Comments on: Minimum Wage for 16-18 Year olds

By: Paige

Paige — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:32:52 +0000

i’ve just turned 15years old, and i get paid £6 an hour for being a kitchen porter, many of the other staff were i work are upset that i get paid the same as them when i’m only 15. It is good that i get paid this much, but is it wrong that i get this much when they get the same.

:] respect!

By: ERic

ERic — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:27:57 +0000

Get a life! School days are the best of your life – why ruin thme by working!

By: emily-jayne

emily-jayne — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:30:15 +0000

ouch..those minimum rates look ugly..though i have plenty of friends around 15-17 who get around 8 or 10 dollars per hour around adelaide and perth,so im not scared..just gotta get a good job,like in a hotel or something

By: Maisie

Maisie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:16:31 +0000

I am 16 and work in debenhams and get 4.83 an hour! very good compared to everyone else!

By: tom

tom — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:08:41 +0000

hi i wrk in a factory based enviroment (mechanical fitting)
i get paid £3.75 an hour and my boss who does hardly as much has me is on £12 an hour its nt fair as i wrk my bollocks of and he tells me wat to do all day for 12 quid i bring home 145 a week for 40 hrs also i dont do weekends cos i wud get 17.50 quid for satday nt worth going in
it also pisses me of how people younger get paid a lot less i no we havent gt much experience but being a hard wrker changes everything in my opinion

and people wonder why people like me toss it off at wrk
yep i wonder too haha

By: skint mart

skint mart — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:09:56 +0000

I have 7 to 8 kids, unknown 8th, could be mine, on min wage plus 44p more, is this fair, i love chips

By: Mark Davidson

Mark Davidson — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:45:53 +0000

I am 15. I work in Angelo’s (chip shop) in Kilmarnock and I only get £2.50 an hour. Is this fair?

By: natalee

natalee — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:06:05 +0000

i think this is all pathetic i am in colege 3 days a week and they class that as im in full time education i get £60 a fortnight ema and that goes no were these days been searching for a job for month cant get anything so some of these people should be lucky they can get a job cause at least the money the earn helps its better than earning nothing when you havent got a job i need a job to save to get a car to get a better job and earn more money guna be retired by the time i can afford a car

By: Cameron

Cameron — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:38:04 +0000

I have just turned 16 and have been working since i was 14. I started off at £4.50 ph and have been raised to 5 ph

By: Breanainn Roberson

Breanainn Roberson — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:00:56 +0000

I don’t really think we should talk about right or wrong- businesses exist to make a profit and even if a 16 year old is as good, worse or better than an adult if it is possible to pay them less than from a business’ point of view that is what should be done, never mind personal feelings on the subject. I don’t like it but I can understand why it works this way- the only way to get a change is to stop people working for bad wages. It is simple supply and demand plus cost cutting- if many people want jobs, it is low pay, and high pay when there are few.