If you're a teacher, why would you work in the USA for $50,000/yr (where your purchasing power is absolute garbage) when you could work all over the world? South Korea. Japan. Taiwan. China. Thailand. Vietnam. Indonesia. Malaysia. UK. Some EU countries. The Middle East. In South Korea I had a darling two-bedroom apartment and worked 6 hours/day, with a small allowance for classroom supplies. My quality of life was excellent, my job was stable, and my purchasing power was probably double what it is in Canada. All over the world, people are looking for teachers and instructors: international schools, IB programs, English programs, etc. The UK is desperate for teachers – the quality of work/school support might not be much better, but it comes with comprehensive healthcare (and is, thus, better than the USA). Why do you keep working in the states? Edit: to anyone commenting that teachers “get paid…
“You’re gonna need my recommendation!” Says the asshole you just decided you couldn’t work for for another minute… The real reason more people don’t just walk out is this tool of control managers hold over employees heads even AFTER they’ve quit and left a place forever.
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To preface, I am a severe asthmatic. I developed it and was diagnosed late last year while my company was fully remote due to covid. I was out on medical leave for a few months due to my breathing when they decided to make everyone come back into the office. My asthma is considered nonresponsive which just means it's treatment resistant. The only medicine that it has responded to is a monthly shot that suppresses part of my immune system by limiting a certain type of white blood cells. It's like magic but it does leave me susceptible to an illness. My doctor recommended I work from home permanently. Walking everyday around campus and the office air was exacerbating my symptoms. I had to take more rounds of steroids to be able to function. My job declined to let me stay home. I went to the office. The first month…
My father died a few months into the pandemic (I don't know if he got Covid, since it was still so new and he was already in poor health) and I lost my grandmother a few months before him (old age). I got Covid in November of 2019, long before the vaccines. It 100% sucked. At one point I asked my girlfriend to check on me during the night to make sure I hadn't stopped breathing. I probably should have gone to a hospital, but heh! who can afford that?!?! Coming out of that, I feel like it's given me a fresh perspective on life. We recently moved to a new town and I've had to find a new job since my old job would have been too far of a commute away. I find myself prioritizing jobs with fewer working days and jobs with hours that permit more time…
