Y'know that teaching position I mentioned in my last post?
Well, they e-mailed me the contract.
And what a contract it was.
Onerous terms? Yes!
Cheap pay? Yes!
Complete lack of paid leave or other benefits? Yes!
See, I'm currently getting $12.23/hr. I get $16 on Saturdays and $24 on Sundays. And this is fairly menial work- sure, it's repetitive and often frustrating, but at least it's in a field that I'm interested in.
However, this job paid $18-$20/hr, with no annual leave. No sick leave. No paid leave at all. I don't even think it included super. You needed to work as an independent contractor (and I assume this involved having your own ABN) and they had some bullshit about client exclusitivity- you had to solemnly swear to not teach anyone you'd taught during your employment for THREE YEARS after employment with the company had ceased.
Oh, and the usual forfeiture stuff if you...well, forfeited.
Did I mention the $100 bond?
And having to drive out wasting your precious petrol?
And the $40 penalty fee if you were sick and couldn't inform the parents of the child within 24 hours?
I'll pass, thanks.
3 comments:
Daph! Ya snob! Do it! At least it's better than Kath who could get her finger sliced off in the meat thingy and only get some pate as compensation! If that...she did break the toaster after all.
PS: Ya dork! Onerous terms! All I remember from a year worth of study is "Are you weeeth me?"
LOL! See, you are so great that you could tell if something was dodgy or not. I can't tell, I just nod my head and get sucked right in. Good times! Go your decision.
Why don't you just privately teach piano? I know heaps of people who want need someone to teach them.
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