I still have nightmares from my one and only real job interview.
My other interviews have been along the lines of:
"Do you want a job?"
"Mmmk"
"You're hired!"
My current jobs are in a community centre for people with mental health problems. On Thursdays I work in the kitchen, preparing meals. I like that job because it's behind the scenes and there isn't much pressure. It's also a small team, so we get along well together. That is at adult minimum wage (Over 21s), £5.05/hr
At the weekends the community centre is open as a cafe/restaurant. I work as supervising manager, making sure people do their jobs, working the till, bossing people around, preparing drinks, and telling people what to do. That job is ok but it's out in the open, where I serve demanding customers. The way the place is run as a business is embarrassing at times, and we, on the front, have to bear the brunt of customers not happy with it. It has its perks, like the people who know us by name. But I'm a perfectionist, which means if something isn't completely right I feel like it's a complete failure. So if one person isn't happy with something it ruins my whole day and I focus on that one problem. It's also demoralising when we take stupidly low amounts of money.
My wages went from £5.50/hr to £6/hr last week because of my promotion, and in October our wages are going up by 50p, so I'll be on £6.50/hr.
If we weren't a charity the weekend cafe would have been closed a long time ago. I want to quit that job but it wouldn't look good on my CV if I said I quit a few weeks after being put in charge. That, and it's also more money than I'd make anywhere else at my age.
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