MCPS Reaches Agreement with MCEA to Raise Teachers' Wages

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Anonymous wrote:60k starting salary is nothing to sneeze at

Over time you still lose out because there aren't any promotions but that is a very generous starting salary.

In most industries employees get pay increases based on the subjective assessments of their supervisors, but teachers' unions don't want that.

I work in tech. I get quarterly raises that have nothing to do with "subjective assessments" or even merit. The outrage people in other industries give teachers is so pathetic.

My spouse works in tech too. There are no raises and you have to job jump for more money.

Because your spouse works in tech, their experience is the end all? You're the authority on every tech job ever? Wow! I had no idea I was in the presence of such genius! DP, but I also work in tech. My own firsthand experience is yes, we get raises throughout the year AND we also job jump. Imagine that. Someone else with a different experience than you. Hard to imagine with such a narrow world view but try.

Saying you work tech and that it is normal to get regular raises means nothing. My spouse had had multiple jobs and none gave raises like that. That's great you get that but it’s not normal.

I mean, hi. DP here in tech. Raises are absolutely the norm. Don’t know what to tell ya. You telling us your spouse doesn’t get raises means nothing too. It’s irrelevant to this thread but you might want to have a chat with them because what they are telling you isn’t true.

No they are not the norm and my spouse has had multiple jobs. In some jobs, the salary goes up and down every year due to RSU's. I know they are telling me the truth as I manage the money and do the taxes.

A simple Google search about tech job raises would do you wonders. "In 2021, the median salary for IT pros at large enterprises was $100,022, and $95,681 for those at mid-sized firms. In 2022, however, merit increases for IT pros lept to 5.61%, with the median salary for all IT professionals rising from $95,845 to $101,323. The median salary for an IT executive rose to $180,000." Followed by article after article about tech raises. But sure, you keep doing your spouses finances and using that to claim to be an expert. Sounds like your spouse might not be good at their job. Ever think of that?

The real point is, teachers' wages don't match their education. Most teachers have one or two masters and make under $100k and this is considered normal. It's an insult.

Alright, let's settle down.

To review, someone made the point that there are "no promotions" for teachers. I made the point that in other sectors where there are promotions, it's based on the subjective decision of a supervisor. It's often not totally "fair". Teachers' unions have explicitly opposed merit-based raises. Well, you can't have it both ways. You can't expect to be paid what you're worth, and also expect not to have your pay based on your performance.

We expect our step increases to match our worth. Truly not that difficult to comprehend.

But not every teacher has the same value.

I work in a "cushy office job", WFH three days a week, bathroom whenever I want, extremely flexible. Can be quite stressful, but overall I consider myself very lucky. I make $120k after 10 years. No pension so it's not quite as much more money than teachers as it might appear, but it is more (I am also being paid for more hours). But I got here by getting promoted by my boss. A coworker who started at the same time as I did in the same job never got promoted. He makes $65k.

Yeah… hence the steps. That was a whole paragraph typed out just to tell us you didn’t read the PP’s comment. The step represents each year a teacher has been teaching… so yes… experience. Jesus

Can you really not see the difference between compensating someone more purely on the basis of more years on the job, versus actual performance?

It turns out it's not so easy to figure out how to evaluate teachers based on "actual performance".

It’s really not easy to evaluate anyone on the basis of actual performance.

As a teacher I will be evaluating parents on performance. Can't wait!

::Sigh::

This is a great idea! I will happily evaluate parents!

That is fine but ::spoiler alert:: that is not going to get you paid like a tech worker

No, because we value tech workers more than we value teachers.

-not a teacher

Okay? Lots of people (the vast majority of master's level workers) are not paid like tech workers.

Whose work is more important to society, teachers or tech workers?

It doesn't matter. Nobody in charge of teacher compensation can take money from tech workers and tech workers only and give it to teachers. And even if you did, it wouldn't be enough.

The median earnings for workers in Montgomery County is $60k. All of those people will be impacted in some.way by a property tax hike.

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Anonymous wrote:60k starting salary is nothing to sneeze at

Over time you still lose out because there aren't any promotions but that is a very generous starting salary.

In most industries employees get pay increases based on the subjective assessments of their supervisors, but teachers' unions don't want that.

I work in tech. I get quarterly raises that have nothing to do with "subjective assessments" or even merit. The outrage people in other industries give teachers is so pathetic.

My spouse works in tech too. There are no raises and you have to job jump for more money.

Because your spouse works in tech, their experience is the end all? You're the authority on every tech job ever? Wow! I had no idea I was in the presence of such genius! DP, but I also work in tech. My own firsthand experience is yes, we get raises throughout the year AND we also job jump. Imagine that. Someone else with a different experience than you. Hard to imagine with such a narrow world view but try.

Saying you work tech and that it is normal to get regular raises means nothing. My spouse had had multiple jobs and none gave raises like that. That's great you get that but it’s not normal.

I mean, hi. DP here in tech. Raises are absolutely the norm. Don’t know what to tell ya. You telling us your spouse doesn’t get raises means nothing too. It’s irrelevant to this thread but you might want to have a chat with them because what they are telling you isn’t true.

No they are not the norm and my spouse has had multiple jobs. In some jobs, the salary goes up and down every year due to RSU's. I know they are telling me the truth as I manage the money and do the taxes.

A simple Google search about tech job raises would do you wonders. "In 2021, the median salary for IT pros at large enterprises was $100,022, and $95,681 for those at mid-sized firms. In 2022, however, merit increases for IT pros lept to 5.61%, with the median salary for all IT professionals rising from $95,845 to $101,323. The median salary for an IT executive rose to $180,000." Followed by article after article about tech raises. But sure, you keep doing your spouses finances and using that to claim to be an expert. Sounds like your spouse might not be good at their job. Ever think of that?

The real point is, teachers' wages don't match their education. Most teachers have one or two masters and make under $100k and this is considered normal. It's an insult.

Alright, let's settle down.

To review, someone made the point that there are "no promotions" for teachers. I made the point that in other sectors where there are promotions, it's based on the subjective decision of a supervisor. It's often not totally "fair". Teachers' unions have explicitly opposed merit-based raises. Well, you can't have it both ways. You can't expect to be paid what you're worth, and also expect not to have your pay based on your performance.

We expect our step increases to match our worth. Truly not that difficult to comprehend.

But not every teacher has the same value.

