Dirty secret about an industry that you have worked in?

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Worked in a large overseas non-profit. Overhead for the country + home offices were 90% of costs.

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Anonymous wrote:Worked in a large overseas non-profit. Overhead for the country + home offices were 90% of costs.

Wow. That's crazy. I thought our overhead was ridiculously high at 18%.

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Most doctors are burned out and hate their jobs and hate their patients.

Therapists and psychologists always come from screwed up families and often have way more issues than their own patients!

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Anonymous wrote:Agree with the PP about childcare. I was the lead teacher in a kindergarten classroom. It was a daycare as well. I was there during the academic part of the day. Basically 8:30 until 12:30. I also worked with licensing for several years and did inspections. I'm not going to share stories because I would just be accused of being a troll. But I swore I would never put my child in a daycare center after seeing what goes on even in the very best.

It gets better when kids become more verbal. At least then they can tell you what happens.

Yep. I've worked in NAEYC accredited, reputable programs, and I still have horror stories.

Let's just say I spent A LOT of time picking my child's center, and then I basically lived there his first month, and still keep his days very short.

I kept him home as long as possible (8 mos.) and then I actually quit my ft job to work pt when it was time for him to start child care.

What would be some horror story type incidents? Are the kids hurt?

Sometimes. I've had to report staff to DSS on more than one occasion.
One teacher used to pop kids' knuckles because it scared them but didn't leave marks.
Dislocating a shoulder by pulling on kids' arms.
Leaving kids in dirty diapers all day until just before pick-up time.
Laughing at children who are fighting.
Encouraging children to hurt each other.
Keeping the heat off except at drop off and pick up.
Teachers physically fighting in the classroom.
Teachers passing out drunk on the playground.
Teachers eating most of the kids' lunches.
Children leaving the classroom and nobody noticing.
Holding kids down at nap time...

Good lord. I could not go back to that type of work, that's for sure. It's just... well... the pay is super low, and there are few entry requirements, so let's start there. I always suggest parents find out about teacher pay & benefits before choosing a center. It's often used a proxy for quality in research.

Before I was born, my mom got work at a daycare (she was in school for a master's in education). Apparently she left on her lunch hour and didn't go back - when my dad got home he found her in bed crying. She said the other teachers hit the babies that pooped and wouldn't change their diapers, and screamed in their faces, and she was told not to pick up any of the "bad" babies (ones who cried).

And we wonder why our society is so f****ed up.

Yeah, I don't believe any of this. The childcare professionals I've known are some of the kindest, most patient, most underpaid people I've ever met.

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^^ well, I believe leaving a child in dirty diapers too long does happen. But the rest, no.

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Anonymous wrote:^^ well, I believe leaving a child in dirty diapers too long does happen. But the rest, no.

Have you even read any of the terrible news stories about daycare workers?!

Three recent local ones off the top of my head:

Workers laughing and spraying water on crying child
Workers laughing and forcing kids to eat flaming hot cheetos
Workers kicking child on the floor (on video)

Those are the people who get caught. Imagine what else goes on.

Oh, yeah, and breastfeeding teacher...

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You're right. Bad things never happen at daycares.

http://www.abc15.com/news/crime/gilbert-police-daycare-worker-accused-of-inappropriately-touching-two-students


http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2016/10/20/daycare-teacher-charged-with-abuse-of-3-year-old/


http://www.mommyish.com/2013/09/24/daughter-daycare-teacher-charged-abuse/


http://fox2now.com/2013/11/06/do-you-think-this-is-abuse/


http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Montessori-School-Teacher-Indicted-Abuse-Video-Kelli-Dugan-New-Jersey-Hoboken-Investigation-335862061.html


http://www.fox5dc.com/news/212666795-story

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Anonymous wrote:Give me a break with the daycare stories. The teachers at our center send their own kids there. Explain that?

And I bet their kids get better care than yours.

Of course they do. But if you think that people would send their children into the care of women who crack kids knuckles or leave them in a dirty diaper all day you're insane. Ours teachers amazingly - has great benefits, gives them baby showers etc. etc. and they have very little turnover. But I'm sure you'll say I'm delusional and of course there are bad places ( just like there are abusive nannies and abusive parents) but the idea that every daycare center is some kind of Little Orphan Annie abusive situation is just ridiculous.

You would use center where they would give your baby a shower?

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I am a nurse on a medical-surgical unit hospital somewhere in Maryland. Some of us are altered while on the job, especially night shift. This is different than being 'addicted,' Nurse Jackie style. Some of those pills/injectables come from your prescribed meds, which means you miss a dose as an inpatient. Sometimes we just take the med right out of the med room but this is less common because the good ones get counted and recorded with our signatures every time we access that particular medication.

Sometimes, some of us swipe drugs for personnel who don't have the super easy access to medications like nurses do. Respiratory therapists, physical therapists, dietitians.

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I worked in daycare and quit because my co workers abused the kids... then I worked at a nursing home and guess what... pretty much the same. Like wow! I didnt grow up here in the US so it was an eye opener. You send your kids to daycare, then your kids send you to a nursing home. Circle of life.

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I am an attorney, I don't overbill. I work really hard and try to be efficient as possible and get as much done as I can. Don't cut my hours because of stupid protocol, it makes me resent you after how much I sacrificed for your organization.

But I represent nonprofits, primarily, not companies.

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Anonymous wrote:Worked in a large overseas non-profit. Overhead for the country + home offices were 90% of costs.

Wow. That's crazy. I thought our overhead was ridiculously high at 18%.

Honestly? It's probably higher. We charge out 18% on our grants and massage the numbers for reporting on the 990 and financials. This is common practice. If you really added up what most people would consider mgmt and fundraising it's much higher. Those annoying mailings you get? Some portion of that is allocated to "education" or something similar and it becomes a programmatic expense. Rent for offices downtown? That's allocated out to programs on a sq footage per person basis. Even accounting, hr, and it can be allocated out according to some predetermined formula. As long as you are consistent from year to year and can justify it to the auditors, you're good to go.

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Anonymous wrote:This is probably not a secret BUT I worked in a retail store and we all pretty much had sex all over the place in there.

+1 in restaurants. Also, lots of drinking & drugs.

Journalism--probably 50% of the stories you read are advertisements in disguise.

Child care--oh, Lord. Let's just say parents only see a TINY sliver of what goes on.

You've never worked in a newsroom.

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DCPS partner teachers make under 20k a year.

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Anonymous wrote:This is probably not a secret BUT I worked in a retail store and we all pretty much had sex all over the place in there.

+1 in restaurants. Also, lots of drinking & drugs.

Journalism--probably 50% of the stories you read are advertisements in disguise.

Child care--oh, Lord. Let's just say parents only see a TINY sliver of what goes on.

You've never worked in a newsroom.

You've never seen my resume.

We gave lip service to separation of advertising & editorial, but when it came down to it, writers who made advertisers look bad didn't last long. And yes, 90% of what I wrote about was an advertisement of some sort--reviews, previews, community events, interviews, etc. I didn't always take a totally neutral or positive angle, but any coverage is advertising of a sort. My soul felt sold in that job.