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[-] onlym3@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

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

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

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

[-] jaackf@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

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

this post was submitted on 21 Sep 2023
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