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How much was your salary when you got your first job .
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By *arkus1812Man 3 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 3 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 *r TriomanMan 3 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 *reeSpiritElleWoman 3 weeks ago
Miles of beautiful golden sand, Dorset |
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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"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 *rAitchMan 3 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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"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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£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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"£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 *ragonbaitCouple 3 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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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 *reeSpiritElleWoman 3 weeks ago
Miles of beautiful golden sand, Dorset |
"£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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"£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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