Well...I don't get paid overtime per se. I don't really work enough hours with one place and what I do is legally considered 'freelance consulting'.
Normally, Russians get paid the standard pay and doubled for working overtime. I'm told that the law is 2 x pay, and everyone I know gets paid 2x when they work overtime--except CEO's and such.
However, my job wouldn't matter anyway. I have a higher ranking job here, and even in America, that would be a salary position--where overtime pay is a rarity. (I believe it was mid-2004 when the employment law took effect saying that even salary workers making less than a certain amount would be entitled to overtime pay. And yes, at that time, I started getting some. :-) )
Well, boiled eggs also contain protein and minerals. People have also have been eating them for centuries and they didn't worry about cholesterol. [Worrying about cholesterol is just a way to sell some more drugs--some people may have problems with it, but less than currently are treated and added to statistics. It's jut the industry.]
I eat as much red meat as possible. :-) And chocolate. :-D
Do you do any orgnanizational development type stuff or is it mainly human resources? Hmm!!
Both my parents have cholesterol issues so I guess I should be a bit conscious about it. I can't say I really like meat. Chocolate is good but I gain weight if I don't really watch what I eat. Oh no!
I have three main functions, then a few secondary, then everything else that is just expected of me.
1. Human Resources; especially interviewing and usually placement; some development if they don't have experience; I interview for all positions, but don't really need to for positions where English isn't essential--I do anyway; I also interview every student, place them in classes, and see that they progress effectively; I prefer to do more things, but I'm limited
2. Product Development (which is Program development): I am responsible for what is taught, developing new programs and methods of teaching them, and even bringing in new programs from other countries (which I brought in a TEFL training program...all ready except a few legal paperwork stalls).
3. Teach and advise teachers on how to teach (you'd be surprised, but there are usually more 'bad' teachers than good--especially when it comes to the native speakers)
My secondary functions are to edit all translations (sometimes just the the best of my ability), work with others on various things, annoy people with questions about their work, look at marketing and give my opinion (I used to do more and sometimes do, but not so much now), work with books (recommend, ask for, say we don't need, keep costs down), and a few other things. Often these days the secretaries do a lot of it before I ever see it--sometimes leaving me unaware of what's going on.
I don't really work enough hours with one place and what I do is legally considered 'freelance consulting'.
Normally, Russians get paid the standard pay and doubled for working overtime. I'm told that the law is 2 x pay, and everyone I know gets paid 2x when they work overtime--except CEO's and such.
However, my job wouldn't matter anyway. I have a higher ranking job here, and even in America, that would be a salary position--where overtime pay is a rarity. (I believe it was mid-2004 when the employment law took effect saying that even salary workers making less than a certain amount would be entitled to overtime pay. And yes, at that time, I started getting some. :-) )
Well, boiled eggs also contain protein and minerals.
People have also have been eating them for centuries and they didn't worry about cholesterol. [Worrying about cholesterol is just a way to sell some more drugs--some people may have problems with it, but less than currently are treated and added to statistics. It's jut the industry.]
I eat as much red meat as possible. :-)
And chocolate. :-D
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Both my parents have cholesterol issues so I guess I should be a bit conscious about it. I can't say I really like meat. Chocolate is good but I gain weight if I don't really watch what I eat. Oh no!
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1. Human Resources; especially interviewing and usually placement; some development if they don't have experience; I interview for all positions, but don't really need to for positions where English isn't essential--I do anyway; I also interview every student, place them in classes, and see that they progress effectively; I prefer to do more things, but I'm limited
2. Product Development (which is Program development): I am responsible for what is taught, developing new programs and methods of teaching them, and even bringing in new programs from other countries (which I brought in a TEFL training program...all ready except a few legal paperwork stalls).
3. Teach and advise teachers on how to teach (you'd be surprised, but there are usually more 'bad' teachers than good--especially when it comes to the native speakers)
My secondary functions are to edit all translations (sometimes just the the best of my ability), work with others on various things, annoy people with questions about their work, look at marketing and give my opinion (I used to do more and sometimes do, but not so much now), work with books (recommend, ask for, say we don't need, keep costs down), and a few other things. Often these days the secretaries do a lot of it before I ever see it--sometimes leaving me unaware of what's going on.
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