tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post5680827826446634190..comments2024-03-28T11:57:21.902-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Teacher Pay DecayPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-29443432065984350122016-04-30T11:41:59.274-04:002016-04-30T11:41:59.274-04:00I (sort of jokingly)tell my students, who are rook...I (sort of jokingly)tell my students, who are rookie drivers, to avoid Wal Mart & Kmart on teachers' pay day.<br /><br />It's amazing to me how so many free-market apologists cannot fathom why people of ability would avoid employment in insecure , often dangerous, situations that do not pay well where the benefit packages can often be better described as "fringe liabilities". <br /><br />The UBER example above is instructive. <br /><br />I had a similar experience working for "tutor.com" tutoring physics & algebra online. Pay was only $12/hr, but they wanted you to be 'on-call' for $5/hr for times where you were able to sign-up for & wanted plenty of 'floaters' to be available for free. It was a convenient way to make a little extra change, BUT they started cutting the availability of the scheduled time and wanted me (and I suspect others) to float more for free. Additionally, most of their $$$ is made by lucrative contracts with school systems and public libraries...I wrote a nasty, profane letter to quit. fizzicks numbershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01913370100937432939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-76518945226238613762016-04-29T09:46:37.464-04:002016-04-29T09:46:37.464-04:00On the subject of worker pay, I just found this Yo...On the subject of worker pay, I just found this YouTube video from CRACKED, with a critique of UBER, one that is relevant to what you posted.<br /><br />( 8:01 - )<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og3PjvcR1Pc<br /><br />CRACKED references the fast-dropping pay for Uber drivers. Lately, it's fallen to $9/hour.<br /><br />Why do they keep lowering the pay for their drivers?<br /><br />CRACKED:<br />"(UBER) has been slashing their pay ever since (they started) ... Some of (the reason) is just because they can.<br /><br />"How do you maintain good drivers if you gradually lower what you're paying them? <br /><br />"You don't. You lose great drivers while increasing or maintaining the demand, which can only mean that you're incentivizing worse drivers --- the kind of person whose time IS worth less than $9/hour --- to sign up and snag as many rides as they can."<br /><br />I also did a Google search and found that a lot of Teach for America Corps Members teacher for the minimum two years, work for the TFA organization in the Recruitment and Marketing Departments, then move on to... <br /><br />You guessed --- UBER, where they make big money in those same departments. I found countless Linkedin profiles that have this resume.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911854468188214107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-55868229774046942622016-04-29T09:16:32.625-04:002016-04-29T09:16:32.625-04:00I teach in Georgia. In SY 2015-16, while salaries ...I teach in Georgia. In SY 2015-16, while salaries stagnated and continued to stay below those of neighboring systems (the difference coming from local supplements added to state base pay), my system's local funds went toward new high-tech turf fields (the same turf used on NFL practice fields) for all three high schools and Dell touch-screen laptops issued to every high school student in the county. Mrs. Cobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18214441133734011795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-6815396395339534672016-04-28T19:40:37.795-04:002016-04-28T19:40:37.795-04:00Sorry. Family in joke.Sorry. Family in joke.Peter Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-11687608398483831512016-04-28T19:34:43.259-04:002016-04-28T19:34:43.259-04:00Sorry to be picky but on the last US map I saw, CT...Sorry to be picky but on the last US map I saw, CT didn’t touch Delaware Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161465812581166166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-77034084777606660072016-04-28T19:24:15.885-04:002016-04-28T19:24:15.885-04:00Delaware. Connecticut. Almost touching?
Otherwise...Delaware. Connecticut. Almost touching?<br /><br />Otherwise, great post.DWDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410063427689693237noreply@blogger.com