At work there is never a time when there is nothing for you to be getting on with. Also when you are at work you are not seeing the same faces everyday, like you do at school and you also meet new people everyday at work.
I was treated more like an adult on my work experience to how I am treated at school. There were no jobs that only males could do and that only women could do.
Throughout the week I was expected to turn up on time every day. Also I was expected to wear the company top what they supplied for me. I was also expected to act like an adult. I was expected to be back on time after my two 15 minutes breaks and my hour dinner break had finished.
I was also expected to work as hard as the people that worked there and to talk to customers politely.
For a full time newcomer that as just left school they would have to unpack the delivery, also they would have to do facing up, mopping and sweeping up everyday. They would also have to use the tills. If they did not no how to use the tills they would probably have to be trained up. They may even have to go over to the bank to get money changed.
For a newcomer that as just left school their earnings would be £3.20 a day so that would be £16.00 a week. For their holidays it would be four weeks a year and for their sick leave entitlements it would be two weeks.
For the week that I was there I enjoyed the experience. I also enjoyed being there because it was a lot different to being at school. This is because I met new people not just the people I worked with I also met the customers. I also enjoyed it the chance that I had to use the till, I thought it was quite easy using the till as well.
When I was there I did not like the heat I was working in it made me really tiered and dizzy. I also did not like it that I was there for about 8 hours every day it was very tiring.
I would have enjoyed it more if I could have used the tills more.
I learnt that it is not as easy as it looks to work in a shop full time. There is always something for you to do whether it is stocking shelves facing up or on the till.
Now I have experienced what work is really like I feel that I would not want to take up working in a shop full time because it is hard work and tiring