I work in a "cushy office job", WFH three days a week, bathroom whenever I want, extremely flexible. Can be quite stressful, but overall I consider myself very lucky. I make $120k after 10 years. No pension so it's not quite as much more money than teachers as it might appear, but it is more (I am also being paid for more hours). But I got here by getting promoted by my boss. A coworker who started at the same time as I did in the same job never got promoted. He makes $65k.

Yeah… hence the steps. That was a whole paragraph typed out just to tell us you didn’t read the PP’s comment. The step represents each year a teacher has been teaching… so yes… experience. Jesus

Can you really not see the difference between compensating someone more purely on the basis of more years on the job, versus actual performance?

It turns out it's not so easy to figure out how to evaluate teachers based on "actual performance".

It’s really not easy to evaluate anyone on the basis of actual performance.

As a teacher I will be evaluating parents on performance. Can't wait!

::Sigh::

This is a great idea! I will happily evaluate parents!

That is fine but ::spoiler alert:: that is not going to get you paid like a tech worker

No, because we value tech workers more than we value teachers.

-not a teacher

It's been said those who can't do teach...

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Anonymous wrote:60k starting salary is nothing to sneeze at

Over time you still lose out because there aren't any promotions but that is a very generous starting salary.

In most industries employees get pay increases based on the subjective assessments of their supervisors, but teachers' unions don't want that.

I work in tech. I get quarterly raises that have nothing to do with "subjective assessments" or even merit. The outrage people in other industries give teachers is so pathetic.

My spouse works in tech too. There are no raises and you have to job jump for more money.

Because your spouse works in tech, their experience is the end all? You're the authority on every tech job ever? Wow! I had no idea I was in the presence of such genius! DP, but I also work in tech. My own firsthand experience is yes, we get raises throughout the year AND we also job jump. Imagine that. Someone else with a different experience than you. Hard to imagine with such a narrow world view but try.

Saying you work tech and that it is normal to get regular raises means nothing. My spouse had had multiple jobs and none gave raises like that. That's great you get that but it’s not normal.

I mean, hi. DP here in tech. Raises are absolutely the norm. Don’t know what to tell ya. You telling us your spouse doesn’t get raises means nothing too. It’s irrelevant to this thread but you might want to have a chat with them because what they are telling you isn’t true.

No they are not the norm and my spouse has had multiple jobs. In some jobs, the salary goes up and down every year due to RSU's. I know they are telling me the truth as I manage the money and do the taxes.

A simple Google search about tech job raises would do you wonders. "In 2021, the median salary for IT pros at large enterprises was $100,022, and $95,681 for those at mid-sized firms. In 2022, however, merit increases for IT pros lept to 5.61%, with the median salary for all IT professionals rising from $95,845 to $101,323. The median salary for an IT executive rose to $180,000." Followed by article after article about tech raises. But sure, you keep doing your spouses finances and using that to claim to be an expert. Sounds like your spouse might not be good at their job. Ever think of that?

The real point is, teachers' wages don't match their education. Most teachers have one or two masters and make under $100k and this is considered normal. It's an insult.

Alright, let's settle down.

To review, someone made the point that there are "no promotions" for teachers. I made the point that in other sectors where there are promotions, it's based on the subjective decision of a supervisor. It's often not totally "fair". Teachers' unions have explicitly opposed merit-based raises. Well, you can't have it both ways. You can't expect to be paid what you're worth, and also expect not to have your pay based on your performance.

We expect our step increases to match our worth. Truly not that difficult to comprehend.

But not every teacher has the same value.

I work in a "cushy office job", WFH three days a week, bathroom whenever I want, extremely flexible. Can be quite stressful, but overall I consider myself very lucky. I make $120k after 10 years. No pension so it's not quite as much more money than teachers as it might appear, but it is more (I am also being paid for more hours). But I got here by getting promoted by my boss. A coworker who started at the same time as I did in the same job never got promoted. He makes $65k.

Yeah… hence the steps. That was a whole paragraph typed out just to tell us you didn’t read the PP’s comment. The step represents each year a teacher has been teaching… so yes… experience. Jesus

Can you really not see the difference between compensating someone more purely on the basis of more years on the job, versus actual performance?

It turns out it's not so easy to figure out how to evaluate teachers based on "actual performance".

It’s really not easy to evaluate anyone on the basis of actual performance.

As a teacher I will be evaluating parents on performance. Can't wait!

::Sigh::

This is a great idea! I will happily evaluate parents!

That is fine but ::spoiler alert:: that is not going to get you paid like a tech worker

No, because we value tech workers more than we value teachers.

-not a teacher

Okay? Lots of people (the vast majority of master's level workers) are not paid like tech workers.

Whose work is more important to society, teachers or tech workers?

It doesn't matter. Nobody in charge of teacher compensation can take money from tech workers and tech workers only and give it to teachers. And even if you did, it wouldn't be enough.

The median earnings for workers in Montgomery County is $60k. All of those people will be impacted in some.way by a property tax hike.

It doesn't matter? Do we want good teachers, or don't we?

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Anonymous wrote:60k starting salary is nothing to sneeze at

Over time you still lose out because there aren't any promotions but that is a very generous starting salary.

In most industries employees get pay increases based on the subjective assessments of their supervisors, but teachers' unions don't want that.

I work in tech. I get quarterly raises that have nothing to do with "subjective assessments" or even merit. The outrage people in other industries give teachers is so pathetic.

My spouse works in tech too. There are no raises and you have to job jump for more money.

Because your spouse works in tech, their experience is the end all? You're the authority on every tech job ever? Wow! I had no idea I was in the presence of such genius! DP, but I also work in tech. My own firsthand experience is yes, we get raises throughout the year AND we also job jump. Imagine that. Someone else with a different experience than you. Hard to imagine with such a narrow world view but try.

Saying you work tech and that it is normal to get regular raises means nothing. My spouse had had multiple jobs and none gave raises like that. That's great you get that but it’s not normal.

I mean, hi. DP here in tech. Raises are absolutely the norm. Don’t know what to tell ya. You telling us your spouse doesn’t get raises means nothing too. It’s irrelevant to this thread but you might want to have a chat with them because what they are telling you isn’t true.

No they are not the norm and my spouse has had multiple jobs. In some jobs, the salary goes up and down every year due to RSU's. I know they are telling me the truth as I manage the money and do the taxes.

A simple Google search about tech job raises would do you wonders. "In 2021, the median salary for IT pros at large enterprises was $100,022, and $95,681 for those at mid-sized firms. In 2022, however, merit increases for IT pros lept to 5.61%, with the median salary for all IT professionals rising from $95,845 to $101,323. The median salary for an IT executive rose to $180,000." Followed by article after article about tech raises. But sure, you keep doing your spouses finances and using that to claim to be an expert. Sounds like your spouse might not be good at their job. Ever think of that?

