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Was your weekend job when you were young the best job you ever had?

Paul Carter

Hello everyone,

I am Paul Carter, a CIPD member and HR professional. I love to write and record podcasts about the world of work. My next blog and podcast are taking a nostalgic look at how the weekend jobs we had when we were younger shaped us and our attitude to work. We were care free, earning just enough money to have fun, buy clothes and run a car. We developed our interpersonal skills through meeting new people, being part of a team, being managed for the first time and dealing with tricky customers. A small taste of financial independence and what work would be like when we left higher education. We were dazed and confused, loving and hating it but always going back for the next shift. It may have only lasted for a couple of years but you will always remember your favourite weekend job. 

Was your favourite weekend job the best job you ever had? What did you learn from it? Do you still see people you worked with all those years ago?

Does your company employ weekend workers? A 2020 report by the Resolution Foundation indicated that the employment rate of 16- to 17-year-olds with weekend jobs had halved in a two-decade period. Should a weekend job be a rite of passage as a teenager? What are teenagers missing if they do not get this experience?

Please share your views and complete my short survey https://forms.office.com/r/VgPnf1mYLF?origin=lprLink 

If you would like to contribute to my blog and podcast, let me know.

Thank you

Paul

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  • Bit late to the party but here's my tuppence worth :). My first job was at R S McColls from the age of 15. I worked every day after school til 6pm, worked Saturday 8am to 6pm and Sunday 9am til 1pm. I did this for 10 months before they hired someone else to help out. I absolutely loved that job. I took on the added responsibility of cashing up, paying paper delivery workers and opening and locking up - even from the age of 16! Now, with lone working guidance and I'm sure stricter insurance policies I wouldn't have been allowed to have that level of responsibility. But I just loved it. I didn't miss out on anything because I didn't socialise with school friends. When I left to start working full time I even got back dated holiday pay because I was never told I could take holidays. I used the money to buy clothes for my first full time job with the Council! I don't believe the job gave me a strong work ethic and sometimes I think I was getting paid for "playing shops". Oh, and I even had to train staff when we went from a manual till to an electronic one! And if that doesn't give away my age, nothing will.
  • in reply to Angela Walker
    Hi Angela, it's fashionable to be late to the party, especially when you have something insightful to say.
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