Re: Discussion
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2022 9:56 am
secondplace wrote:
> PsyGuy wrote:
> > OR after you sign, you can honorably, choose to go, not to go, or go
> > somewhere else.
> >
> > Contracts arent pacts, vows, oaths or promises. They are a document that
> > clearly communicates the terms and conditions of obligation and
> > responsibility between parties, including how failure to perform those
> > obligations and responsibilities is defined and the consequences for those
> > failures. They are agreements of communication, nothing more. Nothing
> > requiring your character, integrity or soul be put forward.
>
> Still asking - are you happy for both schools and yourself to act in this way?
>
> xx
Of course no one wants either . to not honor contracts. I have personally experienced a school not honoring the contracts that were signed. When Covid started, the head of our school SELECTIVELY chose to honor some contracts and to dismiss some...she used it has a means to punish people who she did not like or did not fit into her little world of what the school should be like. Even SLT, like myself had their contracts voided. She made some people actually return to China and then after a month told them she was dismissing them...all, like myself, had signed three year contracts. None of the teachers or admin did anything wrong or warranted being forced to resign.
Witnessing the complete lack of care that this woman had for her teachers was just amazing and in the end she paid a huge price. The school's reputation suffered and she eventually lost her job. I was like you before this happened to me, honor the contract you sign and even if the school changes things in the contract after signing it, you should still honor it. This changed for me after this incident, the consultants, the search firms and the school board ALL turned a blind eye to what was happening to people...but if we had done it, we would have been banned from firms and told that we would be penalized.
Each case is different, do I think you should sign a contract and continue to look for a job that might be better...no. But I don't think a person has less morals if they do it.
> PsyGuy wrote:
> > OR after you sign, you can honorably, choose to go, not to go, or go
> > somewhere else.
> >
> > Contracts arent pacts, vows, oaths or promises. They are a document that
> > clearly communicates the terms and conditions of obligation and
> > responsibility between parties, including how failure to perform those
> > obligations and responsibilities is defined and the consequences for those
> > failures. They are agreements of communication, nothing more. Nothing
> > requiring your character, integrity or soul be put forward.
>
> Still asking - are you happy for both schools and yourself to act in this way?
>
> xx
Of course no one wants either . to not honor contracts. I have personally experienced a school not honoring the contracts that were signed. When Covid started, the head of our school SELECTIVELY chose to honor some contracts and to dismiss some...she used it has a means to punish people who she did not like or did not fit into her little world of what the school should be like. Even SLT, like myself had their contracts voided. She made some people actually return to China and then after a month told them she was dismissing them...all, like myself, had signed three year contracts. None of the teachers or admin did anything wrong or warranted being forced to resign.
Witnessing the complete lack of care that this woman had for her teachers was just amazing and in the end she paid a huge price. The school's reputation suffered and she eventually lost her job. I was like you before this happened to me, honor the contract you sign and even if the school changes things in the contract after signing it, you should still honor it. This changed for me after this incident, the consultants, the search firms and the school board ALL turned a blind eye to what was happening to people...but if we had done it, we would have been banned from firms and told that we would be penalized.
Each case is different, do I think you should sign a contract and continue to look for a job that might be better...no. But I don't think a person has less morals if they do it.