The real point is, teachers' wages don't match their education. Most teachers have one or two masters and make under $100k and this is considered normal. It's an insult.

Alright, let's settle down.

To review, someone made the point that there are "no promotions" for teachers. I made the point that in other sectors where there are promotions, it's based on the subjective decision of a supervisor. It's often not totally "fair". Teachers' unions have explicitly opposed merit-based raises. Well, you can't have it both ways. You can't expect to be paid what you're worth, and also expect not to have your pay based on your performance.

We expect our step increases to match our worth. Truly not that difficult to comprehend.

But not every teacher has the same value.

I work in a "cushy office job", WFH three days a week, bathroom whenever I want, extremely flexible. Can be quite stressful, but overall I consider myself very lucky. I make $120k after 10 years. No pension so it's not quite as much more money than teachers as it might appear, but it is more (I am also being paid for more hours). But I got here by getting promoted by my boss. A coworker who started at the same time as I did in the same job never got promoted. He makes $65k.

Yeah… hence the steps. That was a whole paragraph typed out just to tell us you didn’t read the PP’s comment. The step represents each year a teacher has been teaching… so yes… experience. Jesus

Can you really not see the difference between compensating someone more purely on the basis of more years on the job, versus actual performance?

It turns out it's not so easy to figure out how to evaluate teachers based on "actual performance".

It’s really not easy to evaluate anyone on the basis of actual performance.

As a teacher I will be evaluating parents on performance. Can't wait!

::Sigh::

This is a great idea! I will happily evaluate parents!

That is fine but ::spoiler alert:: that is not going to get you paid like a tech worker

No, because we value tech workers more than we value teachers.

-not a teacher

It's been said those who can't do teach...

It's been said by people who don't value teachers.

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Anonymous wrote:60k starting salary is nothing to sneeze at

Over time you still lose out because there aren't any promotions but that is a very generous starting salary.

In most industries employees get pay increases based on the subjective assessments of their supervisors, but teachers' unions don't want that.

I work in tech. I get quarterly raises that have nothing to do with "subjective assessments" or even merit. The outrage people in other industries give teachers is so pathetic.

My spouse works in tech too. There are no raises and you have to job jump for more money.

Because your spouse works in tech, their experience is the end all? You're the authority on every tech job ever? Wow! I had no idea I was in the presence of such genius! DP, but I also work in tech. My own firsthand experience is yes, we get raises throughout the year AND we also job jump. Imagine that. Someone else with a different experience than you. Hard to imagine with such a narrow world view but try.

Saying you work tech and that it is normal to get regular raises means nothing. My spouse had had multiple jobs and none gave raises like that. That's great you get that but it’s not normal.

I mean, hi. DP here in tech. Raises are absolutely the norm. Don’t know what to tell ya. You telling us your spouse doesn’t get raises means nothing too. It’s irrelevant to this thread but you might want to have a chat with them because what they are telling you isn’t true.

No they are not the norm and my spouse has had multiple jobs. In some jobs, the salary goes up and down every year due to RSU's. I know they are telling me the truth as I manage the money and do the taxes.

A simple Google search about tech job raises would do you wonders. "In 2021, the median salary for IT pros at large enterprises was $100,022, and $95,681 for those at mid-sized firms. In 2022, however, merit increases for IT pros lept to 5.61%, with the median salary for all IT professionals rising from $95,845 to $101,323. The median salary for an IT executive rose to $180,000." Followed by article after article about tech raises. But sure, you keep doing your spouses finances and using that to claim to be an expert. Sounds like your spouse might not be good at their job. Ever think of that?

The real point is, teachers' wages don't match their education. Most teachers have one or two masters and make under $100k and this is considered normal. It's an insult.

Alright, let's settle down.

To review, someone made the point that there are "no promotions" for teachers. I made the point that in other sectors where there are promotions, it's based on the subjective decision of a supervisor. It's often not totally "fair". Teachers' unions have explicitly opposed merit-based raises. Well, you can't have it both ways. You can't expect to be paid what you're worth, and also expect not to have your pay based on your performance.

We expect our step increases to match our worth. Truly not that difficult to comprehend.

But not every teacher has the same value.

I work in a "cushy office job", WFH three days a week, bathroom whenever I want, extremely flexible. Can be quite stressful, but overall I consider myself very lucky. I make $120k after 10 years. No pension so it's not quite as much more money than teachers as it might appear, but it is more (I am also being paid for more hours). But I got here by getting promoted by my boss. A coworker who started at the same time as I did in the same job never got promoted. He makes $65k.

Yeah… hence the steps. That was a whole paragraph typed out just to tell us you didn’t read the PP’s comment. The step represents each year a teacher has been teaching… so yes… experience. Jesus

Can you really not see the difference between compensating someone more purely on the basis of more years on the job, versus actual performance?

It turns out it's not so easy to figure out how to evaluate teachers based on "actual performance".

It’s really not easy to evaluate anyone on the basis of actual performance.

As a teacher I will be evaluating parents on performance. Can't wait!

::Sigh::

This is a great idea! I will happily evaluate parents!

That is fine but ::spoiler alert:: that is not going to get you paid like a tech worker

No, because we value tech workers more than we value teachers.

-not a teacher

Okay? Lots of people (the vast majority of master's level workers) are not paid like tech workers.

Whose work is more important to society, teachers or tech workers?

It doesn't matter. Nobody in charge of teacher compensation can take money from tech workers and tech workers only and give it to teachers. And even if you did, it wouldn't be enough.

The median earnings for workers in Montgomery County is $60k. All of those people will be impacted in some.way by a property tax hike.

It doesn't matter? Do we want good teachers, or don't we?

I don't know what on earth you are trying to argue.

I think teachers should get paid more. I think people who argue that teachers should get paid more because tech workers get paid so much, are doing teachers a disservice. It's an insult to residents of Montgomery County whom you are insinuating are all raking it in with our cushy tech jobs. That's not accurate, and it's a distraction from the real issue which is that we are a county with growing needs and not much in terms of growing resources to pay for those needs. A tax increase doesn't help this situation.

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Anonymous wrote:60k starting salary is nothing to sneeze at

Over time you still lose out because there aren't any promotions but that is a very generous starting salary.

In most industries employees get pay increases based on the subjective assessments of their supervisors, but teachers' unions don't want that.

