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By *usman 199 OP Man
10 weeks ago

Stockport

Evening everyone

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By *elix SightedMan
10 weeks ago

Cloud 8

My first casual job was stacking shelves at £2.12 per hour. My first full time job was stacking shelves and doing the ordering for a giddy £8,000 per year. That’s where it all began.

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By *ngel-ishandtheswingersCouple
10 weeks ago

Colchester

£40 a week age 16

Better than YTS though

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By *orleyMikeMan
10 weeks ago

Leeds

First full time job was £12.5k. it was about £850 a month after tax.

I paid no board and lived like a king. 😂

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By *ansoffateMan
10 weeks ago

Sagittarius A

Glass collector, £6.75 a night. An absolute pittance.

Really odd place quite often bottles of rum would disappear, I think it was haunted.

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By *riel13Woman
10 weeks ago

Northampton

£27:50 a week, on YTS

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By *avexxMan
10 weeks ago

cheshire

10 washers a week

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By *arkus1812Man
10 weeks ago

Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands

The year was 1957, I was 17 and I was earning £4 a week working on a large construction site as a trainee site engineer.

On top of that I was paid an extra 5 shillings a day for driving works minibus

to transport workers to and from work.

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By *alcon77Man
10 weeks ago

under the sun & the moon

Can't remember exactly, but it was next to nothing.

It was in a video shop during the school holidays.

The owner knew I liked horror films though so he let me take a film home each evening to watch.

(One of the films that sticks in my mind to this day is "society"..on his recommendation. Good horror film.)

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
10 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

R2500 per month in 1994.

It wasn't great.

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By *arla SwingerWoman
10 weeks ago

Somewhere

35pwk apprenticeship

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By *luebell888Woman
10 weeks ago

Glasgowish

Approx £3.50 a day picking raspberries for 6p every punnet I picked. I was 12 and spent the whole summer holidays at the garden centre.

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By *r TriomanMan
10 weeks ago

Chippenham Malmesbury area

£17.00 a week as a Junior Soldier, doesn't sound much but with cheap food and accommodation, I was able to save up and buy my first brand new car (tax free though); it was a VW Beetle imported from Brazil to Germany (caol to Newcastle springs to mind).

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By *hilcooMan
10 weeks ago

Newcastle-under-lyme

Back in 1977 I took home £18.65 per week at a motor engineering firm.

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By *ell GwynnWoman
10 weeks ago

North Yorkshire

£2 an hour at the chippy when I was 14.

First full time job as a bookseller was about 10k a year.

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By *oo..Woman
10 weeks ago

Boo's World

£43 a week

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By (user no longer on site)
10 weeks ago

I can't recall what the hourly rate was in 1987, but I do remember it was £60 per week, and I had to give my mum £20 for 'bed and board' (as they called it back then). On my 18th birthday, she gave me a building society pass book...she had never used any of the wages I gave her, instead she put it all into a savings account for me

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By *r SproutMan
10 weeks ago

the middle

£30 a week

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By *allySlinkyWoman
10 weeks ago

Leeds

Age 18 I got a job in the University Library. My annual salary was £4191. The cheapest terrace houses in Leeds then cost £8k. Imagine an 18 year old now earning half the price of a house.

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By *allumUKMan
10 weeks ago

KingsLynn

Around £126 per week back in 1997. I was on minimum wage. I still have my old wage slips somewhere. We used to get brown envelope stuffed with cash and a wage slip back in those days.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
10 weeks ago

North West

£2.20 an hour working at Matalan evenings after 6th form and weekends. Fucking awful job

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By *heBigLibowskiMan
10 weeks ago

Hampshire

A couple of oddly shaped turnips and a good clip 'round the ear.

And I was thankful for it too.

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
10 weeks ago

Horsham

Not a salary, but it was £2.00 an hour, with 80p site increments. As a teenager working as a security officer, that was not too bad.

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By *orthern BeardMan
10 weeks ago

Banbury

£3 odd an hour at like 15 years old

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By *midnight-Woman
10 weeks ago

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Around £13k i think - 1997

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By *ong-leggedblondWoman
10 weeks ago

Next Door

I did Saturday jobs during the summer and got £15 a day.

It was cleaning caravans, it was hard work

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By *exycarlashane181Couple
10 weeks ago

Leamington Spa

"Evening everyone

First job after leaving school was £10 for a 4 hour shift in my mum amd dad's post office behind the stationary and card counter... First job I was offered after leaving college was a 40 hour shift for £40...i didn't accept the job and ended up working full g ime behind the post office counter for £70 a week

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By *ozzybear1981Man
10 weeks ago

preston

My first job was selling fruit and veg on a market stall for £10 a day.

My first main job was as a flexographic printing technician and that was £7 per hour.

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By *amescoupleCouple
10 weeks ago

north walsham

1st proper job was a postie in st marys hospital in london. I dknt remember the hourly rate. But my takehome for 10 full 9 hour days and 2 half days a fortnight was about £240.

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By *ob Carpe DiemMan
10 weeks ago

Torquay

£2500 I think plus a bonus but not a very big one

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By *aven.Woman
10 weeks ago

Not the North West...

