Hey guys, Lately I have noticed I am getting pretty broke. So I decided that I need a job in order to be able, to buy more of the things I like. Anyway I'm 15, and I'm only able to work only on Saturdays. I know that makes things a little complicated, but I would appreciate some help.
<div class="quote_poster">Kidd Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Hey guys, Lately I have noticed I am getting pretty broke. So I decided that I need a job in order to be able, to buy more of the things I like. Anyway I'm 15, and I'm only able to work only on Saturdays. I know that makes things a little complicated, but I would appreciate some help.</div> If you work somewhere for one day you won't get much money. Where I'm from you can just mow lawns but I don't think yall do that up in Brooklyn. Just wait till the summer and focus on school now.
Well my friend works at a rich restaurant and gets good tips because the food is expensive, plus he only works one or two days a week. He's a busboy.
<div class="quote_poster">Carter Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">A bagboy for a supermarket.</div> Haha I thought about it but, my friend used to work as a busboy, and he earned close to pennies. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Well my friend works at a rich restaurant and gets good tips because the food is expensive, plus he only works one or two days a week. He's a busboy.</div> I have doubts a restaurant will hire, mostly because of my age.
Well, you can't really demand what day you're free or whatever. Usually, when you start out (especially since you're 15), they'll be asking you to work evenings and weekends. When I was in grade 10 (15 at the time), I got my first job at a coffee shop (Tim Hortons - Canada's Starbucks). Anyways, at first they used to ask me to work evenings and weekends but I hated working evenings and my managers were flexible so eventually I got only Fri, Sat, Sun, which was cool except I used to have to start working at 6 in the morning (so that meant getting up at 5). Having a job sucks ass, especially when it's at a food place, but ESPECIALLY when it's at a coffee place and most of your customers are highly irate drive-through maniacs who explode over the littlest things (i.e- French vanilla not being double cupped...WHEN THEY DIDNT FRICKIN ASK FOR IT TO BE DOUBLE CUPPED lol). Actually, that's not true, because a lot of customers were nice but honestly, once you work at a food place, not only will you be disgusted by how things are operated (Tim Hortons was actually clean though...except maybe the times it's REEEALLY busy, then things get a little sloppy) but you will have a newfound sense of realization the next time you actually go down to a _____ (insert food place name) yourself. Everytime I go to a Tim Hortons now, I actually tip the workers (not a lot, like 50 cents lol) cause I used to love it when people did that when I used to work. I remember one time a dude gave me a $5 tip cause it was his last day in Canada. I had some good times working, but I also did a lot of stupid things at work as well....let's just say I wasn't the best or most loyal employee. Honestly, 95% of the employees don't give a sh*t. But yeah, get a job. The power to buy your own things whenever you feel like it is the best feeling in the world.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Well, you can't really demand what day you're free or whatever. Usually, when you start out (especially since you're 15), they'll be asking you to work evenings and weekends.</div> I would work on evenings too, but I get so much homework, that at times I spent 4-5 hours on it. It's a b*tch but I have to do it. Anyone ever work in Best Buy? Just wondering.
I came out the front last night for 2 seconds, and this lady who was paying for her meal gave me a $15 tip, I was like "oh.... thanks".
I applied at Bestbuy. It's a b*tch to even apply for it. You have fill out like a 2 hr questionaire online, then if you get called down, you have to give like 2 interviews and then you get in.
<div class="quote_poster">Karma Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I applied at Bestbuy. It's a b*tch to even apply for it. You have fill out like a 2 hr questionaire online, then if you get called down, you have to give like 2 interviews and then you get in.</div> How much per hour did you get paid? And what did you do? Anything different, since you were a new guy?
lol no no I never got hired. I did the application but it was a bi*tch to fill out and I just gave up in the middle of the questionaire (half of it took an hour to complete...it had said you've completed 50%) cause I knew they wouldn't hire me anyway. Usually work places give around 2 work interviews (even Stitches does that so I'm assuming that BB does it for sure) before they hire you.
<div class="quote_poster">Karma Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">lol no no I never got hired. I did the application but it was a bi*tch to fill out and I just gave up in the middle of the questionaire (half of it took an hour to complete...it had said you've completed 50%) cause I knew they wouldn't hire me anyway. Usually work places give around 2 work interviews (even Stitches does that so I'm assuming that BB does it for sure) before they hire you.</div> Oh ok I get it. The thing that is really pushing me to find a job is, the fact that I really want an Xbox 360. It's gonna take forever to save up $400.
