Advice and opinions
I live in NYC, and while in college I was encouraged to take all civil service tests even though I had no interest in working a civil service job. I majored in marketing and when I graduated I could not get any jobs. I was close on the list for sanitation and the idea of becoming a sanitation worker, which was never ever desirable for me, started to make a little sense. Job security, pension, benefits, 22 year retirement. So that was my plan. In the meantime, I worked in the DOE as a substitute teacher. Now, 5 years post grad, I got called for sanitation. I’m at a crossroads because the 22 year retirement is a major plus but I truly am going to miss the work life balance and schedule working in the DOE. Plus the work itself and the hours is making me dread a job I haven’t even started yet. I have thought about becoming a gym teacher but have been advised by other gym teachers that if they had the option to go back and choose between dsny or gym teacher they would choose dsny. Now I’m looking into school based OT. It seems like a good salary, which the opportunity to make even more than your base salary with other per diem/ afterschool opportunities. But is it worth it? Should I pursue getting a masters in OT or should I just stick it out with sanitation?