My first ft job was 18k, I had a few part time jobs before then but I can't remember what I got.

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By *till gameMan
10 weeks ago

two doors down

YTS - 1984 , think it was £27 a week

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By *lakeyMan
10 weeks ago

Teesside

Came out with £88 a week for 40hrs at 18yr old after two years off YTS

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By *hunky GentMan
10 weeks ago

Maldon and Peterborough

£27.50 a week.

It was a YTS scheme.

Or as it's called these days - s1ave labour

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By *hrista BellendWoman
10 weeks ago

surrounded by twinkly lights

£3.50 an hour as an 18 year old pa, to my 30 year old boss

He used to pay my overtime in lingerie

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By *uri00620Woman
10 weeks ago

Croydon

£3.25 in a concert hall restaurant in about 1999.

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By *ictoria_1976TV/TS
10 weeks ago

Truro

Took home £48 quid a week in the late 80's as a chef

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
10 weeks ago

BRIDPORT

"YTS - 1984 , think it was £27 a week "

I was on YTS in 1984 and got £25, I now feel cheated out of £2 a week, where do I claim my compensation

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By *hunky GentMan
10 weeks ago

Maldon and Peterborough

"YTS - 1984 , think it was £27 a week

I was on YTS in 1984 and got £25, I now feel cheated out of £2 a week, where do I claim my compensation

Mine wes 1986 - inflation

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By *lderflower_AppleWoman
10 weeks ago

Basingstoke

My first full time job in 1987 - £4500 per annum doing a data input role in a life office.

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By *eyond PurityCouple
10 weeks ago

Lincolnshire

I worked for Littlewoods Pools at 16 and earned £35 for the Saturday.

I worked Monday to Friday for £27.50 which was a YTS wage.

So I earned more on a Saturday than I did in the week!

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By *rAitchMan
10 weeks ago

Diagonally Parked in a Parallel Universe

My 1st job was at a small firm making 6' snooker tables. The pay was £40 per week, with a bonus of 14p per table completed. We were making about 150 tables per day, 6 days per week, so about £165 per week. Not bad for a 16-year-old in 1980!

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By *ill12369Man
10 weeks ago

knutsford chesh

1976 £19.50 a week

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By *ivemealadybonerWoman
10 weeks ago

somewhere

I was on a yts and I think I was on about £40 a week, had to give my parents £15 for keep, pay towards my travel to where I worked. I made that go far lol

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By *ill12369Man
10 weeks ago

knutsford chesh

"1976 £19.50 a week "

A gallon of petrol was 25.4p and my motorbike did 77 miles to the gallon

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
10 weeks ago

BRIDPORT

"YTS - 1984 , think it was £27 a week

I was on YTS in 1984 and got £25, I now feel cheated out of £2 a week, where do I claim my compensation

Mine wes 1986 - inflation

Huff, trouble with you youngsters is you’ve had it too cushy.

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By *onkoMan
10 weeks ago

here and there

£9062 per year

Worked out at £602 per month in my hand after tax pensions etc

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By *illy IdolMan
10 weeks ago

Midlands

£10 a week as a paperboy

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By *ts the taking part thatMan
10 weeks ago

southampton

1981 £25 a week YTS then £33 a week as an apprentice.

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By *ts the taking part thatMan
10 weeks ago

southampton

P.S. cash in a little handwritten brown envelope.

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By *cflirtyMan
10 weeks ago

closer than you might think

An apprenticeship earnt me £15 a week to start with ! And you could buy a 45rpm vinyl for 30p

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By *ornucopiaMan
10 weeks ago

Bexley

£7.10s.6d. per week in 1967.

My dad was getting paid about €2,500 at the time, in ATC, and with loads of time off. People assumed he was retired as they kept seeing him out and about at different times during the week!

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
10 weeks ago

North West

"£7.10s.6d. per week in 1967.

My dad was getting paid about €2,500 at the time, in ATC, and with loads of time off. People assumed he was retired as they kept seeing him out and about at different times during the week!"

2500 euro? He was ahead of his time, your Dad was

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By *istalloverCouple
10 weeks ago

Pays de la Loire -Normandie -Brittany borderFrance

50p an hour

Working on a farm .potato planting and bailing ,

No fun with hay fever in those days.

Sounding like my grandad,

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By *ragonbaitCouple
10 weeks ago

Reading and Aberdare

First ever job - paper round, £6 a week (7 mornings).

First Saturday job in Trueform - about a tenner.

First full time job - just over £12K pa. Lived with my boyfriend and we rented a lovely little house in a gorgeous area.

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By *atelotmanMan
10 weeks ago

Chatham

My first job was as commie waiter on the liners, £ 12 a month. No days off,started work at 5-30 am doing beer carry. After serving 2 seating of 36 people each meal time some night didnt finish till 11 pm. It was a great life went all over the world.

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By *rucking-HellMan
10 weeks ago

Northampton

£2 p/h in 1994, 15 years old, cleaning in a cafe. Did 9 hours a week and felt like I'd won the lottery!

First full time job was in 1995, and I earnt £45 a day as a driver's mate, mon-fri.

