I've been doing a part time eikaiwa gig for about four years on top of my normal Monday to Friday job.
The pay is average, maybe above average for eikaiwa work in this small city. Most of the staff I work with are nice to be around and I've made a number of friends since I started been working there. The commute is short and sweet and I enjoy the classes I have with my students. On top of this, I have been expanding the classes I run, even as the school on a whole has been losing students.
Of course, none of that matters because the owner of this place is just… I give up. I don't even know if it's worth my time to explain in detail what's been going on (you could see my previous post, that pretty much sums up half of it), but the owner is slipping. For all I know this business could be gone in a year or sooner- but how it's survived for over twenty years is beyond me.
I'm torn on whether I should stay or leave this place (or something in between). At this point it's not about the money. The location is absolutely part of it, and I also enjoy what I'm doing. Everything with the owner is always one step forward and two steps back. Never mind that she's pretty much never at the eikaiwa when she needs to be there.
But honor the two month notice when quitting? Yeah… that won't happen.
by ChickenPaul3745