I got the call about 10 minutes after I got to work yesterday that I was to report to the Warden's office. I figured that I was either getting a pee test, or laid off. However, since my immediate supervisor came along I figured a pee test was out of the question.

The Warden basically told me that the Department of Corrections was elimating my position. However, the best part was that nobody seems to know when that will be. So I'm loosing my job, but I don't know when exactly. So I don't know when to start looking for a new job.

The most frustrating part is that I'm really the only teacher there who gets off their butt and teaches. The special education teacher basically sits in her office and surfs the web and lets us do her work, and the other teacher there sits on her butt most of the time and lets her inmate aides do almost all of the teaching. I have more teaching experience than the other two, and I've produced tangible results. However, they have more time in the system than I do.

In 18 months that I've been there I've produced about 50 GED graduates, and I've got another 10 lined up for next month. The special education teacher, who was the ged teacher produced less than 50 GED graduates in the 4 years that she ran the program.

The worst part of it is that I really feel for my inmates. I have a lot of guys who, for the first time in their lives are excited about school and actually see it as something positive. I don't look forward to telling them this morning.

Peace
Jerry

Sorry to hear that Jerrwhy - what a bummer! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> Unfortunately, that's one of the drawbacks in working for "the system". <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" />

sorry to hear that jerrwhy.

Very sorry to hear that Jerrwhy. All the best in searching for new work <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Sorry to hear- for you and your students!

Fellow DOC'er in CT

Sorry to hear about that jerrywhy. Im more then positive that your gonna bounce back. Its really sad to hear that there gonna keep the lazy people on and not a hard working , carring person such as your self.


my prayers are with you.

Sorry to hear that, good luck.

Sorry to hear about this, Jerry. I know you love that new place you got out in the boonies. Hopefully, you can find a teaching job not too far from your new home. Good luck.

Sorry to hear about your loss as well Jerry. I've been down that road several times and I can look back and say that it was kinda of like they did me a favor. In my case it had ended up getting a better job because of it that I enjoyed. Over time I'm learning to stay away from government or state jobs that are contract or volatile with budgets. I would say the post office would probably be an exception, but aerospace, DOD, defense, semiconductors, DOT, corrections and the list is long are areas that are volatile when money gets tight. I would say what had driven what happened in your case is that your prisons (like many others) budgets have or will be cutting back and possible guards and others will be cut in time. The part of them keeping a lazy worker and getting rid of a good worker that cares what he is doing is beyond stupidity at the very least. This shows you the mentality of your management and I've seen that happen more times than not. It seems almost like the most stupidest people end up in that decision process. There are very few company's that see a good worker and will move them into a safe position to keep his or her job when they see bad times. Those company's are extremely rare but have high morale and very low attrition.

I know it's hard to do but don't let it get you down and this will help pave way to something much better down the road, as we always said out at the cape was that [color:"red"] layoffs were like falling off a wave that you are surfing on, you shake off the beatings and swim back out and catch another wave and rock on! [/color]

gotta say that makes me furious. sounds like you're doing excellent work and should be canonized.

God bless, my friend.

Man that bites <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbdn.gif" alt="" /> . Good luck for the future brother.

My advice is to not wait to start looking for a job. The same thing happened to me and I have been without a regular job for a year. Although since I stayed until the bitter end the bastids had to pay me a huge severance package. Hope the economy is better where you are! Good luck with your search. It certainly sounds like you are dedicated to what you do. Any employer would be lucky to have you.