Hey honey, try doing a turn in IT. You can expect to work nights, weekends, AND holidays. You can also expect to be paged, frequently, in the middle of the night, on weekends, on holidays, on your vacation... And all the while, you will get far less benefits than you get in teaching, no pension, no raises, and most definitely will never have the opportunity to take 4 1/2 weeks off.
I’m in IT and I work nights, weekends, holidays and on vacation. But that is my decision. I don’t like to have problems fester. Handle it quickly and people are satisfied.
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And don’t forget, most of our jobs don’t include corrupting the fabric of the Republic.
Amen, my FRiend. We work when the systems can be shut down without impacting the business, and plan our lives accordingly.
Do you get paid $42K/year plus benefits in which you pay copays and deductibles? Retirement bennies come out of that $42K salary. Insurance comes out of that $42K salary and went up steeply thanks to Obamacare. Do you teach at least ten out of 25 students, probably more, who have no copay and whose parents do not have any cost for insurance? I have teacher friends who make about $36K and some who make around $45K. Depending on what their husbands do, they may or may not take their own children to the doctor when they probably would if they were on Medicaid.
My husband works in IT. He has only worked one job that was paid what I would consider low for what he had to do. The benefits made up for the low pay. Well, except for the retirement which was taken out of his paltry salary. He worked for a state government at that time.
“Hey honey, try doing a turn in IT”
Bravo. I worked IT at a School System for years and you are right. People have no clue about what it takes to keep it all working. On call, all nighters, drop everything put out the fires all the while putting up with entitled teaches saying “why is it so slow?”. It’s the job so that’s fine but so many teachers are just superior rars brainwashing kids it drove me crazy at times.
For many public servants....I play the tiny violin. They think they work the hardest and long hours with low pay. Like you, my husband is in IT and not only does his work call for nights, weekends and holidays, he is asked by many who know he knows about computers to help them out with a problem they are having...and, it is a challenge and he cannot say no. He will spend hours googling vids to find out how to fix anything.....and they ask him about that also since he is DIY!
Oh, when PS’s retire, they also want more benefits and receive a nice monthly retirement which we will not...so waaaaa on both sides, haa! Oh, and I bet her monthly insurance does not cost her $1,500 per month....
Now, I am not complaining one bit as we are blessed and live within our income. Some of the 60-80 hour weeks working for companies he helped grow have had payouts we will use for retirement, Lord willing and the creeks don’t rise!
And also have to do the continual learning on your own time.
Oh please. People in the PC word are making 6 figures at least. You can’t compare it to teachers and yes you MIGHT have to be ON CALL on weekends and holidays with double time or holiday pay. Pity.....please.