Which Sector do you work in?

[trashpony]

See you on the street corner later. Don't forget to bring my thigh length boots, the punters have been asking for them.

Will do. Laters.

 

[sam/phallocrat]

Public, NHS Foundation Trust

(oh and I get a fair amount of my income from the Church of England, but the taxman doesn't know that)

 

[pseudonarcissus]

consultant

 

[Bonfirelight]

7g

 

[Chairman Meow]

financial, private.

Snap. And I *hate* it with a passion. Got a nice bonus though, which is the only thing better than the public sector. Next year I intend to escape.

 

[Emerald Toucan]

Private

Multinational multimedia conglomerate

But I get pleanty of freebies

 

[DownwardDog]

Aviation, own the company (with a partner) and am stealing the surplus value of my employees' work.

 

[bendeus]

Not for profit - community regeneration/community enterprise

 

[suitgirl]

private, advertising

 

[Termite Man]

I don't know if anybody has mentioned this but what difference does the sector you work in matter . The private sector will cover things from a cleaner to the big boss of a multinational so you can't really narrow things down like that !

I work in retail in the private sector so I obviously get a low wage compared to some people !

 

[Kanda]

Next year I intend to escape.

After next years bonus??? It's Catch 22

 

[Biddlybee]

Tis a myth that charities pay badly.

It’s not a myth ime. In comparison to a similar job in the private sector, people in charities generally get paid less (but more often than not get good benefits - lots of holiday, pension, toil...etc).

 

[northernhord]

Public Sector, Chief execs, though salary dont reflect it

 

[snoogles]

I was on the dole constantly for 23 years

gulp.

 

[GoodniteGirl]

Public - Dept of Constituional Affairs.

Sounds grand. Isn't. Very low pay.

 

[Chairman Meow]

After next years bonus??? It's Catch 22

Nah. I'd go postal if I waited that long - need to escape asap.

 

[Mallard]

Public for all of the reasons stated above.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Wasn't sure exactly so I put public as that is who ultimately pays for my services...I work for an agency (private but v.small) in the public sector (education) on pretty low money...it looks on paper as if I get more than my fellow teaching assistants, but their money is spread out over the year although they don't get paid in the holidays, whereas I get zilch in the holidays and it works out that they get slightly more.

 

[Mallard]

Wasn't sure exactly so I put public as that is who ultimately pays for my services...I work for an agency (private but v.small) in the public sector (education) on pretty low money...it looks on paper as if I get more than my fellow teaching assistants, but their money is spread out over the year although they don't get paid in the holidays, whereas I get zilch in the holidays and it works out that they get slightly more.

Are they doing agency TA's these days? That's news to me. Do you work a supply type job?

 

[nonamenopackdrill]

Teaching Assistants, cover supervisors, all sorts - all via agencies now.

The quality of teachers you get from agencies has gone downhill as well this year. I've interviewed about 25 Maths teachers and none of them, so far, has been worth even giving a trial. The agency never fails to make them sound like an AST in the paperwork though - except for one agency that is quite honest on the phone (which means we use them first).

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Yup. I specialise in Special Needs.....years of experience, great with EBD teenagers too.....have had contracts of up to 6 months

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I'm bloody superb though....you should see my feedback!

 

[nonamenopackdrill]

I'm bloody superb though....you should see my feedback!

I don't doubt it from your enthusiastic pms.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I love my job.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

...actually it strikes me that permanent TA's are often quite cynical and jaded...sadly the biggest gripe is not the pupils but Senior Management in all but one place I've worked

 

[nonamenopackdrill]

...actually it strikes me that permanent TA's are often quite cynical and jaded...sadly the biggest gripe is not the pupils but Senior Management in all but one place I've worked

That's a good thing in my view.

And very common. It's easy to blame Senior Management. Some of the reasons are (1) that most decisions SLT/ SMT make have a big impact. (2) Sometimes (and in some cases often) those decisions are stupid, and if they're not stupid, they forget the downside. (3) People don't always speak up to challenge the decisions, but resentment breeds (4) If no decisions are made, they're blamed for being unsupportive (5) In education, there's a healthy view that people who work there should be treated fairly and supported (6) There are a number of senior leaders who shouldn't be in education/ are failed teachers. (7) Because it's often senior management's fault.

I'd be a lot more worried about someone who blamed the students than someone who blamed senior management.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Well, the two worst SM styles I've seen are
A) a complete lack of communication and
B) bullying.
Where I work now, one senior manager (not the head) is a complete bully. I've seen this very week a really good teacher reduced to tears after a bullying tirade...told they were utter worthless shit


ETA by "sadly the biggest gripe is not the pupils but Senior Management" I don't mean that it should be the pupils, more that people outside schools imagine the pupils are the biggest problem...they're not....

 

[Mallard]

Yup. I specialise in Special Needs.....years of experience, great with EBD teenagers too.....have had contracts of up to 6 months

I've never come across an agency TA must be different elsewhere. Ours are tied in to individual pupils or work in an 'inclusion area'. You on holiday then?

 

[nonamenopackdrill]

Mrs M, but you said "sadly". I think it's a good thing - not sad.

 

[DJ Bigga]

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