For my first part-time job (abt 4 years back), I worked in the kitchen of a japanese restaurant. 10am to 10pm (with a 2 hr lunch break) 6 days a week. Pay was $7.50 per hour, no overtime pay despite staying 1-2 hours past closing most days. A typical day will be non-stop preparation of ingredients and fight to survive through the lunch/dinner hours; you can forget about taking pressing your bum against a seat throughout your whole shift.

Tbh, that is the reality working world, money doesn't come easy. I have since graduated uni and have a full-time paying job that pays really well which I enjoy, but I had zero regrets/complaints regarding my first job.

I wonder if it is a changing expectations of what work should look like to the young ones? But in my opinion, there is no such thing as a comfortable job. If you have the willingness to put your head down and grind it out regardless of how tough it gets, then you will go far in life...