31-year-old teacher quit her job. Now she works at Costco—and boosted her income by 50%: ‘I've never been happier'
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In 2022, 31-year-old Maggie Perkins quit her eight-year teaching job and got a job at Costco. She doesn’t regret the decision, and she’s never been happier. Here’s a look at a day in the life working at Costco.
  • onlym3@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 years ago

    Not sure this comment deserves downvoting. As a teacher (UK) I get 13 weeks off a year, which is pretty much all time off (no expectation to prep/mark). Private sector friends tend to get around 4-5 weeks max. Similarly, the pension is far better than private sector pensions.

    Whilst I might be able to change career for more money, I’m not sure it would be a net benefit, even for 50% more.

    That said, the “work time” as a teacher is fairly full on, at around 55-60 hours a week for me, so that’s some form of trade-off. You do have to like doing it!

    • jaackf@lemm.ee
      1·
      2 years ago

      Though the trade off with all that holiday is that… Going on holiday during that time is like 4x more expensive! 😭