job offer - take it or leave it?
I should've mentioned earlier that I got a call yesterday from Merry Hill, the pre-school I applied for a job as a teacher's assistant at, and they offered me a job. I'm really torn about what to do.
The Offer:
I would have a full time job (10am to 6pm) working as a teacher's assistant, going between two classrooms. The infant classroom has 4 students, and the toddler room has 8. These are set numbers, there will never be more because the ratio of children to teachers is important, and there will never be less because there's a waiting list a mile long. (Pregnant and not-yet-pregnant women come in to register their kids and get them on the list.) Rather than having health benefits start in 3 months, they offered that my health benefits would start immediately, and the insurance covers 70% of all medical bills. I would also be eligible for a one week paid vacation in six months, instead of the usual one year waiting period. I would have an hourly rate of $8.50/hr.
My Issues:
First of all, I don't need health insurance. I'm on my parent's plan for at least another 6 months and no health insurance they could offer could possibly be better than what I already have. I have $3 prescriptions and $12 doctor visits, and a few of the visits (well-woman exam) are covered completely.
Paid vacation isn't really important to me. I don't plan on taking any vacations at all in the near future, except when I go to Houston for Spring Break in March, and that won't even be covered b/c it won't have been six months. So paid vacation time isn't that important.
Um, excuse me, $8.50/hr?! Are you kidding me? Because that's kind of insulting. I made $8.50/hr when I was 17 in Texas where the cost of living is lower, and I didn't have to pay rent. As well as $8.50/hr is their lowest starting pay. That means that if they hired someone with NO experience, we'd make the same amount of money. Does my experience not count for anything here? That's really irritating, particularly since I make $10+/hr working as a waitress, and it would be a lot less stressful.
Counter Argument:
It's good experience. But I don't really know what it's good experience for. I already have child-care experience and it's not something I plan on pursuing, so I don't really see how it could end up benefitting me.
It's fun. I have fun waitressing, and it's less stressful. I'm not likely to go home and worry about my customers like I would with my students.
So why am I even contemplating this? I need to talk to director of the school and tell her that if they can't offer me more money, I can't accept the job.
Y'all have any opinions or suggestions?
The Offer:
I would have a full time job (10am to 6pm) working as a teacher's assistant, going between two classrooms. The infant classroom has 4 students, and the toddler room has 8. These are set numbers, there will never be more because the ratio of children to teachers is important, and there will never be less because there's a waiting list a mile long. (Pregnant and not-yet-pregnant women come in to register their kids and get them on the list.) Rather than having health benefits start in 3 months, they offered that my health benefits would start immediately, and the insurance covers 70% of all medical bills. I would also be eligible for a one week paid vacation in six months, instead of the usual one year waiting period. I would have an hourly rate of $8.50/hr.
My Issues:
First of all, I don't need health insurance. I'm on my parent's plan for at least another 6 months and no health insurance they could offer could possibly be better than what I already have. I have $3 prescriptions and $12 doctor visits, and a few of the visits (well-woman exam) are covered completely.
Paid vacation isn't really important to me. I don't plan on taking any vacations at all in the near future, except when I go to Houston for Spring Break in March, and that won't even be covered b/c it won't have been six months. So paid vacation time isn't that important.
Um, excuse me, $8.50/hr?! Are you kidding me? Because that's kind of insulting. I made $8.50/hr when I was 17 in Texas where the cost of living is lower, and I didn't have to pay rent. As well as $8.50/hr is their lowest starting pay. That means that if they hired someone with NO experience, we'd make the same amount of money. Does my experience not count for anything here? That's really irritating, particularly since I make $10+/hr working as a waitress, and it would be a lot less stressful.
Counter Argument:
It's good experience. But I don't really know what it's good experience for. I already have child-care experience and it's not something I plan on pursuing, so I don't really see how it could end up benefitting me.
It's fun. I have fun waitressing, and it's less stressful. I'm not likely to go home and worry about my customers like I would with my students.
So why am I even contemplating this? I need to talk to director of the school and tell her that if they can't offer me more money, I can't accept the job.
Y'all have any opinions or suggestions?