I work in tech. I get quarterly raises that have nothing to do with "subjective assessments" or even merit. The outrage people in other industries give teachers is so pathetic.

My spouse works in tech too. There are no raises and you have to job jump for more money.

Because your spouse works in tech, their experience is the end all? You're the authority on every tech job ever? Wow! I had no idea I was in the presence of such genius! DP, but I also work in tech. My own firsthand experience is yes, we get raises throughout the year AND we also job jump. Imagine that. Someone else with a different experience than you. Hard to imagine with such a narrow world view but try.

Saying you work tech and that it is normal to get regular raises means nothing. My spouse had had multiple jobs and none gave raises like that. That's great you get that but it’s not normal.

I mean, hi. DP here in tech. Raises are absolutely the norm. Don’t know what to tell ya. You telling us your spouse doesn’t get raises means nothing too. It’s irrelevant to this thread but you might want to have a chat with them because what they are telling you isn’t true.

No they are not the norm and my spouse has had multiple jobs. In some jobs, the salary goes up and down every year due to RSU's. I know they are telling me the truth as I manage the money and do the taxes.

A simple Google search about tech job raises would do you wonders. "In 2021, the median salary for IT pros at large enterprises was $100,022, and $95,681 for those at mid-sized firms. In 2022, however, merit increases for IT pros lept to 5.61%, with the median salary for all IT professionals rising from $95,845 to $101,323. The median salary for an IT executive rose to $180,000." Followed by article after article about tech raises. But sure, you keep doing your spouses finances and using that to claim to be an expert. Sounds like your spouse might not be good at their job. Ever think of that?

The real point is, teachers' wages don't match their education. Most teachers have one or two masters and make under $100k and this is considered normal. It's an insult.

Alright, let's settle down.

To review, someone made the point that there are "no promotions" for teachers. I made the point that in other sectors where there are promotions, it's based on the subjective decision of a supervisor. It's often not totally "fair". Teachers' unions have explicitly opposed merit-based raises. Well, you can't have it both ways. You can't expect to be paid what you're worth, and also expect not to have your pay based on your performance.

We expect our step increases to match our worth. Truly not that difficult to comprehend.

But not every teacher has the same value.

I work in a "cushy office job", WFH three days a week, bathroom whenever I want, extremely flexible. Can be quite stressful, but overall I consider myself very lucky. I make $120k after 10 years. No pension so it's not quite as much more money than teachers as it might appear, but it is more (I am also being paid for more hours). But I got here by getting promoted by my boss. A coworker who started at the same time as I did in the same job never got promoted. He makes $65k.

Yeah… hence the steps. That was a whole paragraph typed out just to tell us you didn’t read the PP’s comment. The step represents each year a teacher has been teaching… so yes… experience. Jesus

Can you really not see the difference between compensating someone more purely on the basis of more years on the job, versus actual performance?

It turns out it's not so easy to figure out how to evaluate teachers based on "actual performance".

It’s really not easy to evaluate anyone on the basis of actual performance.

As a teacher I will be evaluating parents on performance. Can't wait!

::Sigh::

This is a great idea! I will happily evaluate parents!

That is fine but ::spoiler alert:: that is not going to get you paid like a tech worker

No, because we value tech workers more than we value teachers.

-not a teacher

It's been said those who can't do teach...

Those saying that have never tried teaching. I'm a para; I see it every day. I have no desire to be a teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid’s HS has been missing a physics teacher all year. They cannot find anyone. The teacher shortage is real. And now with many 100% remote jobs, even less people will want to become teachers.
We are shortchanging our kids by not paying teachers more

Even with more pay, that’s not going to fix things. Why don’t you teach?

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Anonymous wrote:60k starting salary is nothing to sneeze at

Over time you still lose out because there aren't any promotions but that is a very generous starting salary.

In most industries employees get pay increases based on the subjective assessments of their supervisors, but teachers' unions don't want that.

I work in tech. I get quarterly raises that have nothing to do with "subjective assessments" or even merit. The outrage people in other industries give teachers is so pathetic.

My spouse works in tech too. There are no raises and you have to job jump for more money.

Because your spouse works in tech, their experience is the end all? You're the authority on every tech job ever? Wow! I had no idea I was in the presence of such genius! DP, but I also work in tech. My own firsthand experience is yes, we get raises throughout the year AND we also job jump. Imagine that. Someone else with a different experience than you. Hard to imagine with such a narrow world view but try.

Saying you work tech and that it is normal to get regular raises means nothing. My spouse had had multiple jobs and none gave raises like that. That's great you get that but it’s not normal.

I mean, hi. DP here in tech. Raises are absolutely the norm. Don’t know what to tell ya. You telling us your spouse doesn’t get raises means nothing too. It’s irrelevant to this thread but you might want to have a chat with them because what they are telling you isn’t true.

No they are not the norm and my spouse has had multiple jobs. In some jobs, the salary goes up and down every year due to RSU's. I know they are telling me the truth as I manage the money and do the taxes.

A simple Google search about tech job raises would do you wonders. "In 2021, the median salary for IT pros at large enterprises was $100,022, and $95,681 for those at mid-sized firms. In 2022, however, merit increases for IT pros lept to 5.61%, with the median salary for all IT professionals rising from $95,845 to $101,323. The median salary for an IT executive rose to $180,000." Followed by article after article about tech raises. But sure, you keep doing your spouses finances and using that to claim to be an expert. Sounds like your spouse might not be good at their job. Ever think of that?

The real point is, teachers' wages don't match their education. Most teachers have one or two masters and make under $100k and this is considered normal. It's an insult.

Alright, let's settle down.

To review, someone made the point that there are "no promotions" for teachers. I made the point that in other sectors where there are promotions, it's based on the subjective decision of a supervisor. It's often not totally "fair". Teachers' unions have explicitly opposed merit-based raises. Well, you can't have it both ways. You can't expect to be paid what you're worth, and also expect not to have your pay based on your performance.

We expect our step increases to match our worth. Truly not that difficult to comprehend.

But not every teacher has the same value.

I work in a "cushy office job", WFH three days a week, bathroom whenever I want, extremely flexible. Can be quite stressful, but overall I consider myself very lucky. I make $120k after 10 years. No pension so it's not quite as much more money than teachers as it might appear, but it is more (I am also being paid for more hours). But I got here by getting promoted by my boss. A coworker who started at the same time as I did in the same job never got promoted. He makes $65k.

