Would like some advice: To quit or not to quit that is the question.

[HereSince1628]

I taught 6 weeks (mid jan thru the last of Feb) at a small private women's college and had to fight for my paycheck

Now at the end of March (2 weeks after resolving the original problem with the previous month and one half) I didn't get paid again.

Would you quit or not?

[elleng]

1. Yes and No!

Do your best to look into their financials; if ok, then tell them of your issue, and 'threaten.' If not good, then quit. IMO.

[HereSince1628]

2. My chair woman says the place is solvent (she got paid both times)

[elleng]

3. Does she have any ideas

about why you've had problems?

Do you enjoy the work?

[HereSince1628]

6. Ideas? Not beyond the obvious...something went wrong.

I'm camping out in the President's anteroom tomorrow starting at 7 AM.

Once upon a time I loved teaching college biology. However, teaching students who average 53% on the coursework has challenged that.

[elleng]

9. Good Luck,

and

PEACE.

[Flaxbee]

4. who can you talk to there?

if you're new to their 'system', that doesn't surprise me; you might have to be very persistent. It also depends on how much you need the job, you know? :shrug:

[HereSince1628]

7. Third semester with this place...something just ain't right.

I think I may be anatomically incorrect

[Hobarticus]

11. Yeah, that's way beyond a reasonable timeframe

to get into the system.

You think it's a little sexism-in-action? That doesn't sound implausible.

[Lil Missy]

5. Kinda depends on why you didn't get your checks.

If they are insolvent or close to it, I'd start looking for another job. Did anyone else have this problem? Or was it just you? Or a glitch?

[HereSince1628]

8. No more jobs for me. At this point I'd be going back to the farm.

It's no fun trying to teach biology in single syllable words.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

10. "This cell. One cell. Germ. You get sick."

:-)

[JVS]

12. As they said in Lebowski "Where's the fucking money, shithead?"

Ask them that question.

[Connonym]

13. is there any possibility that it could be your wages are being attached?

friend of mine was furious that they screwed up his paycheck for several pay periods in a row. When he finally got around to looking into it, turned out the IRS had seized it. Not trying to imply that you're having IRS issues or anything but is it possible that there's some kind of a mistake like that happening?

[quakerboy]

14. I don't know about that school in particular

But don't give up on teaching as a whole. One school is not the same as another, one student is not the same as another.

Some of us students can have a hard start, but get a passion for it from a teacher who cares. I had one Prof who got through my Business oriented facade very early early on, and I came out a full fledged Bio major with a degree and everything. And now I talk about tardigrades, and learn what I can.