r/Millennials • • 9h ago

Discussion Are you tired yet?

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u/phillynavydude 9h ago

Since 14..

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u/choppcy088 9h ago edited 5h ago

Started babysitting at 12. I almost said the only break I had was with a full time schedule in college but actually I was a student worker part time during the semester and full time in the summer. sigh

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u/AlternatiMantid 8h ago

Wow... I forgot about babysitting. I keep thinking I started working at 14. I started babysitting at 12 also.

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u/Significant-Trash632 6h ago

Oh, god, I remember being a student worker on campus. That was considered "financial aid" so we didn't even get minimum wage.

I didn't have a car (even though I worked 2 jobs the summer before college) so I was kind of stuck with the campus job.

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u/choppcy088 5h ago

And then when you're stuck on campus you end up using all your money ON CAMPUS!!

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u/_le_slap 0m ago

Yup. I remember being hard capped to 5 hours per week as a TA and grader when it def took more than 5 fucken hours...

So the $10 an hour ended up being less than minimum wage.