Yeah… hence the steps. That was a whole paragraph typed out just to tell us you didn’t read the PP’s comment. The step represents each year a teacher has been teaching… so yes… experience. Jesus

Can you really not see the difference between compensating someone more purely on the basis of more years on the job, versus actual performance?

It turns out it's not so easy to figure out how to evaluate teachers based on "actual performance".

It’s really not easy to evaluate anyone on the basis of actual performance.

As a teacher I will be evaluating parents on performance. Can't wait!

::Sigh::

This is a great idea! I will happily evaluate parents!

That is fine but ::spoiler alert:: that is not going to get you paid like a tech worker

No, because we value tech workers more than we value teachers.

-not a teacher

Okay? Lots of people (the vast majority of master's level workers) are not paid like tech workers.

Whose work is more important to society, teachers or tech workers?

It doesn't matter. Nobody in charge of teacher compensation can take money from tech workers and tech workers only and give it to teachers. And even if you did, it wouldn't be enough.

The median earnings for workers in Montgomery County is $60k. All of those people will be impacted in some.way by a property tax hike.

It doesn't matter? Do we want good teachers, or don't we?

I don't know what on earth you are trying to argue.

I think teachers should get paid more. I think people who argue that teachers should get paid more because tech workers get paid so much, are doing teachers a disservice. It's an insult to residents of Montgomery County whom you are insinuating are all raking it in with our cushy tech jobs. That's not accurate, and it's a distraction from the real issue which is that we are a county with growing needs and not much in terms of growing resources to pay for those needs. A tax increase doesn't help this situation.

Tech workers make a huge range. Teachers make more than most county workers.

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Anonymous wrote:60k starting salary is nothing to sneeze at

Over time you still lose out because there aren't any promotions but that is a very generous starting salary.

In most industries employees get pay increases based on the subjective assessments of their supervisors, but teachers' unions don't want that.

I work in tech. I get quarterly raises that have nothing to do with "subjective assessments" or even merit. The outrage people in other industries give teachers is so pathetic.

My spouse works in tech too. There are no raises and you have to job jump for more money.

Because your spouse works in tech, their experience is the end all? You're the authority on every tech job ever? Wow! I had no idea I was in the presence of such genius! DP, but I also work in tech. My own firsthand experience is yes, we get raises throughout the year AND we also job jump. Imagine that. Someone else with a different experience than you. Hard to imagine with such a narrow world view but try.

Saying you work tech and that it is normal to get regular raises means nothing. My spouse had had multiple jobs and none gave raises like that. That's great you get that but it’s not normal.

I mean, hi. DP here in tech. Raises are absolutely the norm. Don’t know what to tell ya. You telling us your spouse doesn’t get raises means nothing too. It’s irrelevant to this thread but you might want to have a chat with them because what they are telling you isn’t true.

No they are not the norm and my spouse has had multiple jobs. In some jobs, the salary goes up and down every year due to RSU's. I know they are telling me the truth as I manage the money and do the taxes.

A simple Google search about tech job raises would do you wonders. "In 2021, the median salary for IT pros at large enterprises was $100,022, and $95,681 for those at mid-sized firms. In 2022, however, merit increases for IT pros lept to 5.61%, with the median salary for all IT professionals rising from $95,845 to $101,323. The median salary for an IT executive rose to $180,000." Followed by article after article about tech raises. But sure, you keep doing your spouses finances and using that to claim to be an expert. Sounds like your spouse might not be good at their job. Ever think of that?

The real point is, teachers' wages don't match their education. Most teachers have one or two masters and make under $100k and this is considered normal. It's an insult.

Alright, let's settle down.

To review, someone made the point that there are "no promotions" for teachers. I made the point that in other sectors where there are promotions, it's based on the subjective decision of a supervisor. It's often not totally "fair". Teachers' unions have explicitly opposed merit-based raises. Well, you can't have it both ways. You can't expect to be paid what you're worth, and also expect not to have your pay based on your performance.

We expect our step increases to match our worth. Truly not that difficult to comprehend.

But not every teacher has the same value.

I work in a "cushy office job", WFH three days a week, bathroom whenever I want, extremely flexible. Can be quite stressful, but overall I consider myself very lucky. I make $120k after 10 years. No pension so it's not quite as much more money than teachers as it might appear, but it is more (I am also being paid for more hours). But I got here by getting promoted by my boss. A coworker who started at the same time as I did in the same job never got promoted. He makes $65k.

Yeah… hence the steps. That was a whole paragraph typed out just to tell us you didn’t read the PP’s comment. The step represents each year a teacher has been teaching… so yes… experience. Jesus

Can you really not see the difference between compensating someone more purely on the basis of more years on the job, versus actual performance?

It turns out it's not so easy to figure out how to evaluate teachers based on "actual performance".

It’s really not easy to evaluate anyone on the basis of actual performance.

As a teacher I will be evaluating parents on performance. Can't wait!

::Sigh::

This is a great idea! I will happily evaluate parents!

That is fine but ::spoiler alert:: that is not going to get you paid like a tech worker

No, because we value tech workers more than we value teachers.

-not a teacher

Okay? Lots of people (the vast majority of master's level workers) are not paid like tech workers.

Whose work is more important to society, teachers or tech workers?

It doesn't matter. Nobody in charge of teacher compensation can take money from tech workers and tech workers only and give it to teachers. And even if you did, it wouldn't be enough.

The median earnings for workers in Montgomery County is $60k. All of those people will be impacted in some.way by a property tax hike.

It doesn't matter? Do we want good teachers, or don't we?

I don't know what on earth you are trying to argue.

I think teachers should get paid more. I think people who argue that teachers should get paid more because tech workers get paid so much, are doing teachers a disservice. It's an insult to residents of Montgomery County whom you are insinuating are all raking it in with our cushy tech jobs. That's not accurate, and it's a distraction from the real issue which is that we are a county with growing needs and not much in terms of growing resources to pay for those needs. A tax increase doesn't help this situation.

This whole thing got taken out of its original context. Someone was trying to say private sector jobs don't get yearly raises (while also bashing teachers yearly step increases), when everyone I know in my industry does. DCUM twisted it into something completely different, because...this is DCUM. If you're not a teacher, you should probably stop chiming in on what you think is a good enough salary for them. I don't sit around and debate what I think engineers should make. I don't think about what financial planners should make. I don't care. I don't do their job. I don't know what every day life looks like doing their role. You all think you have a say what teachers are worth or what they should earn because you pay property taxes. Sit down and shut up.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid’s HS has been missing a physics teacher all year. They cannot find anyone. The teacher shortage is real. And now with many 100% remote jobs, even less people will want to become teachers.
We are shortchanging our kids by not paying teachers more

It's not just the money. Why would anyone that bright/skilled work as a teacher?

