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QuoteHow come teaching jobs in Aus aren’t secure? Surely everyone needs teachers?When I was growing up, school teachers worked largely in permanent positions. They tended to keep those jobs until they either retired or expired. So it was great for those teachers on a permanent full-time contract, they had incredible job security. However, these days the vast majority of teachers are forced into casual roles (at least in my state, honestly am less certain about the rest of the country). If they are lucky they can pick up "blocks" of work which may last a few weeks at a time, or hit the jackpot and take over a position replacing a teacher on maternity/paternity leave. For every other teacher, they're often stuck in a cycle of picking up a few stray casual days at different schools, and the whole time they're still job hunting for the rest of the week trying to secure work anywhere they can. They have practically no job security, and have enormous amounts of stress trying to get enough casual shifts to make ends meet, and that's without taking into consideration the amount of stress which comes from teaching in the first place. Some teachers are so talented and passionate educators, but it is heartbreaking that they're left struggling to survive and overwhelmed with stress. There is a really high burnout rate in recently graduated teachers, many leave after the first 2 years because it is just unsustainable. Very few of the people I met through my teaching degree are still working as teachers now, they've had to reboot their career goals. It's really sad.
How come teaching jobs in Aus aren’t secure? Surely everyone needs teachers?
I think we call that a warehouse in English!! But good translation, I got what you meant What would be your dream job if you had to give up folding boxes?
I'm a housekeeper... sorry Environmental Worker-gag me- at a Nursing Home/Rehabilitation Center. I really thankless job but its one of the best Quote from: kestral_kitsune on May 25, 2018, 12:02:24 PMI'm a housekeeper... sorry Environmental Worker-gag me- at a Nursing Home/Rehabilitation Center. really thankless job but its one of the best paying jobs in this dumb town with benefits.really bad side of it is I have no life so i literally go home, go work go home go work and it just... drags. if I can find the energy and care I tend to draw but no one likes my work enough to buy it so I have given up on commissionspaying jobs in this dumb town with benefits.really bad side of it is I have no life so i literally go home, go work go home go work and it just... drags. if I can find the energy and care I tend to draw but no one likes my work enough to buy it so I have given up on commissions
I'm a housekeeper... sorry Environmental Worker-gag me- at a Nursing Home/Rehabilitation Center. really thankless job but its one of the best paying jobs in this dumb town with benefits.really bad side of it is I have no life so i literally go home, go work go home go work and it just... drags. if I can find the energy and care I tend to draw but no one likes my work enough to buy it so I have given up on commissions
really bad side of it is I have no life so i literally go home, go work go home go work and it just... drags.
The really bad side of it is I have no life so i literally go home, go work go home go work and it just... drags.
I've been a graphic designer for 5 years and counting now. Some days I absolutely love it, other days I want to pull my hair out, but that's more to do with my work environment than the job itself, haha. Let's just say there are some administrative issues. I'll never leave though - in the area I live, it pays so well compared to other jobs, and my husband also works at the same company, so we can share one car Before that I was a proofreader for 5 years at the same company, same department. Also a decent gig if a bit boring at times. Before that I worked as an assistant to a K-12 school art teacher for a year. It was a lot of fun with the smaller children but I didn't like the Junior High or High School kids at all. (I was only 22 at the time, right out of college, and I'm painfully shy so dealing with / trying to help discipline kids who were almost as old as me was NOT fun.) And before that I worked for about 6 years part-time in a grocery store through high school and college (bagger->cashier->courtesy desk assistant->night manager LOL). At the same time I also worked as a periodicals assistant and re-shelver in the college library for the four years I was there.
QuoteThe really bad side of it is I have no life so i literally go home, go work go home go work and it just... drags. Can so relate. When I'm not at home I'm at work, and when I'm not at work I'm at home. I love nursing most of the time, but I'm so beyond exhausted by the end of a shift that I rarely go out. By the end of a 5-6 day run I'm comatose. Have started to question why I even have regular day clothes - I only ever wear scrubs or pyjamas!