I'm not sure what you can do at only 15 years old, you really have to be 16 to get a standard job bussing, stocking shelves, serving food, etc. My first recommendation would be to see if you know anyone who can hook you up with a nice job. My friend has been working at a restaurant since he was about 14 because the owner of the place is family friends of his family, its a good job and they actually gave him a shot even though he had no work experience. He gets some good pay, good hours, extra money from tips and hes working a job he likes. If you're applying to a place with no job experience it's very difficult to get a job, luckily I do really well on interviews and the place that hired me (Longs) was in need of some young (16-18) males who could work the late hours, weekends, etc and could help move all the heavy stuff and do the **** jobs that the girls don't do, couple that with the fact that I go to a pretty good school and I'm 16 so I'll stick around for a few years and they hired me. When I applied to Target I guess I did so well on the interview that they had me do another 1 or 2 interviews than hired me and told me to take a drug test that day (lol, which is another story). Anyway what I'm saying is you have to make yourself marketable, that's basically what you're doing is selling yourself. I'm 16, just got my first job a few months ago, and really you can't demand your hours, I'd prefer to have a day off on my weekends but if that were the case they never would have hired me. You're never going to get a job saying that you can work 1 day a week. I have to work from 8 AM to 5 PM tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday which makes today my only day off of my whole 4 day weekend; it sucks but you gotta do it. I'd just wait until you're 16 and get a job starting at the beginning of summer, otherwise you're options are very limited. There are perks to having a job though. Once you get your first job it will be easier to get jobs in other places because you've got experience, so even if you don't get a job you think you'll like you should just try it for at least a few months and then try to get a job elsewhere since you've got some experience. Also, depending on where you work you could meet alot of really cool people who you enjoy being around. Luckily that is the case with my job and to be honest I think the reason I'm not looking for another job is because I really like the people I work with and I don't want to break my friendship with them because I want to work less hours or something like that. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">But yeah, get a job. The power to buy your own things whenever you feel like it is the best feeling in the world.</div> Yep, this is really awesome. I only make $7.50 an hour but I've been buying alot more stuff for myself because I know every week I'll be getting a paycheck and can afford to buy some shoes and I'll have earned the cost of the shoes in my next paycheck. I'm also realizing its alot easier to buy Christmas gifts; you don't have to buy something cheap but you can just get what you know people will like because you know whatever you buy your bank account balance will probably break even once you put in the paycheck. I'll leave you with some tips on getting jobs. LIE YOUR ASS OFF on your application (and in your interview for that matter), If you tell the truth you won't the get job unless you are a saint, don't be afraid to embellish your greatness . Once you apply for a basic, entry level crappy job you have to call them and ask a manager for an interview, their attitude is basically that they don't give a **** about you and they're not going to go through applications looking for someone who is the most qualified. If they give you some bullshit excuse as to why they can't hire you just keep calling every day and they'll give you an interview eventually. When looking for a job alot of places are full with employees and applicants, you have to look for some underground places that aren't the most popular places in town. Lastly, when looking for a place to work you should consider how happy you'll be working there; if you know people there or alot of people your age work there you'll probably like the job. You should ask employees if they like working there to see what you're getting yourself into. I have a friend my age who works in an office building )with a buch of 30-40 year olds) making/answering phone calls but mostly its down time where he does homework. He gets paid $10.50 an hour and chooses his own hours but hes actually going to quit his job because he hates working there, he doesn't need the money since hes pretty well off, and he can spend the time better doing homework, hanging out with friends, or doing community service that will help him get into college. I'd wait until you're 16 and have free time to get a job, but in the mean time you should think about where you'd want to work; see where your friends work or if you can get hooked up with a job through someone else.
Its unlikely your going to get hired if your only availible one day a week. It wouldn't even be worth your time working one day a week, mane.
<div class="quote_poster">Kidd Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Hey guys, Lately I have noticed I am getting pretty broke. So I decided that I need a job in order to be able, to buy more of the things I like. Anyway I'm 15, and I'm only able to work only on Saturdays. I know that makes things a little complicated, but I would appreciate some help.</div> get a weekend paper route.
[joke] You can always just turn to the streets, get your hustle on dealing crack cocaine. It's risky business, but you'll be loaded, and fast. [/joke]
<div class="quote_poster">Karma Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I applied at Bestbuy. It's a b*tch to even apply for it. You have fill out like a 2 hr questionaire online, then if you get called down, you have to give like 2 interviews and then you get in.</div> i worked at best buy for a while..its not a good job at all lol it will make u hate the store and it sucks becuase its prolly ur favorite retail store..the questionaire u hafta take online is ez all u hafta do is strongly agree or strongly disagree..if u dont do that..they wont call u..and they only do 1 interview usually...circuit city is the up in coming store(former chairman of best buy is now ceo of it)..the only freakin awesome thing about working at best buy is the employee discount which is amazing and u will spend like ur first 4 paychecks right back at them
Dude, you're 15. Apply everywhere and pray you get a job somewhere. When you're that young and can only work one day without any experience, you can't be picky.
Dude, get a newspaper job. You have to work only on Saturdays and if you sell a lot of newspapers you get around $80 for a week. That's a lot of money for a kid your age. Or get a friend or two and cut some lawns and get around $30 bucks.