Do you even hear yourself? I'm a teacher with multiple advanced degrees that would all allow me to make a killing financially, but I've always wanted to be a teacher. I love teaching students. For you to even insinuate teachers are unskilled or unintelligent is absolutely ridiculous not to mention insulting. The teacher hate is so pedantic, boring, and lame. We've heard it all. *Yawn*

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Anonymous wrote:60k starting salary is nothing to sneeze at

Over time you still lose out because there aren't any promotions but that is a very generous starting salary.

In most industries employees get pay increases based on the subjective assessments of their supervisors, but teachers' unions don't want that.

I work in tech. I get quarterly raises that have nothing to do with "subjective assessments" or even merit. The outrage people in other industries give teachers is so pathetic.

My spouse works in tech too. There are no raises and you have to job jump for more money.

Because your spouse works in tech, their experience is the end all? You're the authority on every tech job ever? Wow! I had no idea I was in the presence of such genius! DP, but I also work in tech. My own firsthand experience is yes, we get raises throughout the year AND we also job jump. Imagine that. Someone else with a different experience than you. Hard to imagine with such a narrow world view but try.

Saying you work tech and that it is normal to get regular raises means nothing. My spouse had had multiple jobs and none gave raises like that. That's great you get that but it’s not normal.

I mean, hi. DP here in tech. Raises are absolutely the norm. Don’t know what to tell ya. You telling us your spouse doesn’t get raises means nothing too. It’s irrelevant to this thread but you might want to have a chat with them because what they are telling you isn’t true.

No they are not the norm and my spouse has had multiple jobs. In some jobs, the salary goes up and down every year due to RSU's. I know they are telling me the truth as I manage the money and do the taxes.

A simple Google search about tech job raises would do you wonders. "In 2021, the median salary for IT pros at large enterprises was $100,022, and $95,681 for those at mid-sized firms. In 2022, however, merit increases for IT pros lept to 5.61%, with the median salary for all IT professionals rising from $95,845 to $101,323. The median salary for an IT executive rose to $180,000." Followed by article after article about tech raises. But sure, you keep doing your spouses finances and using that to claim to be an expert. Sounds like your spouse might not be good at their job. Ever think of that?

The real point is, teachers' wages don't match their education. Most teachers have one or two masters and make under $100k and this is considered normal. It's an insult.

Alright, let's settle down.

To review, someone made the point that there are "no promotions" for teachers. I made the point that in other sectors where there are promotions, it's based on the subjective decision of a supervisor. It's often not totally "fair". Teachers' unions have explicitly opposed merit-based raises. Well, you can't have it both ways. You can't expect to be paid what you're worth, and also expect not to have your pay based on your performance.

We expect our step increases to match our worth. Truly not that difficult to comprehend.

But not every teacher has the same value.

I work in a "cushy office job", WFH three days a week, bathroom whenever I want, extremely flexible. Can be quite stressful, but overall I consider myself very lucky. I make $120k after 10 years. No pension so it's not quite as much more money than teachers as it might appear, but it is more (I am also being paid for more hours). But I got here by getting promoted by my boss. A coworker who started at the same time as I did in the same job never got promoted. He makes $65k.

Yeah… hence the steps. That was a whole paragraph typed out just to tell us you didn’t read the PP’s comment. The step represents each year a teacher has been teaching… so yes… experience. Jesus

Can you really not see the difference between compensating someone more purely on the basis of more years on the job, versus actual performance?

It turns out it's not so easy to figure out how to evaluate teachers based on "actual performance".

It’s really not easy to evaluate anyone on the basis of actual performance.

True, but there's been a lot of work and research done specifically on teacher evaluation. In addition, all the more reason not to quibble about teacher step increases for experience, vs whatever "actual performance" might be.

Per usual, someone with zero experience chiming in. Teacher evaluations are entirely subjective to the person observing them. Stay out of things you know nothing about.

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Anonymous wrote:60k starting salary is nothing to sneeze at

Over time you still lose out because there aren't any promotions but that is a very generous starting salary.

In most industries employees get pay increases based on the subjective assessments of their supervisors, but teachers' unions don't want that.

I work in tech. I get quarterly raises that have nothing to do with "subjective assessments" or even merit. The outrage people in other industries give teachers is so pathetic.

My spouse works in tech too. There are no raises and you have to job jump for more money.

Because your spouse works in tech, their experience is the end all? You're the authority on every tech job ever? Wow! I had no idea I was in the presence of such genius! DP, but I also work in tech. My own firsthand experience is yes, we get raises throughout the year AND we also job jump. Imagine that. Someone else with a different experience than you. Hard to imagine with such a narrow world view but try.

Saying you work tech and that it is normal to get regular raises means nothing. My spouse had had multiple jobs and none gave raises like that. That's great you get that but it’s not normal.

I mean, hi. DP here in tech. Raises are absolutely the norm. Don’t know what to tell ya. You telling us your spouse doesn’t get raises means nothing too. It’s irrelevant to this thread but you might want to have a chat with them because what they are telling you isn’t true.

No they are not the norm and my spouse has had multiple jobs. In some jobs, the salary goes up and down every year due to RSU's. I know they are telling me the truth as I manage the money and do the taxes.

A simple Google search about tech job raises would do you wonders. "In 2021, the median salary for IT pros at large enterprises was $100,022, and $95,681 for those at mid-sized firms. In 2022, however, merit increases for IT pros lept to 5.61%, with the median salary for all IT professionals rising from $95,845 to $101,323. The median salary for an IT executive rose to $180,000." Followed by article after article about tech raises. But sure, you keep doing your spouses finances and using that to claim to be an expert. Sounds like your spouse might not be good at their job. Ever think of that?

The real point is, teachers' wages don't match their education. Most teachers have one or two masters and make under $100k and this is considered normal. It's an insult.

Alright, let's settle down.

To review, someone made the point that there are "no promotions" for teachers. I made the point that in other sectors where there are promotions, it's based on the subjective decision of a supervisor. It's often not totally "fair". Teachers' unions have explicitly opposed merit-based raises. Well, you can't have it both ways. You can't expect to be paid what you're worth, and also expect not to have your pay based on your performance.

We expect our step increases to match our worth. Truly not that difficult to comprehend.

