well and working again
Posted on March 15, 2010
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I met my head teacher for a cup of coffee a few days ago to talk about some things concerning my employment and some matters about my job. She told me that she’s quite pleased with me and that she’s been getting a lot of positive feedback from the parents of my pupils (pat my back…wink*). I love my job but last week, it took its toll on me. I got sick and when I was sick, I realized a few things and I think that my head teacher realized some things too.
When the doctor told me to stay at home for three days, I missed nine classes. That might not sound a lot but for a small private learning center that means, we lost a lot of money that week. There were no available teachers to take over my classes so they were all canceled. The parents, understandably, don’t have to pay for the canceled classes. I realized my worth in the learning center and the bad side of me immediately thought of asking a pay raise but the good side of me (and also because I am not an opportunist) told me not to do that. I have a fair salary and I although a better salary will do me good now, I think I can wait until I am offered or until I feel that I really deserve a pay raise.
I can see that my head teacher has so many things in mind. She badly needs a new teacher and an office assistant. She told me, there are so many things she has to do herself like getting her business cards and our learning center’s print ads printed. I told her to get them done online instead because there is definitely an online printing company available already. She doesn’t have to leave her office table to do that.
I want to help her with some of the office work but I think I can only manage to handle my 15 classes per week now because I really don’t want to get sick again.
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