Working to Give

Working 9 to 5

Elves are not the only ones busy this time of year

Madelyn Garber garbemad000@hsestudents.org

Four out of ve interviewees mentioned their job employment. Here is where they all work and why each student enjoys working there.

4 Paws Lodge is a lodging facility for our four-legged friends. Natalie Barker loves working hear because of the puppies and clean atmosphere.

Dunkin’ Donuts is a bakery and co eehouse. Easton Cummings enjoys working here because of the people and experience.

Handel’s is an ice cream shop. Connor Razo just started working here on the Nov. 2.

Panera Bread is a deli and lunch restaurant. Grace Fox enjoys working here because of the people and the distance to her house.

Infographic by Madelyn Garber.

As the holidays approach, many students are having changes occur in the schedule, speci cally their work schedule. High school students tend to be busy around the holiday months because of the family events, nals and personal happenings that the season entails. While the Board of Certi ed Safety Professionals suggests that employment rates are higher during the holidays, this does not necessarily re ect in the high school student body. Some students are not willing to give up the limited family time that is what makes November and December special. “I feel like when it comes to the holidays and jobs, I want to be more with my family, rather than working,” senior Natalie Barker, who works at 4 Paws Lodge, said. “I can’t be at two places at once, as much as I enjoy the neat environment and enjoy working with dogs.” Barker currently works ve times a week, but plans to drop two of those days because of her holiday schedule in the coming months. “I feel like my boss isn’t a family person, “ Barker said. “I feel like they don’t understand how my family is super familyoriented, and I have noticed that a lot of people aren’t like that,” While Barker was hopeful that weather changes would not a ect her schedule too drastically, other students felt di erently. “I hope the weather a ects my schedule because I don’t want to go to work,” junior Grace Fox said. Connor Razo, a senior, plans to dedicate his paychecks to preparing for holiday gi s. “I would 100% work more to buy gi s for family and friends,” Razo said. “ e issue right now, is that no matter how much I ask [management] to schedule me, they just barely schedule me.” Meanwhile, Easton Cummings, a sophomore, and Randa Nouk, a junior, said that they were not concerned about not making money for gi s this season. “I’m not concerned about money for gi s, because I don’t really pay for them,” Nouk, a currently unemployed junior, said. “However, I do want the money for college and maybe a car. [I want money for] more independence, overall, honestly.” “I have a lot of money saved up from the last couple months,” Cummings, who has worked at Dunkin’ Donuts for four months, said. “I’m not as concerned about the money for the gi s, rather than the gi s themselves.” While the holidays don’t actively a ect the schedules of high schoolers, jobs around the holidays do cause a lot of deliberation and pre-planning that not every other activity outside of school does.