Got offered a job at Nintendo

[burninmylight]

Ka-pi96 said:

burninmylight said:
Like others have said, your heart seems to really be in teaching, so that's likely where you'll ultimately end up happiest. The Nintendo job may pay better but:

-The Nintendo job is only temporary. What will you do after that?

-Don't gamble on a bad back. If you can't move, you can't work, and the warehouse job seems more blue-collar.

+You said the teaching position has more room for growth. At the very least, the benefits have to be better than any job on a two-month contract.

+You said you had trouble with your previous job because you aren't a morning person. Waking up at 4 a.m. to drive an hour to work doesn't sound like your type of hype either.

+MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL: You can't put a price on peace of mind.

I was making about $5 more dollars an hour with another organization a few months ago than I am making now, but I was in an extremely toxic and stressful work environment with two bitch bosses that constantly held the Sword of Damocles over our heads. Now I'm in a small department with a bunch of cool, laid back guys. Every time I think about it, I ultimately come to the decision that I'd rather be in the latter, where I don't have to wonder from week-to-week if this is the week that security takes my badge and walks me out, or if I get screamed at because bitch boss is on warpath that day. You can't put a price on happiness in your career and peace of mind.

Based on your last paragraph I gotta ask, do you have no legal protection as an employee in the US? Having to constantly worry that today could be the day you'd get fired (well not even just fired, escorted out by security? WTF?) shouldn't be a thing. Here in the UK getting fired like that would be grounds for a (successful) lawsuit. It's also kind of ironic since America is typically the more litigious society.

We do, but as with any legal system, it can be bullshit, and it favors the company over the individual. I was being written up for things that, I will admit that they are mistakes that I made and shouldn't have made, but ultimately were pretty minor and trivial, especially considering other people were doing similar things and getting away with them scot-free. I could go into specific details, but I'd rather not right now, as the post may get pretty long, and I may get pretty emotional or frustrated when thinking about it.

Here in the U.S., we have a thing called "at-will employment" in most states. The Internet could explain it much better than I can:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-will_employment

but the gist of it is that an employer can get rid of you at any time without a reason. Most companies do have a disciplinary or probational system in place to give employees a warning or a chance to patch things up before doing so, but you'd be amazed how often this is just a legal front to just to discourage potential lawsuits or have paperwork in place when making a case to block unemployment benefits. If your boss wants you gone, then you're toast.