Thursday, December 21, 2006
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Happy (Late) Anniversary!
Friday, December 1 was my one year anniversary at Kiddieland. I can't believe that I'm just now getting around to posting about it, but with Christmas coming I've been busy. Plus, I haven't always had enough time on my lunch break to come to the library and blog.
My anniversary was nice. I got a card and a $25 Wal-Mart gift certificate from my boss. I appreciated my gift certificate because I needed a new boom box and didn't want to spend my own money on something for me this close to Christmas. So I went out the very next day and got me a new boom box! Yes, it was nice being appreciated by my employer, but a raise would've been nicer.
I've been at Kiddieland for a year now and I still haven't gotten a raise. I thought I'd get one after my 90 day trial period--most employers give you one then--but no, no raise. I wasn't too upset about that because I was sure I'd get one on my anniversary but again, no raise.
I guess I can't be too mad about it. I'm already making more than some other employees who've been here way longer than I. I came to Kiddieland with a lot of experience and a couple of fabulous references so I started out making more, a lot more for day care. I'm grateful for that but I still need more money. Good caregivers are so hard to find and keep precisely because day care pay sucks so you'd think Kiddieland would ante up to keep good people like me. But I guess my boss suffers from what I call management arrogance, the attitude that management, not teachers, is the reason why people keep their kids in a particular day care.
Maybe I shouldn't complain too much. Kiddieland is a small business, only two centers, so I know it doesn't have the deep pockets of the previous day care I worked for. Still, I shouldn't be expected to work here for ever at my starting pay, even if it was higher than most people's starting pay. I think my experience and my time are more valuable than that. I just may have to go some place that agrees.
Happy Anniversary.
My anniversary was nice. I got a card and a $25 Wal-Mart gift certificate from my boss. I appreciated my gift certificate because I needed a new boom box and didn't want to spend my own money on something for me this close to Christmas. So I went out the very next day and got me a new boom box! Yes, it was nice being appreciated by my employer, but a raise would've been nicer.
I've been at Kiddieland for a year now and I still haven't gotten a raise. I thought I'd get one after my 90 day trial period--most employers give you one then--but no, no raise. I wasn't too upset about that because I was sure I'd get one on my anniversary but again, no raise.
I guess I can't be too mad about it. I'm already making more than some other employees who've been here way longer than I. I came to Kiddieland with a lot of experience and a couple of fabulous references so I started out making more, a lot more for day care. I'm grateful for that but I still need more money. Good caregivers are so hard to find and keep precisely because day care pay sucks so you'd think Kiddieland would ante up to keep good people like me. But I guess my boss suffers from what I call management arrogance, the attitude that management, not teachers, is the reason why people keep their kids in a particular day care.
Maybe I shouldn't complain too much. Kiddieland is a small business, only two centers, so I know it doesn't have the deep pockets of the previous day care I worked for. Still, I shouldn't be expected to work here for ever at my starting pay, even if it was higher than most people's starting pay. I think my experience and my time are more valuable than that. I just may have to go some place that agrees.
Happy Anniversary.
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