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More cons are there’s hardly any time off compared to teaching. But it’s a 40
Hour a week job and I’m at a small
Business so we aren’t allowed overtime. Once we hit 40 we are done. We get 18 days to use for PTO so that includes vacation and sick time. When I taught in FCPS I think I got 14 sick days to work 196 days. In MA the teachers work 180 days. I hate to say “only work” bc I don’t want to dismiss how stressful teaching can be. Many salaried corporate jobs involve working some nights and weekends. Basically it’s just hourly paid jobs where overtime is possible, from my understanding. A common complaint I hear about teaching is not being paid overtime but I think that’s bc they get a salary… which is helpful bc even if you have a week or two off for a school vacation you still get
Your normal pay check. I recruit nurses and sometimes for schools. Some I recently spoke with weren’t interested in long term sub nursing jobs bc they were being paid hourly so they wouldn’t get paid during any of the school days off. I know nurses at schools normally are salary too, but my company offers a much higher hourly pay ($50-55) but only for hours worked. They’re not paid if there’s no school for a holiday or vacation week. A lot of them declined offers for that reason alone. So if you’re job is less stressful than teaching it’s easier to survive without all the time off teachers get. If you found a more stressful job than you might miss teaching though! I know a few teachers who were lawyers but prefer teaching bc they worked days just as long or longer as lawyers with way less time off.

Obviously if you take a pay cut the pay can go up much faster in corporate than it does on a teacher pay scale. Another thing is health insurance can be better or worse. My job doesn’t offer any health insurance until 3 months in and no 401k until after a year and it’s not matched. So I buy my own health and it’s $182/month. [b]In FCPS I think I only paid like $100/ month?[/b] Teaching in MA
The health insurance was like $400 a month almost!! My friend who works in corporate at a big business only pays $29/month for health and dental… the company covers a lot of it!! But she only gets two weeks off a year and after her second year in her position there was no raise. She went from $46k as an HE operations rep to $55k after one year, but recently found out that that position never goes higher… but it’s a big business so people are always moving up and there comes with a raise.

I’m rambling and on my phone so this post will probably make me look like an idiot… but I recommend that podcast to help inspire you! There’s so much teachers transition into. There’s always going to be some pros and some cons when you switch though… at least in my opinion. There’s parts of teaching I miss but I don’t think I’d ever go back. I prefer working in an environment that is quieter than a classroom. A second grader I worked with last year made a card when his old kinder teacher was retiring and it said “I hope things are quieter!!” LOL[/quote]

That’s about right. Depending on the plan, healthcare for an individual is $116, $127 or $155 a month. 
https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/employee-benefits-premiums-archive.pdf[/quote]

Corporate here:  18 PTO days a year  - 9 holidays - 401k match at 6% and health insurance is $400/month.  No mental health days. [/quote]

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