But not every teacher has the same value.

I work in a "cushy office job", WFH three days a week, bathroom whenever I want, extremely flexible. Can be quite stressful, but overall I consider myself very lucky. I make $120k after 10 years. No pension so it's not quite as much more money than teachers as it might appear, but it is more (I am also being paid for more hours). But I got here by getting promoted by my boss. A coworker who started at the same time as I did in the same job never got promoted. He makes $65k.

Yeah… hence the steps. That was a whole paragraph typed out just to tell us you didn’t read the PP’s comment. The step represents each year a teacher has been teaching… so yes… experience. Jesus

Can you really not see the difference between compensating someone more purely on the basis of more years on the job, versus actual performance?

It turns out it's not so easy to figure out how to evaluate teachers based on "actual performance".

It’s really not easy to evaluate anyone on the basis of actual performance.

+1 teachers don't want their compensation to be based on performance.

In this thread a few posters have acted like the fact that someone in a different profession makes more money than teachers is proof that teachers are underpaid. But people who make $120k for 6 months or $195k for 12 months have to be able to perform well, based on the subjective assessment of their supervisor (who promoted/hired and retained them at that level). It's not always fair but that is how you make more money than $80k after 10 years, which I agree is not enough.

I'm the person who posted about $120k for six months..There is NO subjective assessment. It has nothing to do with performance. It is the salary set forth in the contract. In general, I'm in an entirely different field and "subjective assessments"? Also, not a thing. It isn't 1986.

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Anonymous wrote:60k starting salary is nothing to sneeze at

Over time you still lose out because there aren't any promotions but that is a very generous starting salary.

In most industries employees get pay increases based on the subjective assessments of their supervisors, but teachers' unions don't want that.

I work in tech. I get quarterly raises that have nothing to do with "subjective assessments" or even merit. The outrage people in other industries give teachers is so pathetic.

My spouse works in tech too. There are no raises and you have to job jump for more money.

Because your spouse works in tech, their experience is the end all? You're the authority on every tech job ever? Wow! I had no idea I was in the presence of such genius! DP, but I also work in tech. My own firsthand experience is yes, we get raises throughout the year AND we also job jump. Imagine that. Someone else with a different experience than you. Hard to imagine with such a narrow world view but try.

Saying you work tech and that it is normal to get regular raises means nothing. My spouse had had multiple jobs and none gave raises like that. That's great you get that but it’s not normal.

I mean, hi. DP here in tech. Raises are absolutely the norm. Don’t know what to tell ya. You telling us your spouse doesn’t get raises means nothing too. It’s irrelevant to this thread but you might want to have a chat with them because what they are telling you isn’t true.

No they are not the norm and my spouse has had multiple jobs. In some jobs, the salary goes up and down every year due to RSU's. I know they are telling me the truth as I manage the money and do the taxes.

A simple Google search about tech job raises would do you wonders. "In 2021, the median salary for IT pros at large enterprises was $100,022, and $95,681 for those at mid-sized firms. In 2022, however, merit increases for IT pros lept to 5.61%, with the median salary for all IT professionals rising from $95,845 to $101,323. The median salary for an IT executive rose to $180,000." Followed by article after article about tech raises. But sure, you keep doing your spouses finances and using that to claim to be an expert. Sounds like your spouse might not be good at their job. Ever think of that?

The real point is, teachers' wages don't match their education. Most teachers have one or two masters and make under $100k and this is considered normal. It's an insult.

Having multiple master's degrees in basketweaving from Towson State doesn't entitle anyone to riches. Further, MCPS pay is generous especially when you consider most people in the private sector work 250+ days/year whereas teachers work 180-leave.

A lot of teachers seem to have grass is greener syndrome. They can't objectively appreciate how good they have it.

If teachers have it so good, how come so many teachers are leaving? My kid is doing elementary education as a second major (not at Towson, and the first major isn't basketweaving, thankyouverymuch). All the teachers my kid has talked to are saying, Don't do it.

It can also be a very rewarding job.

Spoken like a true gaslighter.

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Anonymous wrote:60k starting salary is nothing to sneeze at

Over time you still lose out because there aren't any promotions but that is a very generous starting salary.

In most industries employees get pay increases based on the subjective assessments of their supervisors, but teachers' unions don't want that.

I work in tech. I get quarterly raises that have nothing to do with "subjective assessments" or even merit. The outrage people in other industries give teachers is so pathetic.

My spouse works in tech too. There are no raises and you have to job jump for more money.

Because your spouse works in tech, their experience is the end all? You're the authority on every tech job ever? Wow! I had no idea I was in the presence of such genius! DP, but I also work in tech. My own firsthand experience is yes, we get raises throughout the year AND we also job jump. Imagine that. Someone else with a different experience than you. Hard to imagine with such a narrow world view but try.

Saying you work tech and that it is normal to get regular raises means nothing. My spouse had had multiple jobs and none gave raises like that. That's great you get that but it’s not normal.

I mean, hi. DP here in tech. Raises are absolutely the norm. Don’t know what to tell ya. You telling us your spouse doesn’t get raises means nothing too. It’s irrelevant to this thread but you might want to have a chat with them because what they are telling you isn’t true.

No they are not the norm and my spouse has had multiple jobs. In some jobs, the salary goes up and down every year due to RSU's. I know they are telling me the truth as I manage the money and do the taxes.

A simple Google search about tech job raises would do you wonders. "In 2021, the median salary for IT pros at large enterprises was $100,022, and $95,681 for those at mid-sized firms. In 2022, however, merit increases for IT pros lept to 5.61%, with the median salary for all IT professionals rising from $95,845 to $101,323. The median salary for an IT executive rose to $180,000." Followed by article after article about tech raises. But sure, you keep doing your spouses finances and using that to claim to be an expert. Sounds like your spouse might not be good at their job. Ever think of that?

The real point is, teachers' wages don't match their education. Most teachers have one or two masters and make under $100k and this is considered normal. It's an insult.

Alright, let's settle down.

To review, someone made the point that there are "no promotions" for teachers. I made the point that in other sectors where there are promotions, it's based on the subjective decision of a supervisor. It's often not totally "fair". Teachers' unions have explicitly opposed merit-based raises. Well, you can't have it both ways. You can't expect to be paid what you're worth, and also expect not to have your pay based on your performance.

We expect our step increases to match our worth. Truly not that difficult to comprehend.

But not every teacher has the same value.

