Summer jobs if Aug is not open

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How did all of us work as teens in high school, but yours suddenly can not. Generally curious.

Because every place wants adults with open schedules now. How is this even a question? Go to Walmart, CVS, Target, any retail clothing store. It’s all adults. They don’t want kids there any more.

Not the PP but that is not true at all. I see plenty of young kids in all of those locations.

I call BS. I rarely see teenagers at the retail places anymore. Where I grew up, you could go into any retail place, any restaurant . . . and you'd know many of the people working there. I worked at hotels, grocery stores, restaurants and was always working with peers. Not only do I not see that here, none of my kids' friends are doing these things. They are lifeguards, tutoring, babysitting/nannying, mowing lawns, etc.

To add, the only places I know that DO hire the kids in our school are small, local places who have kids at the school. The jobs are scarce and limited for the season. And athletes can't swing it b/c they require some commitments on weekends (reasonable) and lots of athletes (esp. fall ones) have sports committments on weekends starting in August.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How did all of us work as teens in high school, but yours suddenly can not. Generally curious.

Because every place wants adults with open schedules now. How is this even a question? Go to Walmart, CVS, Target, any retail clothing store. It’s all adults. They don’t want kids there any more.

Not the PP but that is not true at all. I see plenty of young kids in all of those locations.

I call BS. I rarely see teenagers at the retail places anymore. Where I grew up, you could go into any retail place, any restaurant . . . and you'd know many of the people working there. I worked at hotels, grocery stores, restaurants and was always working with peers. Not only do I not see that here, none of my kids' friends are doing these things. They are lifeguards, tutoring, babysitting/nannying, mowing lawns, etc.

You all must be lower County and DC areas with all the immigrants and illegal aliens. Go outside of your world and teens work all of these jobs because 30yr olds don’t normally need a $10/hr job

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:band in summer does not take all day or the weekend.

he can work in the evening or on the weekend.

I'm not the OP but band at our school has a very intense schedule that is different every day and varies week to week as well. There are weeks where it is 3.5 hours a break and then back for another 3 hours. There is no way to predict the schedule ahead of time.

I’m the OP and yes, possibly same school, it’s pretty much 9-9 everyday that needs to be available M-F. So maybe one weekend shift but you’re pretty tired so would want them to have at least one day off.

Please list the school that works bans members for 12 hour days. Give me a break LOL

It’s not 12 hrs but the break is like 1-5, or the day starts around noon and goes to 9 so you really can’t work those weeks. Regardless, though, my question was about any situation that would make an Aug job basically unworkable, the specifics aren’t important. I just wondered what other kids have done to get ideas. The flags (color guard) that accompany the band are literally on 9-9 many of the days for the three week camp.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How did all of us work as teens in high school, but yours suddenly can not. Generally curious.

Because every place wants adults with open schedules now. How is this even a question? Go to Walmart, CVS, Target, any retail clothing store. It’s all adults. They don’t want kids there any more.

Not the PP but that is not true at all. I see plenty of young kids in all of those locations.

I call BS. I rarely see teenagers at the retail places anymore. Where I grew up, you could go into any retail place, any restaurant . . . and you'd know many of the people working there. I worked at hotels, grocery stores, restaurants and was always working with peers. Not only do I not see that here, none of my kids' friends are doing these things. They are lifeguards, tutoring, babysitting/nannying, mowing lawns, etc.

You all must be lower County and DC areas with all the immigrants and illegal aliens. Go outside of your world and teens work all of these jobs because 30yr olds don’t normally need a $10/hr job

You sound lovely.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is what comes from sending your kids to a rich kid school. Poor kid schools know that kids need to work. Its not a problem at our socio-economically diverse school.

And unfortunately, poor kids generally get worse grades and are less likely to complete college. They are also generally not involved in extracurriculars besides working. So what is your point?

My point is that extracurriculars at our school don't have ridiculous demands (like band 9am to 9pm) because they know kids need jobs. And no not all poor kids get bad grades. Wow! Yet just another reason why I don't want my kids at a rich kid school. Is that what you teach your kids?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How did all of us work as teens in high school, but yours suddenly can not. Generally curious.

