tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339317216265636215.post4101826591786110383..comments2024-03-12T07:50:58.760+00:00Comments on Frugal in Norfolk: My first jobDchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490191919855219024noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339317216265636215.post-55617639414517744582021-02-23T11:24:28.948+00:002021-02-23T11:24:28.948+00:00Very similarly, I left school with secretarial qua...Very similarly, I left school with secretarial qualifications, and after a Summer of being unemployed and on benefits (no problem as it was the Summer of 1976, so wall to wall sunshine all Summer long) I got £7 a week and like you I had to hand over £5 and got to keep the other £2. Then I got a job at Boots the Chemist for £14 a week, wow I thought I was rich. I lasted for about three months and then finally got a job as an office junior in the accounts department at Pickford's NFDC rising through the ranks to Accounts Clerk in a year or so ... but the pay barely went up as they had a strict policy that under 21 year old earnt a pittance. The rule changed just as I left at 19 and the age for full pay dropped to 18 ... shucks!! <br /><br />I ended my office days as an Audio Typist, Relief Secretary and Typing Pool Supervisor at the Equal Opportunities Commission. When I left to have my son I swore I would never go back to office life, and I haven't really.Sue https://www.blogger.com/profile/04947919568474743963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339317216265636215.post-89691256740627975682021-02-23T11:05:22.254+00:002021-02-23T11:05:22.254+00:00I did apply later for the WRAF but as I was only o...I did apply later for the WRAF but as I was only offered secretarial work at a local training camp, declined.Dchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02490191919855219024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339317216265636215.post-80669383775839501122021-02-23T10:28:21.175+00:002021-02-23T10:28:21.175+00:00My first proper job was training in the WRAF (57 y...My first proper job was training in the WRAF (57 yrs ago). Living-in free, of course, but what was hard was buying drinks in the Mess and having to drink Lime juice as it was the cheapest. Most of my fellow cadets were a lot older and were earning real money. Women were also paid 15% less as standard.<br />I've got lime juice in the fridge now.pottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834163803780455512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339317216265636215.post-64396254983706911472021-02-23T09:40:09.464+00:002021-02-23T09:40:09.464+00:00When DS got his first job as a gardener, working f...When DS got his first job as a gardener, working for a neighbour, I charged him food. He needed a lot of pack up and ate like a horse due to the physicality of the job. He never objected. Showed me his weekly pay packet and I took 15%. People thought I was awful. Even from an early age, whilst we didn’t make him earn all his pocket money, he had to save. Again, people thought we were awful.Dchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02490191919855219024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339317216265636215.post-64840316828247021352021-02-23T09:37:02.234+00:002021-02-23T09:37:02.234+00:00Sounds a great place. I loved my first job but got...Sounds a great place. I loved my first job but got cheesed off with being overlooked.Dchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02490191919855219024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339317216265636215.post-80107778411930095232021-02-22T22:30:06.826+00:002021-02-22T22:30:06.826+00:00My first pay packet was in 1981. I earned £23.50 p...My first pay packet was in 1981. I earned £23.50 per week on a YOP scheme for 39 hours. Once I got a permanent job my wages increased. Pay increased with age so I got a raise at 17 and 18, by which time I'd worked my way up to the highest paid staff grade. At that point my take home pay was around £60 per week, depending how much bonus I earned as it was targeted office work. It was a great place to work, and there's a Facebook group full of people with happy memories of their time there.Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01729719876504930455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339317216265636215.post-44876404670757011222021-02-22T21:28:10.968+00:002021-02-22T21:28:10.968+00:00Yes I remember my first pay packet $93 and $30 to ...Yes I remember my first pay packet $93 and $30 to M&D for boardPhil Poggeauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10528068263542083696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339317216265636215.post-45498191220061874102021-02-22T19:51:31.792+00:002021-02-22T19:51:31.792+00:00If you select normal, it should be there all the t...If you select normal, it should be there all the time. Then you would enter twice for a new paragraph. Paragraph seems to be the default setting for some weird reason.Dchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02490191919855219024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339317216265636215.post-81589016621909671452021-02-22T18:56:43.633+00:002021-02-22T18:56:43.633+00:00Would be simpler if the Normal spacing was there a...Would be simpler if the Normal spacing was there all the time!<br /><br />I can't remember how much I was paid at 16 - not a lot I reckonSue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.com