Do you remember your first job? You probably washed dishes at a restaurant, stocked shelves in the mall, or scooped ice cream from your local sweets shop. It wasn't glamorous, but every two weeks, your paycheck would come, which (as a teenager) meant that you were rolling in riches! Even if the bottom line on your paystub was only a couple hundred bucks, you felt like a king. Nowadays, a couple hundred bucks doesn't go very far does it?

You're never too young to stand up for yourself.

Do you remember your first job? How nervous you were at the interview? And how nerve-racking the end of that job was? Whether you quit or got fired, it's so stressful.

Your first job creates a lasting impression on your work life. You learn valuable lessons like how to clock in, be on time, and deal with customers, and although we whittled away our first few paychecks on useless purchases, these worthwhile grains of wisdom stuck with us. What you never expect to learn at your first job, however, is how to garner the expectations of a compassionless, soulless manager.

Do you remember your first real job? It's an exciting and terrifying time. This isn't a family member paying you to do some chore, this is a legit tax-paying business that is paying you to do a job. And that feeling when you get that first job in the field you want to be working in? The pressure is like nothing else! It's welcomed, yet stressful. Capitalism, amiright? Usually during your first real job, someone who knows their way around the ins and outs of the place will take you under their w…