How are you all staying home?

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Anonymous wrote:My office is on mandatory telework until 4/14. After that, I don't know what will happen since my child is now home until at least late June. Oy. I'm lucky in that my income is relatively unaffected, that I have a coparent who is relatively supportive and that my child is at an age to be somewhat self-sufficient. (though deeply sad about all the things she's missing now that school is done for the year.)

I'm an extrovert who works out daily (including near-daily gym visits) and has an active social life and volunteers for a bunch of kid activities. So my world has done a complete 180 in the last week and I'm struggling with that.

If not going to a gym is your biggest problem, you don't have a problem. Do, shut up.!

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Anonymous wrote:DH and I are both teachers. Not that it doesn’t impact us financially. If school reopens during the summer, we’ll lose much needed income from summer jobs.

But right now you're both getting paid not to work. With a GUARANTEED income, I'd say you come out ahead of a lot of us.

I’m sure our landlord will find that comforting in August when we tell him that the rent got paid in March so he’s ahead of the rest of y’all.

To PP, I’m sure it is hard when you count on that July and August extra income. I’m self- employed but have a large client with a committed amount of hours and another for a small amount a few times of year. So, like your summer $ it’s a bit extra and I always have something to put it towards.

But here is what I don’t understand about teachers ( some not all) when they say in person or online that “ we don’t get paid in the summer.” But aren’t you a salaried employee? So if you make 45k a year that is your salary. Why does it matter if it’s 9, 10, or 12 months? The 45k would still be used for a 12 month budget? What am I missing?

I ask sincerely because like I said I am self- employed and have always had to bill monthly and also know that december and August have very little work so I look at my yearly income and plan budget to cover all months.

A yearly salary is a yearly salary no matter what increments you choose to receive. That’s how I look at it.

I used to be self-employed. When I needed more money, I worked more —sometimes twice as much or I changed venders to reduce costs. If you are a salaried employee, you could double your hours and it still won’t increase your income.

As a result, when teachers have increased expenses, they have to work additional jobs. A large percentage of teachers are tutoring, working retail, Ubering, and babysitting so they can afford to teach.

Agree but that is true of any salaried employee with increased expenses. I was simply referring to not getting paid in summer when pp mentioned her August rent. I was thinking a good plan of mine is too use the amount I know I’ll get yearly and divide by 12. That way she’s not matter if it is paid out 6/9/12 month increments.

At any rate, a tough time for all for sure.

Teachers choose a job and pay. They make far more than many other people especially in this area. They have good salaries. Enough complaining. If you are complaining about being a teacher and summer pay, work summers or budget better.

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Anonymous wrote:My office is on mandatory telework until 4/14. After that, I don't know what will happen since my child is now home until at least late June. Oy. I'm lucky in that my income is relatively unaffected, that I have a coparent who is relatively supportive and that my child is at an age to be somewhat self-sufficient. (though deeply sad about all the things she's missing now that school is done for the year.)

I'm an extrovert who works out daily (including near-daily gym visits) and has an active social life and volunteers for a bunch of kid activities. So my world has done a complete 180 in the last week and I'm struggling with that.

If not going to a gym is your biggest problem, you don't have a problem. Do, shut up.!

That's not what PP said at all.

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Anonymous wrote:DH and I are both teachers. Not that it doesn’t impact us financially. If school reopens during the summer, we’ll lose much needed income from summer jobs.

But right now you're both getting paid not to work. With a GUARANTEED income, I'd say you come out ahead of a lot of us.

I’m sure our landlord will find that comforting in August when we tell him that the rent got paid in March so he’s ahead of the rest of y’all.

To PP, I’m sure it is hard when you count on that July and August extra income. I’m self- employed but have a large client with a committed amount of hours and another for a small amount a few times of year. So, like your summer $ it’s a bit extra and I always have something to put it towards.

But here is what I don’t understand about teachers ( some not all) when they say in person or online that “ we don’t get paid in the summer.” But aren’t you a salaried employee? So if you make 45k a year that is your salary. Why does it matter if it’s 9, 10, or 12 months? The 45k would still be used for a 12 month budget? What am I missing?

