Comment on 31-year-old teacher quit her job. Now she works at Costco—and boosted her income by 50%: ‘I've never been happier' (these are not feel good stories, this is sad)

uis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Anarch157a@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Actually, 2/3rds. If she’s earning 50% more, that means the previous wage was 100 and now is 150. 100 / 150 is 0.6666… or 66.66%, 2/3rds.

  Sorry for the pedantism, but it’s the kind of math that needs to be correct to avoid misunderstandings.

  Still an awfully sad thing, tho. Teachers should be paid the same as doctors, IMHO.

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  • FordPrefect@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Aaaand the fact that a correction on this was even relevant… Oof

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  • buzz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    But have u calculated the summer offs and pensions?

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    • onlym3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Not sure this comment deserves downvoting. As a teacher (UK) I get 13 weeks off a year, which is pretty much all time off (no expectation to prep/mark). Private sector friends tend to get around 4-5 weeks max. Similarly, the pension is far better than private sector pensions.

      Whilst I might be able to change career for more money, I’m not sure it would be a net benefit, even for 50% more.

      That said, the “work time” as a teacher is fairly full on, at around 55-60 hours a week for me, so that’s some form of trade-off. You do have to like doing it!

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      • buzz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Lol yes. I tell you more, the vacations at costco start at 2 weeks per year in US. I think… Or at least thats how much I ever got when i was working entry level jobs in us. To get 4-5 weeks you would have to be with company for 30 years.

        There lack of critical thinking in this crusade to just give teachers more money.

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      • jaackf@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Though the trade off with all that holiday is that… Going on holiday during that time is like 4x more expensive! 😭

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    • andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You are not paid for summers. This is a very common misconception. You essentially agree to give them an interest free loan every paycheck and they give you that money back during the summer as a “service” to you. And usually you are spending that time doing professional development or a second job.

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• HessiaNerd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If anyone here lives in California, please express your support for AB-938. It increases teacher pay and attempts to maintain it at an inflation adjusted level.

  …legislature.ca.gov/…/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_i…

  Let you assembly person know we need this now.

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• ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  c/aboringdystopia

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