Is it normal to hate when people say kids should find a job?

Well fuck, if you live in Slovakia then tell them that you live in Slovakia and they don't know what they're talking about. In my country, the US, it is possible for a minor to work odd jobs, at least. But if the criticism isn't relevant to you, tell them. That'd be like my saying I can't lose weight and being told to get off my ass and go for a jog. Well if I don't have legs, that advice isn't even relevant to me. I'm starving, "go fishing", well I live in the middle of the desert! Irrelevant.

I'm not actually a legless desert dweller. Those were just examples.

"Children" should not have jobs, that is why there are laws which hopefully prevent child-labour.

However, many teenagers want to be adults and have adult responsibilities, so why not allow them to do the most basic adult thing and get a job. It is amazingly empowering for a teen to have a job and their own money which did not come from an allowance their parents doled out to them.

Of course, the availability of simple jobs is limited in some areas of the world. In the Commonwealth countries it is quite normal for teenagers to seek employment. I'm not sure what it is like in Slovakia, your economy is probably quite different and that would have a huge impact on the culture regarding jobs for youth.

Well, I'm 19 and I do see where you are coming from. The US economy is still really sluggish...the GDP is growing at 1% per year, which does not create enough jobs for everyone to be able to hop into the workforce with ease. Outsourcing is big, and when companies exploit illegal immigrants for labor it really kills jobs. Even college grads are having a tough time finding a job.

However, ambition and dedication are still qualities that are just as important as are how cheap you are to employ and what your education is. Furthermore, there are certain fields such as customer service (restaurants, etc) where the businesses want employees who can relate to the customers(so, not illegal immigrants who don't speak English, even if they are willing to work for 1$ per hour). Also, minimum wage jobs don't really require experience. So you don't have to be a college grad with years of working experience to get a job at McDonalds.

So if an employer sees that you are committed and willing to do whatever it takes to get and keep a job, you will get a job. Especially if you are a relate-able person when it comes to customer service, so that you can reel in customers for your company.

So yeah, its tough out there. Companies don't really prefer young people. But I worked as a waiter when I was 16, and the way I got the job is by pestering the hiring manager over and over, so he knew that I really wanted the job. The reason why older people are so crotchety about it is because when it comes to minimum wage jobs where you don't need any experience or education, the way you get a job is by committing to finding a job. There aren't many out there, but if you keep trying you will get one. Simply giving up because its too hard to find a job is kind of being a bitch.

Where are you from? I suppose I might be able to understand your annoyances with that under the right circumstances...

You have to understand though that where I am from, and probably most of the people who are saying this, it is not uncommon to be able to find work at that age. There is this mindset of, 'I did it, so if you want to bad enough, you can too!'

I've been working since I was 13. I cleaned houses, mowed lawns, baby sat kids, raked leaves, painted fences, painted rooms, removed carpeting, installed carpeting, helped out at a realtors office archiving papers and keeping the place looking nice, worked on plumbing, roofed houses, framed houses, remodeled homes, built barbed wire fencing, done custom industrial painting and a lot more all before my 18th birthday.

To say that a minor can't get a job is a joke.

You can apply to work at a fast food restaurant, work for a clothing store part time, markets and grocers are always looking for help, house cleaning, baby sitting, helping move furniture, or any number of other things. If you sincerely wanted to put money in your pocket you'd find a way.

I have been working a real job since age 14. Not walking dogs or any of that jack. I know depending on where you live that is not possible. Have you thought about selling weed?

People can be such a bunch of assholes on internet.

i agree i hear this said all the time and its not that easy to just jump up an get a job, because jobs aren't that easy to get in the first place unless you want a shitty job that pays you low money then go ahead

but 1 thing how can somebody get a job when theirs no job to get if you no Finnish collage even if u do its still hard to find one.

Get a job sucking my dick

i think that when people say that they mean that you should make an effort look at business's like facebook is was created by young teens, also in the uk there was a kid who started making jams following his grandmothers recipies and he's made it big his product is in the major supermarkets now basically anything is possible if you want it bad enough you will try hard if you try hard you will eventually succeed

I swear that in the area I live in if you try to get a decent job you will get raped by rednecks or something even if it's just yard work the old woman you're raking for is just trying to get a look at your ass ....can't even work without getting hit on by your own boss.

meh. I'm an artist, people have been telling me all my life to get a job. If I had a real job I'd have no time to do what I love doing. Don't let it bother you, especially considering the global financial crisis and progress of technology in the workplace has cut down the amount of work going. Its natural for people to tell the unemployed youth to get a job, but not natural for them to be disrespectful about it, unless you are really being slack and taking advantage of what privileges you are afforded.

I've had a job since 11. Paper route, then doing surveys on the phone, then dry cleaning and now pharmacy. It was frustrating at times but everything would just fall in place. I guess I was just lucky I dk

You CAN get a job at age 13 here, part time at least. It's not hard to do. Most kids work at the newsagents or some sort of small shop where they're cool with kids. I got a part time job when I was 17. Yes it was easy. I think the only fucking bullshit here is you.