High School Jobs: Best and Worst!

[mad4music]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 8:50pm

It seems every high school student needs a job these days to survive... so just wondering: what are some of your BEST and WORST jobs that still scrounge some spare change???

My worst would be last year when my dad pretty much forced me to work at this stupid greenhouse called "BetaSeed" where I had to sit in a huge freezer all day and suck bugs off of little plants with a vacuum like thing for testing.... of course then it was always exciting to go to the large ugly hot field and spread the bugs around for more stupid testing!!!
....ladies and gentlemen, it was terrible! lol (but I did make a lot of money that summer)

Now I work at a fast food Mexican Resteraunt (Feista Ole) and I actually like it a lot! Its really fast paced environment and I love getting to talk with people (taking orders) all day long! Of course its not ideal and is by no means glamorous... but it worx for now....

[Aigoo]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 8:57pm

I teach violin. 30 bucks an hour baby. And I work 6 hours of violin lessons a day.

Updated On: 8/21/05 at 08:57 PM

[Born2cthelightsofbway]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 9:06pm

Well, I am going to be in a tour of "La Boheme" which I guess can qualify as a high school job, and it should be fun, because I love boheme and touring!

[Marlene]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 9:29pm

Never had a job, I get by on my generous allowence and an occasional odd job. But I do volunteer and intern, at Housing Works and this summer at a musical theater camp. I was a set intern, so I got to help design and construct...all good since I'm artistically inclined. The stage crew part was not cool...haha...the cherry picker and a bad rendition of Defying Gravity! I wanted a job in retail...but I'm not old enough in any of the places I would actually care to work in.

[hot_brdwy_diva]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 10:39pm

well my first job was a cashier at WalMart.
Now I'm a Customer Service Manager there!
I'll probably quit when school starts...
It's amazing the crap you have to put up with from ignorant people.

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 10:57pm

I've only had one job. I was bus monitor on my camp bus. I got $3/day and I hated those little brats. I got $100 pay at the end of the summer and $25 in tips.

[Blair]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 11:02pm

The only "job" I've ever had was when I was 13/14, I was a teacher's assistant in a beginner's figure skating class. I didn't technically get paid, only credit on my ice bill. But my mother would pay me the money we got credited.

I don't have time to have an actual job now with school, rehearsals, lessons, etc.

[Jwei123]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 11:10pm

A job that I've had throughout high school, though inconsistent, is my acting career. It's been tough fitting it in "between classes," so to speak, but I think I did a fairly good job. SAG is helpful with tutors...

This year, I am also a dancer with a DJ company, so I dance at parties...the pay is good, and it's tons of fun.

[mrflaytoe]

Posted: 8/22/05 at 1:04am

I have two jobs currently one horrible job and one amazing job.

Horrible Job: Try waking up 5 AM every morning to deliver to about 150 houses in the neighborhood. Yeah not fun, especially during tech week and/or a huge paper is do the next day.

Amazing Job: Professional Soloist at a local church. 50 bucks an hour to do what I love to do, SING! I am learning so much and meeting such nice people. Funny story about how I got the job. I was selling the newspapers that I deliver door to door. Knocked on this lady's door. I do my thing she says no thanks, bye. So right before she closes the door I see a piano in the living room. I am like do you play the piano I love to sing. She says, "COME IN AND DO SOME SCALES!!!." This was in the middle of December and I was not in the mood to sing. I did it, auditioned for the job, and here I am. It is amazing what fate does for us. What if she wasn't home or the kid that I was selling with went to her door. I would be making 50 dollars less a week, LOL! CRAZY!

[Pinguin]

Posted: 8/22/05 at 2:33am

When I was in high school I worked at a Western Bagel for a year and a half...oh man. I'm so glad I'm done with that. I also spent a summer working at Jamba Juice and a couple summers working at offices and I spent one school year teaching pre-calculus on the weekends to high school students.

But yeah, back then more intermittently and now regularly I work by singing for church, which is ridiculously good money for very little work :0) It does make me feel a BIT guilty :0)

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 8/22/05 at 8:35am

I was an English and History tutor all through high school. I charged $25 for a one hour session and usually had four sessions a day, five days a week. So, on an average week, I'd be making $500 in cash.

[Liam]

Posted: 8/22/05 at 10:17am

th worst:working at day camp and not getting payed

[bwayrunner22]

Posted: 8/22/05 at 4:18pm

Well, I have two jobs; the better one is working for Potbelly Sandwich Company. One of the job requirements is to have fun.

[Labashier]

Posted: 8/22/05 at 11:18pm

I have two jobs that aren't very steady, but sweet nonetheless. I maintain a few web sites for local businesses, which technically pays $25/hr but usually means I get $200 paychecks a few times throughout the year. I am also a reviewer for consolegameworld.com; although it doesn't get me any money, I get A-list video games for free.

[Conor]

Posted: 8/23/05 at 12:38am

I worked at ABercrombie which was HELL, I don't recommend anyone ever work there, they are awful, I got in trouble so many times for wearing Birkenstocks lol, or if my socks were showing it was ridiculous. I"ve also lifeguarded at a bunch of places, which I like better minus being totally brown in front and white behind.

