training?
Mostly on the job training. How to use the till, where to stack things on the shelf - we learnt as we went along. Only one of us had any 'proper' training!

Did any of you have an accident in your early jobs?
I had an accident when I worked in a warehouse. I was moving pallets, knocked my leg and chipped my shin bone.