TL/DR- I got a job, after a freaking long year of fighting with HR at my current school, to get what they promised me when I was hired.
I'll try to make this relatively clear and concise. I'm a teacher, and up until a little less than a year ago, worked at a prison, teaching incarcerated adults. I loved my job, and working with the adults was fun and challenged me in a lot of good ways. I got a new supervisor, around 2 years ago. She was utterly heinous, vindictive, condescending, racist, and misogynistic. I stayed as long as I could because I liked the job part of my job, but I was so angry all the time, and I hated it, so I left. Burned bridges at that particular institution, wrote 5 paragraphs for my exit interview paperwork, and then, forwarded that on to the regional principal, above her. I haven't regretted that.
However, I took a job at a local district that was known for being rough, but I didn't realize how badly organized it was. The kids are fun, and again, I love the job part of my job, but HR in particular, has been awful. When I was hired, I had only a music teaching license, but was one class away from a reading endorsement (which is what I needed for the job). They hired me anyway as a long term sub, with the understanding that once I got the license situation settled, I would be moved to a full time contract. I got the license sorted in Nov. They never followed through with their end of the bargain, and so, since Oct, I've been paid at $20K less than what I should've been. I'm currently working with the union to get this straight, and get back pay. We have an agreement, but the timing has been weird, thanks to a rude, unprofessional HR person who has been purposely trying to run down the clock in hopes that I would leave the district. However, jokes on her, because the union says they will make sure I get what I'm entitled to, even if I leave.
Because of all of this, and a lot more things, I have been looking for other teaching jobs, and in Feb, I found one. However, my district would've petitioned the state to suspect my license, for breach of contract, even though there was no contract, and without having money for a lawyer, I explained it to the potential employer, who had people there who worked for my current district and understood. They told me that if the job was still open once my non-existent contract was up, they'd love to talk to me again, if there was a position open.
So that's the background. I've been interviewing for weeks, and have had some really devastating rejections, including a 3rd interview (which is extremely bizarre, and doesn't happen with any other district that I know of) where I suddenly realized that I don't want to work with young kids, even if they do offer me the job. A day or two ago, I saw a posting up for this school I dealt with in Feb, and I applied, and emailed the HR person I spoke with before. I told her that I had applied again, and my time with my current district was up in a few weeks, so I would love to chat with them about the open position, if they were also interested. She told me she would pass on my info to the education department. Today, she called back and offered me the job, which I happily accepted. This position is back in corrections, but with juveniles, so I am excited for that. It also pays just under what I was making when I worked at the prison, and pays into the state retirement system. I'll actually get vacation and personal time along with the usual benefits for a government job. I'm so excited!
Thin cut pork chop, seasoned with garlic and peach bourbon seasoning, leftover mashed potatoes and sweet corn.