Because every place wants adults with open schedules now. How is this even a question? Go to Walmart, CVS, Target, any retail clothing store. It’s all adults. They don’t want kids there any more.

Not the PP but that is not true at all. I see plenty of young kids in all of those locations.

I call BS. I rarely see teenagers at the retail places anymore. Where I grew up, you could go into any retail place, any restaurant . . . and you'd know many of the people working there. I worked at hotels, grocery stores, restaurants and was always working with peers. Not only do I not see that here, none of my kids' friends are doing these things. They are lifeguards, tutoring, babysitting/nannying, mowing lawns, etc.

You all must be lower County and DC areas with all the immigrants and illegal aliens. Go outside of your world and teens work all of these jobs because 30yr olds don’t normally need a $10/hr job

You sound lovely.

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How did all of us work as teens in high school, but yours suddenly can not. Generally curious.

Because every place wants adults with open schedules now. How is this even a question? Go to Walmart, CVS, Target, any retail clothing store. It’s all adults. They don’t want kids there any more.

Not the PP but that is not true at all. I see plenty of young kids in all of those locations.

I call BS. I rarely see teenagers at the retail places anymore. Where I grew up, you could go into any retail place, any restaurant . . . and you'd know many of the people working there. I worked at hotels, grocery stores, restaurants and was always working with peers. Not only do I not see that here, none of my kids' friends are doing these things. They are lifeguards, tutoring, babysitting/nannying, mowing lawns, etc.

You all must be lower County and DC areas with all the immigrants and illegal aliens. Go outside of your world and teens work all of these jobs because 30yr olds don’t normally need a $10/hr job

This is so funny because when we go out of town and stop at fast food, my kids always say - wow kids work in other states.

[Anonymous]

Most of the coworkers your kids will encounter at restaurants would be a really bad influence.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How did all of us work as teens in high school, but yours suddenly can not. Generally curious.

Because every place wants adults with open schedules now. How is this even a question? Go to Walmart, CVS, Target, any retail clothing store. It’s all adults. They don’t want kids there any more.

Not the PP but that is not true at all. I see plenty of young kids in all of those locations.

Define "young kids." Because "young kids" to me is 5-8 year olds. 16-17 year olds are "older teens." 18 years and up are adults.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most of the coworkers your kids will encounter at restaurants would be a really bad influence.

Not at places like Cava, Sweet Greens, coffee shops, ice cream/frozen yogurt. Many honor roll teens work those jobs near us. And I’d prefer that influence to “I don’t need to work because mommy and daddy pay for anything I want” influence.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think the typical thing is not to tell them ahead of time and then when August rolls around, quit. Or maybe they’ll like him enough by then to work around his schedule.

DO NOT DO THIS! Do not leave an employer in the lurch or mislead them about your schedule or your intentions.
What are you teaching your child if you have them do this? Good lord.

NP. Let me introduce you to the concept of at-will employment.

The concept does not mean let your kid be an unreliable jerk.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Most of the coworkers your kids will encounter at restaurants would be a really bad influence.

Not at places like Cava, Sweet Greens, coffee shops, ice cream/frozen yogurt. Many honor roll teens work those jobs near us. And I’d prefer that influence to “I don’t need to work because mommy and daddy pay for anything I want” influence.

Those aren't the people PP is referring to. If my parents had known what I encountered working at a restaurant, they would never have let me stay there even though we needed the income.

[Anonymous]

Our pool has a much greater need in terms of snack bar and lifeguards in June-July than August (everyone leaves town after swim team ends). He could look at a pool and let them know he can only work weekends after August starts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can’t he work afternoons or nights?

I mean my kids all work during high school too. How do they have spending money if they aren’t working?

10-15hrs a week during high school
20-30hrs during summer
10hrs a week during college

What jobs? my son was in school all day then practice every night and then some Saturday practices. So what would work around that schedule?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both my sons were lifeguards and in the marching band. For them, band was morning practice and that were able to work around that schedule. Band camp was 5 or 6 days and they took that time off. It wasn’t a big deal.

Was going to suggest lifeguarding. Especially if at the Y or an fitness facility where the pool is open for many more hours than a neighborhood pool would be. This allows for a lot more scheduling options