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The people doing it before we’re basically volunteers for what they were paying. The pay is not even close to enough. They need to pay folks like they pay trave

• brimble 5y ago
  Oh yeah, totally, before it was relying heavily on a population of bored retired teachers wanting to pick up a little money to go drop at the boats or whatever, licensed teachers who hadn't yet landed a full time role and wanted time in a classroom plus some networking for their job search, and a handful of others that can go in some kind of "miscellaneous" bucket. The trouble is there are only so many of those, and most who were interested were already doing it. [EDIT] this is actually yet another case where a universal healthcare system would help. $120/day and an uncertain schedule is a lot more appealing when your healthcare's covered. Not saying it's great, but that would help a lot.
  • rdtwo 5y ago
    None of them signed up to be babysitters of last resort of sick kids in a failing school system. It’s kind of the difference between working at a nuclear power plants and doing nuclear clean up post melt down. The levels of risk and required pay are completely different
    • brimble 5y ago
      Definitely. Plus most of those retired teachers doing it are older, so higher-risk, and might, understandably, not be super eager to hang out all day in a germ factory for $100.
      • rdtwo 5y ago
        Yeah I think it’s basically asking them if they want Covid in high doses right now for what would have been low pay in good times.