I ask sincerely because like I said I am self- employed and have always had to bill monthly and also know that december and August have very little work so I look at my yearly income and plan budget to cover all months.

A yearly salary is a yearly salary no matter what increments you choose to receive. That’s how I look at it.

I used to be self-employed. When I needed more money, I worked more —sometimes twice as much or I changed venders to reduce costs. If you are a salaried employee, you could double your hours and it still won’t increase your income.

As a result, when teachers have increased expenses, they have to work additional jobs. A large percentage of teachers are tutoring, working retail, Ubering, and babysitting so they can afford to teach.

Agree but that is true of any salaried employee with increased expenses. I was simply referring to not getting paid in summer when pp mentioned her August rent. I was thinking a good plan of mine is too use the amount I know I’ll get yearly and divide by 12. That way she’s not matter if it is paid out 6/9/12 month increments.

At any rate, a tough time for all for sure.

Teachers choose a job and pay. They make far more than many other people especially in this area. They have good salaries. Enough complaining. If you are complaining about being a teacher and summer pay, work summers or budget better.

Do you not see that this is about summer pay? That a missed week (or possibly two months!) of summer pay is the issue?

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Anonymous wrote:DH and I are both teachers. Not that it doesn’t impact us financially. If school reopens during the summer, we’ll lose much needed income from summer jobs.

But right now you're both getting paid not to work. With a GUARANTEED income, I'd say you come out ahead of a lot of us.

I’m sure our landlord will find that comforting in August when we tell him that the rent got paid in March so he’s ahead of the rest of y’all.

To PP, I’m sure it is hard when you count on that July and August extra income. I’m self- employed but have a large client with a committed amount of hours and another for a small amount a few times of year. So, like your summer $ it’s a bit extra and I always have something to put it towards.

But here is what I don’t understand about teachers ( some not all) when they say in person or online that “ we don’t get paid in the summer.” But aren’t you a salaried employee? So if you make 45k a year that is your salary. Why does it matter if it’s 9, 10, or 12 months? The 45k would still be used for a 12 month budget? What am I missing?

I ask sincerely because like I said I am self- employed and have always had to bill monthly and also know that december and August have very little work so I look at my yearly income and plan budget to cover all months.

A yearly salary is a yearly salary no matter what increments you choose to receive. That’s how I look at it.

I used to be self-employed. When I needed more money, I worked more —sometimes twice as much or I changed venders to reduce costs. If you are a salaried employee, you could double your hours and it still won’t increase your income.

As a result, when teachers have increased expenses, they have to work additional jobs. A large percentage of teachers are tutoring, working retail, Ubering, and babysitting so they can afford to teach.

Agree but that is true of any salaried employee with increased expenses. I was simply referring to not getting paid in summer when pp mentioned her August rent. I was thinking a good plan of mine is too use the amount I know I’ll get yearly and divide by 12. That way she’s not matter if it is paid out 6/9/12 month increments.

At any rate, a tough time for all for sure.

Teachers choose a job and pay. They make far more than many other people especially in this area. They have good salaries. Enough complaining. If you are complaining about being a teacher and summer pay, work summers or budget better.

Do you not see that this is about summer pay? That a missed week (or possibly two months!) of summer pay is the issue?

Teachers ARE getting paid. They don't need summer pay if they budget correctly or take 12 months vs. 9/10 that some school systems allow. They can tutor online, they can babysit, lots of things they can do. But, many are making more than lots of other folks so complaining about pay in this area is absurd. They make 2-3 times as much as teachers in other areas and they choose a low paying profession (like many of us, especially me choose).

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Anonymous wrote:We both lost our jobs.

I am very sorry but you are eligible for immediate unemployment. All will be well.

This is not accurate for many. But it’s a kind thought.

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Anonymous wrote:DH and I are both teachers. Not that it doesn’t impact us financially. If school reopens during the summer, we’ll lose much needed income from summer jobs.

But right now you're both getting paid not to work. With a GUARANTEED income, I'd say you come out ahead of a lot of us.

I’m sure our landlord will find that comforting in August when we tell him that the rent got paid in March so he’s ahead of the rest of y’all.

