First and Last Jobs

[hawkdon]

First; Grocery Clerk
Last County Acc'ts payable....
in between too many to count....

 

[NorthernLight]

Most of you made progress! Before I retired, I was still supplementing my income with a cleaning job.

First job: A&W carhop.

Last job: Freelance editor.

 

[Don M.]

First job....pumping gas at a gas station.

Last job....fixing big mainframe computers at large companies/corporations.

 

[Marie5656]

First was in a store,,,,,age 19. Retired from a job working with people with disabilities.

 

[Jace]

@oldlongwalker..good thread...
Probably brought back lotsa memories for all of us.

 

[Michael Z]

First job was picking cucumbers for a 50% share at the neighbors. On a good day I might make $8, a fortune for a 9 yr old in 1967.
Last job was teaching math in a community college.

 

[Alligatorob]

First job....pumping gas at a gas station.

There was a time that was my dream job! Never able to land it though.

 

[moviequeen1]

One summer in the mid 70's I work as stock clerk at a drug store. I was taught how to shift the items that were about to expire off the shelves replace with new ones. Some times when I go into Walgreens I always ck to see if the item is expiring, will tell an employee. I worked in local law firm thinking at the time I would follow in my dad's footsteps,I worked in the mailroom,pay was awful stayed 3 yrs My last job was at local hosptial as pharm tech for 27yrs,glad I took early retirement from there. It was stressful place at times dealing with unruly nurses&doctors who wanted their drug order NOW!. I tried to tell them I don't deliver what they were looking for it didn't click with them, idiots

 

[hollydolly]

First job was a Milk delivery girl.. age 11....


Last job was a researcher working within the television , radio, and Film Industry which I'd held for over 20 years before retiring... ... but then I went to work after I retired, working as an Area Manager for a Homeless charity..for 6 years .

 

[Murrmurr]

My first job was as a gas station attendant and, at the same time, an illustrator for the San Juan Unified School District. I did the illustrations for the covers of 7 their 1970-71 class brochures.

Those were very temporary jobs while I was still in high school.

My first "real" job was ad illustrator and editorial cartoonist for a small newspaper. My last real job was co-owner and manager of a liquor/grocery/convenience store. My entire work history is quite varied.

 

[perChance]

First job - babysitting
Last job - software developer - forensic audits and fraud detection.

 

[Wayne]

1st hauling hay & riding colts one time I had 3 jobs as got to work every day. Saving to buy a new truck with cash.
last and longest law enforcement.

 

[Chet]

First job was in a car wash for $0.75 an hour. Last real job was electronic tech in manufacturing followed by a few diddly part time jobs.

 

[win231]

My first job at 16 was teaching music lessons to kids. I had several students whose parents were poor, so I charged $1.00. Some, I charged nothing. My last job was a process server in a family business.

 

[jujube]

First job at 17, summer job before college, was in a sleazy loan company. We got robbed while I was in the restroom primping. My dad made me quit.

Last job....I gave four months notice. They just kept acting like it wasn't going to happen. The day after I quit, I was getting on a plane for Hawaii and they called asking if I could come back to work for a "while". Uh.....no.

 

[seadoug]

I mowed lawns and detailed cars when I was a teenager to make spending money. My dad was a stock broker and he would encourage all his friends to bring their cars to me. I charged $50 per car to wash, polish and wax their cars until they looked new.

My first real job during college was selling men's suits and clothing at Sears. I was one of the few part-timers on salary + bonus so I worked lots of nights and weekends when I knew most customers would be coming in.

My last job was VP of Sales at a cruise line.