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Your first job out of college

pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
edited November 2012 in All Encompassing Trip
How much did it pay and what was it?
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  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    Making sales calls for a LTL trucking company - Con-Way. Made 23,500/ year in 1996 and was so excited at the time. Lasted about 3 months before I quit and got something else.
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  • Cree NationsCree Nations Posts: 2,247
    I believe it worked out to (in 1998) about $16.hour with long hours, it was pretty good coin back then...but I worked my ass off for it and learned lots.
    >>>>
    >
    ...a lover and a fighter.
    "I'm at least half a bum" Rocky Balboa

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  • saveuplifesaveuplife Posts: 1,173
    $35 K. Financial analyst.

    Job sucked.
  • Motown322Motown322 Posts: 465
    $25,000/year doing marketing, dealer relations, event staffing and technical assistance for Ford Special Vehicle Team.

    The pay was shit but I was getting paid to talk about cars all day long. Plus staying on the road quite a bit in the summer wasn't bad at all. Managed to do quite a bit of writing and PR work for SVT and the Shelby Mustangs and TONS of crap for Ford Racing in NASCAR and Champ Car during that time. Lasted 7 years before I bounced.
  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    Temporary factory worker in the plastic molding department of an appliance manufacturer. I worked nights from 7PM-7AM for 4 days on and 4 days off. It paid $7.00/hr. I did it for 8 months or so until I interviewed and hired for a salaried position at the same company that paid $16K per year on 3rd shift.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

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  • GraySaturdayGraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    Nanny for a 3 month old and a 3 year old. It paid 30k. M-Th 7:45am-6:45pm


    When the mother told me she had a "that time of the month" accident in her underwear and that she needed me to hand soak and wash it so it wasn't ruined.. I left.


    I've come a LONG way.
  • NothingSoundNothingSound Posts: 198
    Block Island Ferry for the summer. Best summer job ever.
  • comebackwomancomebackwoman Posts: 7,271
    Rape crisis counselor $19k/year. I was on call ALL the time...which I had to balance while working 2 other jobs. REALLY glad I went back for that graduate degree
    There's a light when my baby's in my arms :)
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    i left college after freshman year and went to work as an executive assistant for the top executives of a medical company....basically did a bunch of errands....get their cars washed, pickup prescriptions etc....had a great time...work was easy and got paid good....lived at venice beach :)
  • Cree NationsCree Nations Posts: 2,247
    GraySaturday wrote:
    Nanny for a 3 month old and a 3 year old. It paid 30k. M-Th 7:45am-6:45pm


    When the mother told me she had a "that time of the month" accident in her underwear and that she needed me to hand soak and wash it so it wasn't ruined.. I left.


    I've come a LONG way.
    if thats a true story, it is funny then gross...then funny then gross....etc.
    >>>>
    >
    ...a lover and a fighter.
    "I'm at least half a bum" Rocky Balboa

    http://www.videosift.com/video/Obamas-Message-To-American-Indians

    Edmonton, AB. September 5th, 2005
    Vancouver, BC. April 3rd, 2008
    Calgary,AB. August 8th, 2009
  • GraySaturdayGraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    Cree Nations wrote:
    if thats a true story, it is funny then gross...then funny then gross....etc.


    sadly, its very true...

    I was literally like.. "WTF?"
  • ryan198ryan198 Posts: 1,015
    College Prof $42k for 9 months of work...doesn't suck so much other than the fact that I make less than what I owe for college loans.
  • jeffwmartinjeffwmartin Posts: 71
    Graduated in '95 and worked as tech support for a software company, $24K/yr. In the 3 months I was there, the company announced they were shutting down, but the tech support people had jobs for 2 more weeks because the customers were paying for it, within those 2 weeks they announced that we had been bought by another company and everyone's jobs were back. I had already found another job writing code, which is what I really wanted to do.
  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    GraySaturday wrote:
    When the mother told me she had a "that time of the month" accident in her underwear and that she needed me to hand soak and wash it so it wasn't ruined.. I left.

    *vomit* :eek:
  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    I worked a $9 hour retail job for a few months. Then I got a $10 and hour (+ small commission) retail job in another city. It wasn't much money, but I liked the lack of responsibility and I was having a really great time, so I stuck with that for a while. When I couldn't live on a that paycheck any longer, I got a job in my field.
  • riffrandallriffrandall Posts: 685
    I worked in PR for Revlon. Awesome job. People SUCKED. I lasted exactly 6 months, then I moved to Colorado and became a DJ.
    "If you're looking for someone to pull you out of that ditch, you're out of luck."
  • AllieAllie Posts: 2,908
    I worked an overnight job in a group home for abused children. I had to stay up all night and make sure the kids stayed in their rooms and I had to clean up the house. That was in '96. I think I worked 4 days on and 3 days off? or vice versa. I didn't mind it at the time b/c I'm a night person. I don't remember how much it paid. Probably like 20 something. It lasted 6 months and then I went to Cali (moved to be w/someone)
    and got a job as a 'teacher's assistant' in a day program for dev.disabled adults. I had to change diapers! At that point I was like 'um, I need to go back to school' :)

    and now I'm a social worker :)
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  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    I managed a pro shop at a hockey rink. I think made $18k (in 1997)
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    of a sunny day
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  • iamsampjiamsampj Posts: 784
    i was an assistant manager for a clothing store (started in aug. '02)...i think i made around $27k. i was there for around 9 months...then fired...and unemployed for 7 months. i worked as a hostess for a bit to cure my boredom. and then urban outfitters called and i've been there ever since...with my salary almost double what i started out at. i never thought i'd still be in retail...i was just going to do it until i found a marketing job that i liked.
    yes...i do feel like a human. i do not feel like a tree.
  • stickfig13stickfig13 Posts: 1,532
    I worked as a busser!

    I had a college degree and wiped tables for a living!

    I just didn't have the party all out of me so I used the atmosphere and down time to live it up in San Diego!

    ahhhh...those were the days....


    ****looks at his cubicle walls****
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  • DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    I never finished college and left to continue in car sales. I think I made about 45-50k my first full year in 97.
  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    While I was readying myself to go to college, lacking a math credit,
    I got a job at a flower shop.
    Went instead to American Floral Art school in Chicago,
    and landed a job with the most prestigious shop in Milwaukee,
    Jim Manders.
    It was a nice run til babies came along.
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