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They can always quit. But nobody quits from guaranteed for-life employment with generous pensions, lots of paid leave and limited workload.
by ferongr 8y ago
They can always quit. But nobody quits from guaranteed for-life employment with generous pensions, lots of paid leave and limited workload.
- snazz 8y agoPublic school teachers don’t have any of those benefits, at least in the US. Their pay and pension are anything but generous, they have little paid leave (where I live, maternity or paternity leave uses up paid sick days too), and they work long hours, with the expectation that they are available to answer emails practically every day. This is pretty much why there are very few public school computer science teachers who do a decent job, since the ones who can legitimately write code can get a much better job at a private company.
- cascom 8y agoThey have little paid leave because they have summers and other holidays off, and as for answering emails - welcome to having a job in America. When you factor that they only work 2/3 of the year, the value of their pension and healthcare teachers actually make a considerable amount of money. That being said I’m not sure what the right amount is - I put a great deal of value on education - then again the best private institutions probably pay less than public ones at the k-12 level
- RestlessMind 8y agoSame can be said about private sector workers. Then why have separate rules for public vs private?