If you travel a lot do your older teens still have jobs?
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Anonymous
| Many summers we and/or the teen is gone three weeks or more between vacation, family visits, and weeklong camp they do. Does this mean the teen does not work? What have your experiences been? |
Anonymous
| No, mine has not had one yet. I wish they did (and they do, too), but there are many things happening this summer for it to work. |
Anonymous
| Their jobs are not only for the summer and they can set their availability and give notice so yes, they both have jobs. It’s their choice. |
Anonymous
| We travel most weeks of the summer. My 15 year old cannot have a job since we are gone Thursday - Sunday, Friday - Thursday, Friday - Sunday, Tuesday - the following Wednesday. No one wants to hire for that choppy schedule. |
Anonymous
Me again. I’m hoping my kid will find a part-time job once they get to college. (And they are, too.) I think it will be easier to fit in then than it’s ever been during the high school years. |
Anonymous
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9:26 here and neither are going to sleep away summer camp anymore. One has a lot of sports related conflicts but she sets work availability on an app. These part time jobs are not that serious.
My oldest doesn’t have a lot of conflicts this summer since he’s about to leave for college but he’s always had the same with any job, availability was set on an app. It was never a problem getting time off for travel or other conflicts as long as they put it in their app. These have been fast food type min wage jobs that you see a lot of teens at. |
Anonymous
| My teen went on a one week family vacation every summer and every summer job allowed him that as long as he told them about it when he was hired. I doubt they would've hired him had it been more than a week. He stopped going to camps in 7th or 8th grade so that wasn't an issue. |
Anonymous
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It means the teen can’t come for all of the travel. My teen got 10 days off work for a trip but it was hard for them to get it. They work at a restaurant that happens to be generous with a lot of staff to cover their absence.
Older teens who work often have to skip plans. |
Anonymous
| Sorta. My DD is a camp counselor at a camp that only runs for a few weeks. She also babysits and does yard work and hoc. |
Anonymous
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Yes. They only have to really hang around town for the job the first summer. Then during subsequent summers they can generally pick and choose when they work--it's the beauty of having a relationship with a place and being a returning employee.
My kids (3) all worked jobs (restaurant, retail, camps) during high school from age 15 on. |
Anonymous
| My kid will be working for 5 weeks this summer with travel in between and after. He was clear about his availability up front and it was 100% fine. He's working at a weekly camp though; a retail location or something different that requires more consistency may have other requirements. |
Anonymous
My son worked in restaurants and summer camps as well as a country club. He was allowed one week off at each one and it had to be approved prior to starting the job. He went back to 2/3 of those jobs for another year and that was still their policy for returning employees. Sounds like your kid got lucky. I wouldn’t assume this was the case everywhere. |
Anonymous
| Yes - but he put his availability down as soon as he could. |
Anonymous
| My 16 yo started lifeguarding last year, and it worked out fine. This year, they have fewer guards, so I guess we’ll see. He’ll be in town for all but 2-3 weeks of summer break (plus he’s already been working after school & weekends since Memorial Day). |
Anonymous
| No. My lazy daughter refuses to get a job every summer. She doesn’t see the point and prefers to sleep. She’s r/anti work. |