IT's very sad and disheartening to me to see that a teacher .. (for rent, home)
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Rough words Marc but basically true. Teachers whine and complain about the low pay but conveniently forget that they get the summers off. I think I'll try telling my boss that I'm taking next summer off, however...I'll "use that time to better myself for my profession". Let's see how well that goes over.
doc1, you are correct to an extent. However, the general public shells out money every day on necessary products, and hidden in those product costs are the advertising and endorsement costs that pay those "superstars" the millions and millions of dollars; and we have no control of it.
those companies pay those "superstars" money because they believe it helps them sell more products. Brett Favre in a Wrangler commercial probably does influence peoples' decisions.
I'm with doc1 on this one...the athletes and actors you point to are a small subset of the total number of athletes and actors out their working for a buck...and they happen to be generating a lot of money for their teams' owners or their studios and producers...
in fact, i think a lot of pro athletes and actors are underpaid, as are authors.
And the rubbish continues! They make less than the private sector because the benefits are stellar. And their pay and benefits continue long after they stop working. Teachers in the NY/NJ area are by no means underpaid. They chose a career with great benefits (good for them!) and then many decide that they should also be getting high pay. The majority of private sector salaries come with few holidays, short vacation time and no pension. If a teacher becomes dissatisfied with their salary they can leave at any time.
if you look at historical data, teachers' compensation, including benefits, used to be much closer to private sector. that's not true anymore. they do still have nice benefits that carry on into retirement (and so do a lot of private sector companies), but their pay has diminished in relation to others'
They get retirement, healthcare, summers off, weekends off, spring break, and holidays off which includes a week during Christmas.
most companies get 10 paid holidays, and anywhere from 2 to 5 weeks of vacation. some get unlimited sick days. some get the entire week during christmas too. only eyepopping difference is the 2 months off, because lots get nice retirement benefits and healthcare benefits too.
most companies get 10 paid holidays, and anywhere from 2 to 5 weeks of vacation. some get unlimited sick days. some get the entire week during christmas too. only eyepopping difference is the 2 months off, because lots get nice retirement benefits and healthcare benefits too.
This is too vague. Those days are gone; I don't know of any company that offers this now. What companies offer 5 weeks vacation, unlimited sick days, and an extra week off for Christmas?
Healthcare benefits are far worse than they were in years past. My insurance "benefit" doesn't pay for anything until I spend $2,000.00 up front.
This is too vague. Those days are gone; I don't know of any company that offers this now. What companies offer 5 weeks vacation, unlimited sick days, and an extra week off for Christmas?
Healthcare benefits are far worse than they were in years past. My insurance "benefit" doesn't pay for anything until I spend $2,000.00 up front.
I wouldn't say no companies offer it. I get 29 days off, plus sick days (reasonable amount but I've never went over 4), all major holidays including 4 day weekend for memorial day and labor day and closed wed through fri thanksgiving week and my company is closed in between Christmas and nye this year.
most companies get 10 paid holidays, and anywhere from 2 to 5 weeks of vacation. some get unlimited sick days. some get the entire week during christmas too. only eyepopping difference is the 2 months off, because lots get nice retirement benefits and healthcare benefits too.
I never got paid holidays, I got 2 weeks vacation the 1st 5 years of employment, and every 5 years a week was added until the max of 4 weeks was attained, I got 5 days a year sick time with no carryover, no retirement, but I did get health insurance.
This is too vague. Those days are gone; I don't know of any company that offers this now. What companies offer 5 weeks vacation, unlimited sick days, and an extra week off for Christmas?
Healthcare benefits are far worse than they were in years past. My insurance "benefit" doesn't pay for anything until I spend $2,000.00 up front.
Everyone needs to shut the hell up. Ok we get it teachers are horrible overpaid bums. The private sector is greedy and useless. Now what? Talk about divide and conquer. These (all) politicians have everyday "joes" fighting amongst themselves for a smaller and smaller piece of the "American Dream". Its sad that all we do here is bash each other when in reality most people in this country work dam hard and earn everything they get.
Interesting to know my message was chosen of all messages on all threads of being off topic when it involved teachers, the source of their salaries and the stumblong blocks which precipitate threads like this. Ever notice how all threads tend to go off topic without any sheparding?
The sensitivity is directed.
Dem shill or indebted to the teachers union sympathyzer type among us, that's ok but to shut down a debatable post just doesn't feel right.
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