Where Was Your First Full-time Job?

[Bridie]

Mine was in RM Easdale scrap metal dealers in Washington Street as an office junior.
Old circa 1940's offices with dark warehouse attached owned for yonks by the Easdale family who came from the Isle of Easdale.
Old Mr Easdale's office on the top floor and his secretary who smirked when I (age 16) said I wanted to complain about the office chairs snagging my tights.

"Mr Easdale will see you now"
Me "Could you provide new chairs for the office staff Mr Easdale?"
Mr Easdale- choking "Don't be daft girl, they're antiques I can't replace them"

[scaryman2u]

Bridie, the last time I was in Easdale`s a couple of years ago the office was still full of antiques as are most scrap metal dealers offices.

My first full-time job was in Jebb Bros ( now Smurfit Kappa ) waste paper recyclers on Vermont St Kinning Park, shithole of a place.

[Dexter St. Clair]

Bridie, the last time I was in Easdale`s a couple of years ago the office was still full of antiques as are most scrap metal dealers offices.

My first full-time job was in Jebb Bros ( now Smurfit Kappa ) waste paper recyclers on Vermont St Kinning Park, shithole of a place.

is taht not where the American series of The Office is based?

[hungryjoe]

I was a copy boy on the Evening Citizen. I loved it, and looked forward to a career in journalism. When I had worked up to head boy, the next editorial/dark room/case room job should have been mine. A couple of reporters left, and a sub editor died. I should have been up for one of those jobs, but the positions remained unfilled. I saw which way the wind was blowing and left a few months before it shut down.

[Delmont St Xavier]

John Smith & Son Booksellers and Stationers Ltd. 69 Kent Road

Great place and a good company, even though pay was poor (as most first jobs are). Worked in Despatch department and sent books all over the world. I dealt mainly with local, regional and national despatch therefore I covered the whole of the UK. Whereas my mate worked with the International side of things, boxes of books going over to Saudi and Dubai Universities in the knowledge that tbe boxes once they left our place would take years to be delivered. As they would all go into a container somewhere and once the containers were full (and a good number of them) then and only then would they be delivered. So the latest book could be years out of date by the time it reached the Middle East....

And with a healty 33% discount on books it was a good place to buy your pals their educational books.

[scaryman2u]

Bridie, the last time I was in Easdale`s a couple of years ago the office was still full of antiques as are most scrap metal dealers offices.

My first full-time job was in Jebb Bros ( now Smurfit Kappa ) waste paper recyclers on Vermont St Kinning Park, shithole of a place.

is taht not where the American series of The Office is based?

I had to google that as I don`t watch the telly, but I see your logic.
Had to google taht too, i`m guessing it`s definition 3. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=taht
Where was your first job Dex ?

[tobester]

Trainee manager with CJ Lang and Son ltd, at the time they were trading as Freshways, which came from 10 old shoppers paradises, all the shops now trade as Spar, altho they are the company owned dept, lasted 10yrs with them brfore i left, place was full of back stabbing bastards and thieves who only survived cos they were friends with the area managers, they all got found out GOOD

[Bridie]

Bridie, the last time I was in Easdale`s a couple of years ago the office was still full of antiques as are most scrap metal dealers offices.

My first full-time job was in Jebb Bros ( now Smurfit Kappa ) waste paper recyclers on Vermont St Kinning Park, shithole of a place.

Is Easdale's still there?
Young Mr E must be old Mr E now

[Dexter St. Clair]

Had to google taht too, i`m guessing it`s definition 3. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=taht
Where was your first job Dex ?

I'm independently wealthy.

[scaryman2u]

Bridie, the last time I was in Easdale`s a couple of years ago the office was still full of antiques as are most scrap metal dealers offices.

My first full-time job was in Jebb Bros ( now Smurfit Kappa ) waste paper recyclers on Vermont St Kinning Park, shithole of a place.

Is Easdale's still there?
Young Mr E must be old Mr E now ::):

Still there to my knowledge Bridie and the best payer of bulk non-ferrous metals in the city.

[scaryman2u]

Had to google taht too, i`m guessing it`s definition 3. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=taht
Where was your first job Dex ?

I'm independently wealthy.

Silver-spoon syndrome then

[Boxer6]

My first paying job as an adult was as a member of HM Forces. 14 months in, bolloxed my knee and that, as they say, was that.

[Dougie]

Trainee manager with CJ Lang and Son ltd, at the time they were trading as Freshways, which came from 10 old shoppers paradises, all the shops now trade as Spar, altho they are the company owned dept, lasted 10yrs with them brfore i left, place was full of back stabbing bastards and thieves who only survived cos they were friends with the area managers, they all got found out GOOD

I also worked for Freshways as a trainee manager nearly 20 years ago for the pricely annual sum of £6350 rising to an inflation busting £7396 for a 60 hour week. The laughs never started, though I lasted a year before leaving to go back to college and get out of retail after my charming boss told me I was 'too useless' to be a Freshways manager (probably true to be fair). Funnily enough, about a month after I departed, the guy was sacked for selling a couple of bicycles that had been kicking about in the storeroom for ages and pocketing the cash.

[Bridie]

Trainee manager with CJ Lang and Son ltd, at the time they were trading as Freshways, which came from 10 old shoppers paradises, all the shops now trade as Spar, altho they are the company owned dept, lasted 10yrs with them brfore i left, place was full of back stabbing bastards and thieves who only survived cos they were friends with the area managers, they all got found out GOOD

I also worked for Freshways as a trainee manager nearly 20 years ago for the pricely annual sum of £6350 rising to an inflation busting £7396 for a 60 hour week. The laughs never started, though I lasted a year before leaving to go back to college and get out of retail after my charming boss told me I was 'too useless' to be a Freshways manager (probably true to be fair). Funnily enough, about a month after I departed, the guy was sacked for selling a couple of bicycles that had been kicking about in the storeroom for ages and pocketing the cash.

[jodieohdoh]

I worked as a shop assistant for Safeway Stores PLC, left just prior to the Morrisonzilla eating them for tea.