Sorting and delivering mail, and delivering newspapers. I was 11.

Delivering newspapers when I was 11. That Winter I came down with an ear infection complicated by tonsillitis that left me deaf in my left ear for the rest of my life. Quite a price to pay for about $5 a week.

sandwich shop. i was really young and broke. i got 1 free sandwich per shift --was enough sandwich for 2 meals which was nice.

Ok I was 8 delivering flyers around my neighbourhood.

At 10 I was delivering local newspaper every Wednesday after school.

At 14 I was working at Burger King

Old fashioned full service gas station. Mid seventies when they were plentiful across the country. Only a few convenience stores had self service gas at the time.

Farm hand at 12 yrs old, baling straw. I was a big kid for 12 and they were short handed.

Other than mowing lawns in the neighborhood, my first job with a paycheck was working in a sawmill when I was 13. That was my summer job until I was 19 and started working in a cotton mill.

Mine was to get the hospital surveys from patients and in second half of the day was data entry. That was about $10/month

Although it wasn't an official job I tagged along and helped the dtivers toss bags into the garbage truck. Officialy it was a summer job at the High School print shop.

i worked at a pool, not a lifeguard

i had two first jobs at the same time

Waitress and cashier.

Helping on my grandfathers farm.

Bartender . Same jount 8 years...all through school.

I was a telesurveyor working for a friend's dad's company.

Mowing lawns.

But my first job in which I was employed by a business was as a summer camp counselor.

I would be a cashier at my family's printing press a few summers maybe from 11-13

My first W2 job was working at a little engraving shop outside of a target.
Doing engraving and also making keys

I had two first jobs , one in McDonalds and the the other in chicken treat in Perth city wa , it was 30 minutes train ride

Hotel housekeeper

Waitress. I think I was 18.
I lasted one week and then quit. 😵‍💫

Movie theater

Accounting/marketing assistant at a hospital

I helped the IT guy at my school during the summer
I was 15

Language Instructor.

Unloading Tuna boats. When I was 14.

I was a cashier at a tiny Goodwill store.

My first full-time job was as a typesetter.

Playing the piano for a ballet class, and the organ for a Baptist church. The latter became problematic; I took that job with the understanding that I was a Catholic with no desire to join their church. They agreed, but began pressuring me anyway.

A secretary

Cleaning classrooms over the summer i was 14

Circular delivery boy at 12. The Pennysaver was one of them.

Babysitter. Had to quit after the dad got a little too handsy

Server at a Greek restaurant

Hospital kitchen.

Babysitting.

I worked at an all-you-can eat pizza buffet.

Mail room in an office back when most offices still needed a mail room with multiple employees.

Polishing Cucumbers and other fruit and veg at a corner store. 🙂

Lifeguard. Got quite the tan that year.

Paper round

Ice Cream shop

Babysitter

Paper boy

a convenience store!

My dad owned a construction company. It was the summer between first and second grade. I had to go with him every day that summer and clean out all of his new houses under construction daily. I got $1 a day. That was the start of my working career.

[@sw-question] paper boy when i was around fifteen / sixteen

Cashier in a bong shop.

A wilderness outfitter

Caddying

Taking out the rubbish every week

Vending machine repair and pest control grunt.