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Sounds like the school job is your preference based on how you described it. But the decision is yours, but consider everything as well as you can before making a decision.



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Two years ago I would say be a teacher but with 18 school shooting incidents this year so far I would say ain't no amount of money worth being a human target.



 

 

Cobretti2 said:
Two years ago I would say be a teacher but with 18 school shooting incidents this year so far I would say ain't no amount of money worth being a human target.

I lol'd thanks for that interesting perspective



burninmylight said:
Ka-pi96 said:

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.

But that isn't really the case. Even in states with "At-will employment", you don't fire people for no reason. You leave yourself open for a discrimination lawsuit. That's why HR departments exist, to prevent those who hire/fire from bringing down the company.

Edit: I do agree that is they want you gone, then yes, they will find a way to get you out. Either by getting you to resign or finding some rule you've broken along the way.



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