One thing I'm noticing about retirement is how much more I resent all the "training" I have to do.
Not that I didn't resent the training when I had years ahead of me at the job. Every semester, the same explanations of the same things -- here's what to do for ADA, here's what to do if a student has a health crisis, here's what to do if there's an active shooter in your building (die, basically) -- but as the years have gone on, the number of "training" sessions have increased.
This year alone I've had to do Blackboard training again, even though I'll never use Blackboard (I prefer Google Classroom), and now I'm supposed to do several Workday sessions even though I only have fourteen weeks left on the job.
Not that I'm counting the days or anything.
Also assessment sessions. UGH.
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What would happen if you just didn't do the trainings?
I've just started doing retirement planning in earnest, and I'm still years away. But the mere act of deciding that I'm definitely going to retire, and figuring out how much money I'm gonna have, has reduced my tolerance for crap. Can't imagine being 14 weeks away. I'd just up and quit, which probably doesn't work for you.
Dame Eleanor: That 's honestly what I'm considering. I mean, what are they going to do, fire me?
If it wasn't that I'm in the middle of teaching 3 classes, yeah, that would be SO TEMPTING.
"Since I won't be here next semester I think that wouldn't be the best use of my time." How does that sound?
That's more or less how I put it to my chair. She's seeing what she can do.
That's what I was thinking. There are certain trainings where, if I don't do them, the university gets fined, which would lead to disciplinary action on me, but Blackboard is not one of those! I'd just ignore the "invitations."
Good news! They've reassigned my advisees so I don't have to do the training. This is such a relief.
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