• onlym3@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Not sure this comment deserves downvoting. As a teacher (UK) I get 13 weeks off a year, which is pretty much all time off (no expectation to prep/mark). Private sector friends tend to get around 4-5 weeks max. Similarly, the pension is far better than private sector pensions.

    Whilst I might be able to change career for more money, I’m not sure it would be a net benefit, even for 50% more.

    That said, the “work time” as a teacher is fairly full on, at around 55-60 hours a week for me, so that’s some form of trade-off. You do have to like doing it!

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      1 year ago

      Though the trade off with all that holiday is that… Going on holiday during that time is like 4x more expensive! 😭

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      1 year ago

      Lol yes. I tell you more, the vacations at costco start at 2 weeks per year in US. I think… Or at least thats how much I ever got when i was working entry level jobs in us. To get 4-5 weeks you would have to be with company for 30 years.

      There seems to be people lack of critical thinking