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By *929Man
10 weeks ago

newcastle

£20 a shift working for my dad when I was 16

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By *ungandMan
10 weeks ago

daveyhulme

A princely sum of £36.00 per week which included overtime at the age of 16

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By *rozac_fairyCouple
10 weeks ago

Tamworth

£40 per week but it was a paper round when I was 12

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By (user no longer on site)
10 weeks ago

"£7.10s.6d. per week in 1967.

My dad was getting paid about €2,500 at the time, in ATC, and with loads of time off. People assumed he was retired as they kept seeing him out and about at different times during the week!

2500 euro? He was ahead of his time, your Dad was

Perhaps he was from the future 😂

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By (user no longer on site)
10 weeks ago

Gosh I think my first actual job while I was doing my A Levels was about £5.50 an hour

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By (user no longer on site)
10 weeks ago

£75 p.w at the age of 17

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By *ndycoinsMan
10 weeks ago

Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton,

£25 a week.

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By *ad NannaWoman
10 weeks ago

East London

£16 per week, junior assistant in an Estate Agents.

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By *FeistyxWoman
10 weeks ago

Glasgow

£97 as a junior lab tech/recep

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By *ldbutrandyMan
10 weeks ago

West Midlands

£7 a week in 1970. If the manager ( of an engineerring firm) thought you'd worked well he'd occasionally slip a 50p piece in your hand.

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By *ustbelfastMan
10 weeks ago

Belfast

McDonalds - £2.11 p/h in 1997

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By *eeds fun guyMan
10 weeks ago

yorkshire

£200 1988 government

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By *oubleswing2019Man
10 weeks ago

Colchester

1986 : 18 years old, just out of school. 18K p.a. Heck of a lot of responsibility however.

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
10 weeks ago

Leeds

£75 a week apprenticeship.

The mr

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
10 weeks ago

Leeds

"£75 a week apprenticeship.

The mr "

1998

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By *assy69Man
10 weeks ago

West Sussex and Wales

"Evening everyone

About £100 a week (43 hour week) , paid in cash, every Friday with an additional allowance for unsociable hours and additional allowance for bicycle maintenance

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By *allySlinkyWoman
10 weeks ago

Leeds

"1986 : 18 years old, just out of school. 18K p.a. Heck of a lot of responsibility however."

That's triple what I earned in 1986 !

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By *iker JackMan
10 weeks ago

Wolverhampton

£4/ hour of which I had to give my mum 25% for housekeeping. So worked out about £160 take home as was self employed and settled tax at the end of the year

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
10 weeks ago

The Town by The Cross

£5/5s/5d per week for a 5 and a 1/2 day week.

Five pounds. Five shillings. Five pence

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By (user no longer on site)
10 weeks ago

£6,200 including London weighting nearly 40 years ago.

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By (user no longer on site)
10 weeks ago

I started on the yts scheme when I first left school £26.50 a week

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By *lofeldMan
10 weeks ago

Redhill

Weekend job, £2.67 an hour. And probably the most fun I ever had working

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By *ineapple_PrincessWoman
10 weeks ago

in the waves

I was making 5.15 an hour in 1999 at my first 'real' job.

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By *teveanddebsCouple
10 weeks ago

Norwich

"£40 a week age 16

Better than YTS though"

My first job was a £40 a week basic but with the shortage of available workers where I lived my mate and I ended up working double shifts. With the overtime and our bonus scheme we were on about £120 a week, in 1976!

You can imagine my shock in the September when I joined the army and at pay parade got presented with £5

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By (user no longer on site)
10 weeks ago

I think it was £7.50 an hour as a petrol pump attendant when I was 16. That was an official job as I farmed before then. Full time job it was around 23k a year before I upskilled

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By *udamet666Woman
10 weeks ago

Kilbirnie

£8.50 a week for a 40 hour+ week

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By *viatrixWoman
10 weeks ago

Redhill

My very very first job paid 120 American dollars for 3 days’ work doing the 1990 census in the little town in Arizona I was living in while in High School.

Had lots of fun and not bad pay at all!

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By *lipy123TV/TS
10 weeks ago

Birmingham

£20 a week, A pint of beer was 0.26p

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By *JB1954Man
10 weeks ago

Reading

When I started my apprenticeship. I was paid £9 a week.

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By *laytime_13Woman
10 weeks ago

Lincs

I used to clean the neighbours cars, £5 for outside, £10 for inside and out if I remember rightly. Swear that’s why I hate cleaning my own now, scarred for life after that!

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By *aybeshewillCouple
10 weeks ago

Near NUL

About £3.something an hour in 2016 as an apprentice. They were surprised I went to go get a better paid job after I finished rather than do another apprenticeship 😂

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By *oeBeansMan
10 weeks ago

Derby

£2.69 an hour back in 2014 which was minimum wage for an apprentice

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By *ldbutrandyMan
10 weeks ago

West Midlands

"£5/5s/5d per week for a 5 and a 1/2 day week.

Five pounds. Five shillings. Five pence"

You're in 2nd place up till now. Behind the leader Tarkus. I'm holding onto 3rd.

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