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Post by Jorji Costava on Aug 31, 2015 18:59:37 GMT -6
My job involves taking money from people who have suffered some of life's worst tragedies and giving it to giant corporations to help pad their bottom line. No, really, that's actually my job and I'm pretty much the devil incarnate. It's all very clinical and legal and there's a lot of money to be made in doing it. I don't personally hound down the people to get the money, but I deal more with our clients, the giant corporations side, licking boots and answering questions. That's a gross oversimplification, but not an inaccurate one. I've also been actively job seeking for the past 15 months... and I've been working here the past 18 of them. That doesn't sound like a whole lot of fun. My job teaching at a few colleges is pretty much the opposite; I really enjoy what I do. I can't honestly remember the last time I dreaded the beginning of the work week, or was absolutely desperate for the weekend to begin. However, the financial side of it is a disaster. Adjuncts get paid about $3000 per course, and receive no benefits to speak of. Classes are often cancelled about a week before the semester begins due to low enrollment. I took five classes this semester on the off chance that one of them would be cancelled, which of course happened. Job security is non-existent, and summers are pretty lean because adjuncts usually don't get offered summer courses to teach. If this all sounds pretty bad, well, it is. The number of people with advanced degrees who are on food stamps is surprisingly high. BTW, more than half of all college faculty are adjuncts; that's the academic labor system for you. I'm strongly considering a career change, but it isn't easy because the six years I spent in graduate school were six years I spent not acquiring conventional job skills. I'd have to start from scratch, and probably, at a disadvantage compared to younger folks fresh out of undergrad. |
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I hope Johnnie bops your head!
