Education & Work It's 8:30pm and I am still in the office because of my 10 yr Old Son

On the School holidays I "employ" my 2 oldest boys (12 and 10) to come in and scan and archive all our completed files. This is done during term time by my admin staff but the school holidays allow us to clear the backlog.

So the second week is my 10 year old's turn.

He had the morning off to go on an outing with my wife and the other kids and they ended up not getting back to work until 1:30pm. He then asked if I could stay back working in the office tonight because he only had a short day and didn't get enough done. Currently singing away to himself at the scanner and still wants to stay because he hasn't finished the 11 A4 folder brief to counsel he is currently putting through (as in 11 of the largest folders you can get from a large case we just one).

Definitely don't think there is going to be any work ethic issues with this one.

Both boys often do 9 or 10 hour days during the holidays anyway and are happy but this one normally goes to bed at 8pm.

 

hahaha - don't be worried - my 12 year old loves the $15/hr payrate for labeling product and trimming garlic

 

Geez. Won't be letting my boys read that. They are on $5 an hour and a mate of mine was complaining because I was paying more than he was and his son wanted a pay rise.

 

If I had kids I'd hide in my office til all hours too

 

Damn - I gotta step my game up. Both my girls have been lying around the pool drinking slushies while I've been working!

 

Since when did people who go to work get paid?

 

MY 2 girls 16 &17 keep the Wesfarmers tradition going..

One works at Kmart the other at Coles..

May need to diversify our employment within the family though..mitigate some risk as we all work for Wesfarmers!!!

 

Surely it's not pool weather in Canberra?!

 

Its ok, he is on Slater and Gordon's payroll.

 

I was at the office helping my Miss. 10 do a school project. She had 2 weeks to do it, and like her old man so many times, started from scratch the night before.

*Sigh*


pinkboy

 

I had been working on a elearning software for kids. My 5 year old girl happened to be the best tester in my team. My 8 month old wanted to help but ended up turning off my work laptop thrice

 

Nah, pretty sure it was minus 5 down there.

I'm up in QLD for a short trip away

 

You might never get rid of them

I used to work weekends for the old man from about 10 on wards, factory work so was exciting for a ypung boy. Bought my first car at 15 after working every weekend and school holiday for a year at $10/hr.

Got an apprenticeship at 16 learnt a whole new bunch of skills which i then brought back to the workshop. Now been back working along side the old man full time for 8 years 60+hrs a week. He's thinking if retiring in a couple years however

 

If you can bond them with yourself at that age and their mindset,then they are going to stand up too the test of originality for the rest of their lives ,well done..

 

Sheesh! Your boys started late!

My two were 8 & 10 when we had the skating rink. We paid them junior rates at the time & they were both better workers than any other juniors we employed.

Lil was our DJ, and she was damn good too! The other one worked in the canteen. When it was busy, it was too slow to use the cash register, so I used to test them both, and ask things like. "I'd like two paddle pops, a meat pie, a large coke, a packet of chips, and a bag of lollies. Here's $50. How much change do I get?" Both of them were spot on! Smart little cookies, they were!

I think sometimes people underestimate kids, and what they are capable of doing and/or understanding.

I spoke to my eldest only recently, and she was saying that she could no longer work things out (mathematically) in her head, like she did back then, because the school system had 'dumbed her down" by insisting she use a calculator.

 

Now we're not going to accuse Wesfarmers of nepotism now coota?

 

Scott No Mates..

The good thing is they got their job 100% on their own merits,don't believe in giving them an easy ride-you want it you earn it.

Don't think it hurt me..