Comments on: Teacher Checking Through Groceries http://www.lockergnome.com/forsythe/2008/05/06/teacher-checking-through-groceries/ Just another Lockergnome Nexus weblog Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:23:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Bill http://www.lockergnome.com/forsythe/2008/05/06/teacher-checking-through-groceries/#comment-21534 Bill Thu, 08 May 2008 17:07:53 +0000 http://www.lockergnome.com/forsythe/2008/05/07/teacher-checking-through-groceries/#comment-21534 It’s a sad story but one we’ve heard many times before. Unfortunately, a degree does not guarantee you a job or a salary today. Likewise the subject you studied so diligently in school may have little or no value in the job you take to support yourself or your family. It kinda sucks when your bubble gets broken after graduation but this isn't a new development. There are just more of us in the same situation today, than there was a decade ago. Personally, I knew I should have stuck with that under water basket weaving correspondence course. I’d be getting paid the same as everyone else anyway, and it wouldn’t have cost nearly as much as my IT degree and certs. It’s a sad story but one we’ve heard many times before. Unfortunately, a degree does not guarantee you a job or a salary today. Likewise the subject you studied so diligently in school may have little or no value in the job you take to support yourself or your family. It kinda sucks when your bubble gets broken after graduation but this isn’t a new development. There are just more of us in the same situation today, than there was a decade ago. Personally, I knew I should have stuck with that under water basket weaving correspondence course. I’d be getting paid the same as everyone else anyway, and it wouldn’t have cost nearly as much as my IT degree and certs.

]]> By: Mike http://www.lockergnome.com/forsythe/2008/05/06/teacher-checking-through-groceries/#comment-21517 Mike Wed, 07 May 2008 16:19:29 +0000 http://www.lockergnome.com/forsythe/2008/05/07/teacher-checking-through-groceries/#comment-21517 I hear you about teachers and it is a shame about pay but this is in ALL types of jobs. I don't think CEOs of companies that tank should be compensated at all much less given these multi-million dollar severance packages and benefits when they didn't get the job done. Yet, boards gladly hand over money taken from investors. There are all types of inequities in pay in our society--that's Capitalism. As someone who worked 13+ years in the grocery business before going into IT (big mistake) I can corroborate the pay info. I would probably be making much more than I am now and would have never gone through the number of layoffs I've gone through in this crappy IT field had I stayed. There is a price for that type of work though...physically demanding. I was in great shape while working but over time your back, knees, feet, hands, etc. pay the price so I'm not so sure the money makes up for those aches & pains. Just food for thought. Nothing is "free". Peace I hear you about teachers and it is a shame about pay but this is in ALL types of jobs. I don’t think CEOs of companies that tank should be compensated at all much less given these multi-million dollar severance packages and benefits when they didn’t get the job done. Yet, boards gladly hand over money taken from investors. There are all types of inequities in pay in our society–that’s Capitalism.

As someone who worked 13+ years in the grocery business before going into IT (big mistake) I can corroborate the pay info. I would probably be making much more than I am now and would have never gone through the number of layoffs I’ve gone through in this crappy IT field had I stayed.

There is a price for that type of work though…physically demanding. I was in great shape while working but over time your back, knees, feet, hands, etc. pay the price so I’m not so sure the money makes up for those aches & pains.

Just food for thought. Nothing is “free”.

Peace

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