Double dipping is never acceptable in life, especially in the chip-dip bowl, but when I read about the "doubling dipping" that teacher's are doing in the Auditor General's report [okay I actually read it on a news website, not in the report] it really irked me.
What irked me more than a blatant violation of rules and policies regarding the hiring of these people is that they are stealing jobs from younger people who desperately need the hours and the experience in order to get anywhere in their profession. If a teacher wants to stay until they are 70 before they retire, then that is fine, that is their right to do, but to retire, draw a pension and still take jobs from others just isn't right. As a younger worker who knows how difficult it can be to find a meaningful job in the labour market I can relate to the young teachers. Employers are always saying "you need more experience", yet when crap like this is happening it's near impossible for young people to gain that experience.
People put themselves or their parents financially behind for 4-5 years in order to get a University Degree and then when they graduate they can't put it to use or recoup those costs because of the difficulty finding employment. I really hope now that light has been shed on this issue that the Department of Education will put a stop to it, so that young professionals can at least get a chance to prove themselves, in the education sector anyway.
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Daughtry - September
I am pretty sure that what you pay someone with 40 years experience is tens of thousands more per year than a new education grad.
ReplyDeleteAlso something to consider is that if you are retired, not only are you drawing a pension, you are not paying into the pension plan. The young teachers are not paying into a plan because they can't get a job. Presumably they will still draw a pension when they retire though. As long as people are loyal to the Leafs that shouldn't be a problem for Ontario teachers at least.