To PP, I’m sure it is hard when you count on that July and August extra income. I’m self- employed but have a large client with a committed amount of hours and another for a small amount a few times of year. So, like your summer $ it’s a bit extra and I always have something to put it towards.

But here is what I don’t understand about teachers ( some not all) when they say in person or online that “ we don’t get paid in the summer.” But aren’t you a salaried employee? So if you make 45k a year that is your salary. Why does it matter if it’s 9, 10, or 12 months? The 45k would still be used for a 12 month budget? What am I missing?

I ask sincerely because like I said I am self- employed and have always had to bill monthly and also know that december and August have very little work so I look at my yearly income and plan budget to cover all months.

A yearly salary is a yearly salary no matter what increments you choose to receive. That’s how I look at it.

I used to be self-employed. When I needed more money, I worked more —sometimes twice as much or I changed venders to reduce costs. If you are a salaried employee, you could double your hours and it still won’t increase your income.

As a result, when teachers have increased expenses, they have to work additional jobs. A large percentage of teachers are tutoring, working retail, Ubering, and babysitting so they can afford to teach.

Agree but that is true of any salaried employee with increased expenses. I was simply referring to not getting paid in summer when pp mentioned her August rent. I was thinking a good plan of mine is too use the amount I know I’ll get yearly and divide by 12. That way she’s not matter if it is paid out 6/9/12 month increments.

At any rate, a tough time for all for sure.

Teachers choose a job and pay. They make far more than many other people especially in this area. They have good salaries. Enough complaining. If you are complaining about being a teacher and summer pay, work summers or budget better.

Do you not see that this is about summer pay? That a missed week (or possibly two months!) of summer pay is the issue?

Teachers ARE getting paid. They don't need summer pay if they budget correctly or take 12 months vs. 9/10 that some school systems allow. They can tutor online, they can babysit, lots of things they can do. But, many are making more than lots of other folks so complaining about pay in this area is absurd. They make 2-3 times as much as teachers in other areas and they choose a low paying profession (like many of us, especially me choose).

Ok, so you try living on 60k around here without supplementing your income.

I honestly don’t understand the hate on for teachers in this thread. I am endlessly thankful — daily — that there are dedicated, talented people who have chosen to dedicate their lives to educating my children and others. Teachers deserve at least 2-3x more than they make and it’s a shame that our society doesn’t value our children enough to adequately compensate educators.

[Anonymous]

Please don’t beat up the teachers. It’s not their fault schools are closed.

[Anonymous]

I'm teleworking through Friday. DH works out of the house 100%. I'm a Fed contractor. Our agency is hyper-scrutinizing contractor telework requests so I'm not confident I won't be called back on Monday. Federal response to this is ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:Please don’t beat up the teachers. It’s not their fault schools are closed.

Teachers are working! They are reinventing their jobs, rewriting lesson plans, and recording instructional videos to meet distance learning requirements.

In which district(s) are teachers just sitting at home doing nothing? If that is the case in your district — get mad at the Superintendent, not the teachers. School physical buildings may be closed, but that doesn’t mean instruction has to end.

[Anonymous]

My job has been WFH full time for the last 10 yrs. Kids are 9 and 12 and attend a school that is teaching virtual live classes. We’re all home but doing are own thing. My biggest change is the need to make lunch for everyone.

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DH and I are both working at home. Not at huge change since he'd been regularly WFH 3 days a week and I'd been WFH once a week. But definitely miss going into the office. Our kids are both in HS, getting plenty of work from their teachers and don't really need parent oversight of that. One kid is also continuing music lessons and French tutoring via FaceTime.

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DH is a fed contractor and his project is essential, so he is still working. I work for a fed contractor but on the corporate side, so I don't directly support a fed customer. However, our CEO thinks that we have a ton of extra time on our hands (since we're not commuting) to do our usual work plus work on long-term projects and intensive certification prep.

Insert eye roll here.

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We’re both working from home, as of right now. I‘ve WAH full-time for years, so nothing has changed for me. My husband usually did it once a week before this, so not a huge change to our lives.

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My office closed and we are all on Admin leave. telework is not an option but we are doing distance learning education related to our jobs