I work in a "cushy office job", WFH three days a week, bathroom whenever I want, extremely flexible. Can be quite stressful, but overall I consider myself very lucky. I make $120k after 10 years. No pension so it's not quite as much more money than teachers as it might appear, but it is more (I am also being paid for more hours). But I got here by getting promoted by my boss. A coworker who started at the same time as I did in the same job never got promoted. He makes $65k.

Yeah… hence the steps. That was a whole paragraph typed out just to tell us you didn’t read the PP’s comment. The step represents each year a teacher has been teaching… so yes… experience. Jesus

Can you really not see the difference between compensating someone more purely on the basis of more years on the job, versus actual performance?

It turns out it's not so easy to figure out how to evaluate teachers based on "actual performance".

It’s really not easy to evaluate anyone on the basis of actual performance.

As a teacher I will be evaluating parents on performance. Can't wait!

::Sigh::

This is a great idea! I will happily evaluate parents!

That is fine but ::spoiler alert:: that is not going to get you paid like a tech worker

No, because we value tech workers more than we value teachers.

-not a teacher

Okay? Lots of people (the vast majority of master's level workers) are not paid like tech workers.

Whose work is more important to society, teachers or tech workers?

It doesn't matter. Nobody in charge of teacher compensation can take money from tech workers and tech workers only and give it to teachers. And even if you did, it wouldn't be enough.

The median earnings for workers in Montgomery County is $60k. All of those people will be impacted in some.way by a property tax hike.

It doesn't matter? Do we want good teachers, or don't we?

I don't know what on earth you are trying to argue.

I think teachers should get paid more. I think people who argue that teachers should get paid more because tech workers get paid so much, are doing teachers a disservice. It's an insult to residents of Montgomery County whom you are insinuating are all raking it in with our cushy tech jobs. That's not accurate, and it's a distraction from the real issue which is that we are a county with growing needs and not much in terms of growing resources to pay for those needs. A tax increase doesn't help this situation.

This whole thing got taken out of its original context. Someone was trying to say private sector jobs don't get yearly raises (while also bashing teachers yearly step increases), when everyone I know in my industry does. DCUM twisted it into something completely different, because...this is DCUM. If you're not a teacher, you should probably stop chiming in on what you think is a good enough salary for them. I don't sit around and debate what I think engineers should make. I don't think about what financial planners should make. I don't care. I don't do their job. I don't know what every day life looks like doing their role. You all think you have a say what teachers are worth or what they should earn because you pay property taxes. Sit down and shut up.

Wow. What?

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Anonymous wrote:60k starting salary is nothing to sneeze at

Over time you still lose out because there aren't any promotions but that is a very generous starting salary.

In most industries employees get pay increases based on the subjective assessments of their supervisors, but teachers' unions don't want that.

I work in tech. I get quarterly raises that have nothing to do with "subjective assessments" or even merit. The outrage people in other industries give teachers is so pathetic.

My spouse works in tech too. There are no raises and you have to job jump for more money.

Because your spouse works in tech, their experience is the end all? You're the authority on every tech job ever? Wow! I had no idea I was in the presence of such genius! DP, but I also work in tech. My own firsthand experience is yes, we get raises throughout the year AND we also job jump. Imagine that. Someone else with a different experience than you. Hard to imagine with such a narrow world view but try.

Saying you work tech and that it is normal to get regular raises means nothing. My spouse had had multiple jobs and none gave raises like that. That's great you get that but it’s not normal.

I mean, hi. DP here in tech. Raises are absolutely the norm. Don’t know what to tell ya. You telling us your spouse doesn’t get raises means nothing too. It’s irrelevant to this thread but you might want to have a chat with them because what they are telling you isn’t true.

No they are not the norm and my spouse has had multiple jobs. In some jobs, the salary goes up and down every year due to RSU's. I know they are telling me the truth as I manage the money and do the taxes.

A simple Google search about tech job raises would do you wonders. "In 2021, the median salary for IT pros at large enterprises was $100,022, and $95,681 for those at mid-sized firms. In 2022, however, merit increases for IT pros lept to 5.61%, with the median salary for all IT professionals rising from $95,845 to $101,323. The median salary for an IT executive rose to $180,000." Followed by article after article about tech raises. But sure, you keep doing your spouses finances and using that to claim to be an expert. Sounds like your spouse might not be good at their job. Ever think of that?

The real point is, teachers' wages don't match their education. Most teachers have one or two masters and make under $100k and this is considered normal. It's an insult.

Alright, let's settle down.

To review, someone made the point that there are "no promotions" for teachers. I made the point that in other sectors where there are promotions, it's based on the subjective decision of a supervisor. It's often not totally "fair". Teachers' unions have explicitly opposed merit-based raises. Well, you can't have it both ways. You can't expect to be paid what you're worth, and also expect not to have your pay based on your performance.

We expect our step increases to match our worth. Truly not that difficult to comprehend.

But not every teacher has the same value.

I work in a "cushy office job", WFH three days a week, bathroom whenever I want, extremely flexible. Can be quite stressful, but overall I consider myself very lucky. I make $120k after 10 years. No pension so it's not quite as much more money than teachers as it might appear, but it is more (I am also being paid for more hours). But I got here by getting promoted by my boss. A coworker who started at the same time as I did in the same job never got promoted. He makes $65k.

Yeah… hence the steps. That was a whole paragraph typed out just to tell us you didn’t read the PP’s comment. The step represents each year a teacher has been teaching… so yes… experience. Jesus

Can you really not see the difference between compensating someone more purely on the basis of more years on the job, versus actual performance?

It turns out it's not so easy to figure out how to evaluate teachers based on "actual performance".

It’s really not easy to evaluate anyone on the basis of actual performance.

+1 teachers don't want their compensation to be based on performance.

In this thread a few posters have acted like the fact that someone in a different profession makes more money than teachers is proof that teachers are underpaid. But people who make $120k for 6 months or $195k for 12 months have to be able to perform well, based on the subjective assessment of their supervisor (who promoted/hired and retained them at that level). It's not always fair but that is how you make more money than $80k after 10 years, which I agree is not enough.

I'm the person who posted about $120k for six months..There is NO subjective assessment. It has nothing to do with performance. It is the salary set forth in the contract. In general, I'm in an entirely different field and "subjective assessments"? Also, not a thing. It isn't 1986.

What do you think subjective assessment means that it only happened decades ago? I am so curious.

Also, you clearly don't want to share more details about how the $120k for six months happens but I can tell you it doesn't happen by starting a job straight out of school and getting automatic raises for X number of years.