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Depends on your situation. If you’re young/healthy and can tolerate the stress, maybe the risk/reward is for you. If you’re older/not as tolerant, maybe you go for something that won’t take years off your life. Then again, if you can’t afford it, maybe you get stuck
Completely agree with this. I’m in my mid 30’s and about to enter admin. However, the time is now and maybe later I’ll tapper off.
Lower stress. You don’t want to burn out.
So true!
If you can compartmentalize, and leave the stress at work, go for the $$$. If it’s going to ruin your home life, or don’t have a partner who is prepared to support you, then don’t sabotage yourself.
Yeah. Having a support system - emotional and financial - makes a huge difference. If it’s just you, that makes it so much harder to deal with the stress BUT you also don’t have the backup income. So it’s a catch 22
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Depends on your own personal make-up and what you value.
Some people thrive under pressure. Others, not so much.
Some people want to keep building wealth. To others, it's not as important.
In the end, every job has some level of stress. If you love what you do, it's easier to handle.
As prior responses state if you have support and an outlet to help manage stress you may make out okay for a time. If you are closer to retirement and this pay helps to build up final amount it is helpful. However, pleasd remember the constant stress could also sneak up on you and hurt your physical and mental health.
Trick is knowing your strength and when to step back. Still working on that myself!
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Lower stress. I took a 15k pay cut to be where i am! Wouldnt take 100k to go back to the other school.
Yes and amen.
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I'm morally sure there isn't a teaching position in the US that actually pays well considering local COL. But even relatively speaking, it depends on your situation. Are you grandfathered into a pension that's based on your highest average pay over several years? Might make sense to work a stressful job for a few years, even if you then take a pay cut to move to an easier one, as your pension will end up based on the higher pay.
You certainly have more information on which to base this decision than any of us do.
I think lower stress and lower money is always the better option. Life is not about money
I used to work in the BPS, and I absolutely do not miss the stress, misery, frustration, and politics there even though I’d be making at least 20 k more annually if I was still there. Now I teach in my hometown, ride my bike to work, was able to found my program, which I get to teach with little interference, with students that want to be in my class. I would never have been able to do what I’ve accomplished if I had stayed in the BPS.
Less stress to live longer.
Depending on your financial situation and physical/mental health. I went for money after college and built a successful business. Because of the stress, I sold it and went into teaching. Now, I make much much much less money and have much less stress! I can afford to be a teacher now 🤣 I’m much happier!!And yes, teaching is stressful but nothing like running a company with 52 employees!
Take low stress
It depends on how much less money.
I’ve done both. My last job was amazingggg but I got paid so low. Currently in the high paying situation and a huge amount of stress but I can’t seem to move away from the pay I never thought I would get from teaching 🤷🏼♀️
I’m in the first situation. The district I work for wants all of its students to excel, to the best of their ability, and our teachers are held accountable when test scores don’t demonstrate academic excellence. It is stressful, but I would, and have stayed in this position because the parents, students, and other teachers take academic achievement seriously. I am proud to contribute in some small way to this academic rigor and excellence.
Consider your health now and how each option works out in retirement as well.
Depends on the differential. You can put up with a lot for the right amount of money. Of course, you eventually have to get out so you can spend it...
Where do you live? Do you need the money? I ask because I live someplace absurdly expensive.
I also am a CA high school teacher (Bay Area) and it is not cheap. But moving to closer school helps, even tho lower salary, right?
Cuts down drastically on travel expense and time. Don’t like the fact that I’d have to move back up some on the salary schedule…I was far down the list and don’t like that I wouldn’t have tenure going in. 😩 what do I do????