I Used To Work For £4.50 Per Hour

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e sun, to be able to argue with other random kids about going on the bikes and smashing into the shelves knocking everything over.Ah, I miss retail stores.Anyway, despite working in a play haven, there were negatives to my job. The first being that until I turned 18, I was paid £4.50 per hour. When I turned 18, it would have risen but I don’t remember what it rose to.We had to stay back after the store had shut to tidy the entire store. At Christmas, it was an absolute nightmare. The managers always played it smart and made sure we tidied as much as we could within half an hour because if they kept us after half an hour they would have to pay us another hour. Understandable from a budget perspective.Finally, we didn’t get paid time and a half on bank holidays. The vast majority of retail chains paid time and a half on bank holidays because they knew it meant staff had to put in twice the amount of work. Unfortunately, Toys R Us didn’t recognise this and we were worked to the bone.Upon reflection, if I knew more about the corporate world I would have realised I’ve not got a good deal here, packed up and left. But at the age of 16, I was none the wiser. Working for £4.50 was better than working for £4 and it’s much better than having no job at all.The <a href="https://blog.moneyfarm.com/en/financial-planning/average-salary-in-the-uk-what-is-the-

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average-wage-in-the-uk/#:~:text=As%20of%20April%202023%2C%20the,and%20those%2018%20and%20under.">minimum salary</a> for under 18s in 2024 is £5.28 and this shoots to £7.49 once someone turns 18. Has this changed much when I was 16 in 2013? Clearly, the answer is no, and that’s a huge problem. Every country is experiencing an economic crisis or even a war and I do worry about where we will be as an entire planet in another decade.April 24th, 2018 was the last day of me working at Toys R Us. The company went into liquidation due to the competition of Amazon and cheaper toy stores. Rumour had it that the CEO ran off with millions embezzled of dollars but there is no evidence of that. I wouldn’t be surprised, that’s typical non-accountable selfish CEO behaviour.The company is slowly opening back up now, as new stores have been opened around the United Kingdom, but only tiny ones. Did you know they never closed down online?Would I ever go back there? Certainly not for £4.50 per hour. Shift the figures to the left one decimal point and add a zero to that number.My advice to anyone under the age of 18 is to work as normal and try to make money online. I understand it’s a pain being paid tiny wages, but internet money is the easiest form of money, potentially even the quickest if you go viral. Once you establish a good platform, you never know how far you might go.</article></body>

Has this changed much when I was 16 in 2013?

Yes, you saw the headline correctly. I used to work for £4.50 per hour.

When I was 16, my dad told me to go and find a job before I got too comfortable living off my parents. I’ll never not be comfortable living off someone else’s money, but he was right.

A small handful of my friends had part-time jobs doing standard cashier work, retail, or supermarket, and I was jealous of them. I wanted my own cash to buy my own clothes in my own bank account so I could buy things without needing parental approval.

After one or two interviews, my first job was at the famous Toys R Us.

Yes, the rumours are true. We got to go on the electric cars and bikes, we got the first pick of the toys, and we did play hide and seek when everyone left the store.

If you’re reading this under the age of 23, you will not understand what it felt like as a kid to walk into Toys R Us and be inundated with everything under the sun, to be able to argue with other random kids about going on the bikes and smashing into the shelves knocking everything over.

Ah, I miss retail stores.

Anyway, despite working in a play haven, there were negatives to my job. The first being that until I turned 18, I was paid £4.50 per hour. When I turned 18, it would have risen but I don’t remember what it rose to.

We had to stay back after the store had shut to tidy the entire store. At Christmas, it was an absolute nightmare. The managers always played it smart and made sure we tidied as much as we could within half an hour because if they kept us after half an hour they would have to pay us another hour. Understandable from a budget perspective.

Finally, we didn’t get paid time and a half on bank holidays. The vast majority of retail chains paid time and a half on bank holidays because they knew it meant staff had to put in twice the amount of work. Unfortunately, Toys R Us didn’t recognise this and we were worked to the bone.

Upon reflection, if I knew more about the corporate world I would have realised I’ve not got a good deal here, packed up and left. But at the age of 16, I was none the wiser. Working for £4.50 was better than working for £4 and it’s much better than having no job at all.

The minimum salary for under 18s in 2024 is £5.28 and this shoots to £7.49 once someone turns 18. Has this changed much when I was 16 in 2013? Clearly, the answer is no, and that’s a huge problem. Every country is experiencing an economic crisis or even a war and I do worry about where we will be as an entire planet in another decade.

April 24th, 2018 was the last day of me working at Toys R Us. The company went into liquidation due to the competition of Amazon and cheaper toy stores. Rumour had it that the CEO ran off with millions embezzled of dollars but there is no evidence of that. I wouldn’t be surprised, that’s typical non-accountable selfish CEO behaviour.

The company is slowly opening back up now, as new stores have been opened around the United Kingdom, but only tiny ones. Did you know they never closed down online?

Would I ever go back there? Certainly not for £4.50 per hour. Shift the figures to the left one decimal point and add a zero to that number.

My advice to anyone under the age of 18 is to work as normal and try to make money online. I understand it’s a pain being paid tiny wages, but internet money is the easiest form of money, potentially even the quickest if you go viral. Once you establish a good platform, you never know how far you might go.