[Adoannie925]

Posted: 8/23/05 at 2:16am

When I was in high school, I spent time filing for a law firm. Not fun. It was the worst...paper cuts, minimum wage, etc.

Then I did some stuff for my Dad's business, editing letters, preparing mail outs, etc...basic secretarial stuff.

This summer (transition period between high school and college) I worked at an oxygen bar that also sold massage products. It was retail. There was pressure, there was drama, there were numbers to meet, but it payed off. It was 7 an hour plus commission and on average I made up to 14 an hour and worked a 20 hour week as well as covered for people when they needed someone to work their shift. I wouldn't do it again because it is so stressful trying to convince people to buy massage products that don't work and worrying about not meeting numbers and getting talked to from my managers about being on the commission level (had to work my way up to commission) and not selling a 100 dollar package of massage products that no one wants to buy every hour and fear losing my job. However, I did learn how to sell.

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 8/23/05 at 12:28pm

Well, I'm just getting a job starting like..now as I go into high school, because I have to pay for my own voice lessons....a GREAT job if you're not old enough to work at stores and stuff is taking care of the horses at stables. I clean their stalls, groom the horses, clean tack, graze the horses, clean the barn, etc...and I love it...I love the horses and it has good pay.


Worst is just baby sitting.....I HATE to baby sit for this one house but know if I want that CD I have to go and watch the kiddies....which is cool.

Posted: 8/27/05 at 9:07pm

Dairy Queen!!!! I HATED it it sucked so bad, i was even working with four of my friends and it sucked. We all quit; on the same day at the same time, we just kind of walked out! HMMM no wonder the manager hates me now, she use to love me. odd...
~~EM~~

[Kathleen2]

Posted: 8/28/05 at 1:22pm

I work at a Hair Salon and Spa. It's pretty easy actually because you just take appointements, set out fresh warm towels, and get to hear a bunch of stylists talk about everyone and everything. I get paid min. wage (5.15) under the table..so atleast there's no tax being taken out. And the free eyebrow waxing is a plus if I say so myself..

[kate2]

Posted: 8/28/05 at 6:35pm

oh mannn, last summer i worked at a local waterpark (mountain creek) and i had to stand in the sun for 8 hours everyday selling whatever crappy food they told me to for minimum wage! i ended up with second degree burns and blisters from the sun one day and they didnt even care to get me an umbrella after asking like 74869327 times! i wasnt allowed to sit down and i wasnt allowed to talk to other employees. IT WAS TERRIBLE!!! I WILL NEVER WORK THERE AGAIN

[citylights]

Posted: 8/30/05 at 11:12pm

In the spring I worked at the Opera House in Boston, for the tour of Phantom of the Opera... I sold souvenir programs. Even though it was kind of mixed (kids my age would give me looks like I was some kind of bug. gah.) it felt cool to be there and the people were great. Paid OK too, for a couple hours in a theatre every night, and I got to see the show for free (I'm not a POTO fan but that was a nice perk). I have so much more sympathy for the program sellers at other shows now, haha.

This summer I assistant stage managed a summer-stock-type production of Aida. The cast was all high school kids and the staff was high school/college. The pay was really close to nothing (for 14 hour days spent there) but I had SO SO much fun and it taught me a lot about how large-scale musicals are run-- I'd had no experience outside performing in them and there's a whole lot more that goes on, of course.

[edenespinosalover]

Posted: 10/9/05 at 12:21am

I performed all summer in a show at Six Flags Great America. We did 6 shows a day/5 days a week for about 3 months. It was rigorous and tiring, but lots of fun. I couldn't have asked for a better senior summer.

[theatreguy]

Posted: 10/9/05 at 2:27am

All through high school I worked as a class assistant for a local children's theater. Got paid about $10 an hour and usually worked 8-10 hours a week. More in the summer. It could be a lot of fun, depending on the kids in the class.

[pndmnd]

Posted: 10/9/05 at 12:33pm

I've had several "odd-jobs" (mostly in the summers). They have included:
Lifeguarding
Teaching beginner skiing (to 4 to 7 year olds)
Babysitting (who hasn't)
I've worked at our local dairy freeze, which was actually quite a bit of fun, since it was a bunch of my girlfriends from school and I.
Detassling corn--not fun, but quick money.
And now I teach piano in college.
I've found that the jobs that I've enjoyed the best are the ones that are based off of special skills or talent that I already had.

[StarsInMyHands]

Posted: 2/23/06 at 4:01am

This is the only job I've ever had, but I work at "Jukebox Journey" at The Savannah Theatre Company, which is a professional show and theatre. I usher, work concessions, and run spot. I've been there for almost two years now and I loooooove it. It's like a dream job. I get paid $6.50 an hour and I don't do much. When I'm behind the booth I work pre-show, intermission, and clean-up and then the rest of the time is mine and when I usher I work preshow and then I just watch the show and then clean up. It's pretty daggum awesome when I think about how the audience pays $35 to see the show and I get paid $35 to see the show. =D And the cast is super nice. I'm pretty close to all of them and the whole theatre is just like one big family. I love my job. <3

http://savannahtheatre.com/ =D