Originally Posted by Unregistered

36 year old male. NIE direct degree programme. 2nd class honours. Started teaching in school in May 2012, drawing a salary of 3.5k. in 2023, last drawn Oct pay is 7.5k. was lucky enough to ‘experience’ 3 pay revisions. managed to also do part-time subsidised local grad studies, although it doesnt result in any increment (more for personal development).

honestly i was surprised that i could last this long. i guess it helpdd that i did not ‘chiong’ early on and avoided burntouts. of course my responsibilities and workload increased substantially with the pay rise across the years, but the ‘gradual’ and (slow?) ‘progression’ allows me to have some sort of work life balance.

probably gonna hit my GEO5 cap of 8.2k in a few years. once ‘work’ feels less purposeful or meaningful, will probably go for secondment.