How much to pay this person?

[Mummyof287]

Young lad of 14 years old, helping (along with his nan) serve drinks for a couple of hours-ish to guests at our christening ceremony on Sunday.
How much to pay him? (Alongside being able to help himself to some food&drink) Ballpark figure in my head of £30- £40....does this sound about right?
Paid a teenage babysitter £30 for 2-3 hours babysitting last year so was going off that, but don't know if that was the right sort of amount anyway!

Probably about £10 an hour.

I'm sure he would be pleased with £30-£40. £35?

Is he part of your family? If you give him £20 ph he's going to get a bit of a shock when he gets a part-time job!

£20 is fair and generous for 2-3 hours work for a 14 year old. It's not hard physical labour you're requesting.
Bear in mind that soon he may be looking for a part time job and at his age he's likely to be paid less than £6 hour. When they get £10 plus an hour for odd jobs they can think it's not worth their time to get 'proper' jobs on normal hourly rates. Having just seen friends daughter age 16 quit Saturday job in McDonald's on over £8 having only worked 3 shifts, because she didn't like that they expected her to work in the kitchen all the time, and she refuses to work for less then £10 an hour although she has no skills or experience. Infuriating.

£20

I don't blame her. There are better jobs than McD on better money. Although where we are, the boys get the worst McD jobs and are covered in burns.
My 15 year old has a nice little job in a restaurant and earns more than that.
Babysitting pays more.
Why do a crappy job for £8?

@ArcticSkewer because most Saturday jobs aren't highly skilled and it's about learning work ethics.

My very nearly-14 year old will do most things for £20.

Would this person be going to the wedding anyway?

The work ethic of doing a low paid job when you could earn more doing something easier? How's that going to help in life?

Honestly... there are better jobs paying more for 16 year olds. I don't blame her for not bothering with it. Oil burns scar for years.

I'd pay £10 an hour. I own a small restaurant and we employ 4 girls between 14-18 and pay them 10.85 an hour.

see .... honestly..... there are better low paid jobs out there! And I live in a crappy Northern town. It's still easy for 16 year olds to earn more in nicer jobs than McD kitchens

@ArcticSkewer we are in Bradford too so North!

The amount some people are willing to pay young teens for basic jobs blows my mind. Up to £20 an hour for a 14 year old wandering around with drinks? 😂 Get away with you.

I'd probably go with £7.50 an hour. I know multiple 14 year olds (including my own) who'd bite my hand off for that.

It's a Christening, good work reading the post.

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OP When I was 14 I'd happily do things like this just to help my family out, without having to get cash in my hand.

£25-£30 I'd say.

Thanks all- he is one of the godmother's nephews...we don't know him so he won't be coming to the ceremony.
His grandma who we know is also helping but doesn't want any money so we will get her some flowers.
Yes I was more thinking £30ish really...will go between £20 & 30 i think, depending on how long he ends up needing to be there.

I'd assume she was being polite in saying she didn't want paying and would give her a gift voucher in a card at the very least. M&S etc.

For the teen 10 an hour is fine so judge by how long they're there. I'd not factor the fact they get food in to anything.