a good old moan

a good old moan

by: owl_begood - 22-04-08 21:09

i work in a private day nursery and i am head of the pre-school section. i work 40hrs a week paid and around 5 hours extra in which my hours go into 'loo time'. loo Time is issued out by the manager as and when they have availability, you can not request to take any. i find this very unfair as i am being flexabile enough to work extra for them but all that time and effort is simply dished back to me in 15 minutes here and there when they decided to say 'go home 15 mins early out of loo time.'

I have over 50 children on my pre-school roll and i am in charge of all planning, observing, room set up, cleaning and anything else you can think of. i have to carry out all cleaning duties myself as management do not employ a cleaner and i am told to 'find time within session hours or stay back and do it unpaid.'

i attend countless out of hours staff meetings, management meetings, training, parents evenings, open days etc and this is all unpaid.

I get 1/2 hour un paid lunch and no breaks on a usual 7.30 till 5.30/6.00 ish shift.

I do all paper work etc in my own home time as finding time to carry it out with the children present is difficult.

I am a general dogs body, cleaner, cirriculum planner, team leader, foundation stage manager, senco, behaviour management manager, in charge of 5 staff (in my unit) and 17 other staff within the building when i am constantly left in charge, cook and fundraiser cheif and to top this all off- I earn 5.80 per hour.

all i can say is, i must really love the children i work with!!!   

any one else feel like a bit of muggins sometimes??

by: Tink84

Yep feel exactly the way you do

 i am hunting for a new job where my work will hopefully be appreciated

by: owl_begood

that is the nail on the head. myself and the fab staff team recieve absolutley no reward and are certainly not appreciated for our hard work and dedication. we are what make the buisness a success and we create their profit yet we struggle along on 5.80 and hour for a senior wage, i dread to think what my fantastic practitoners and assistants are on!!!

by: cheekymonkey

all i can say is you must love your job?! theres no way i would do that much on such a low wage.

the leader in my preschool unit is on more then £8 per hour and we are a pdn. there are better places out there!!!!

by: kalual

I work in a small day nursery where we have about 10 staff altogether. I am in charge of the 2-3's. We ALL contribute to the planning and I write it up. Each staff member is responsible for tidying the room that they are in for the session and at the end of the day, ALL staff must muck in and tidy the whole nursery. We have cleaners though. I'm not on £8 ph but then I'm on a touch more than £5.80. You really ought to find a job where they value you more cause we would bite off your hand!!

by: Tink84

Well i am only on £5.52

 Everyone is on min wage for there age despite there job title so as a level 6 'who is upposed to know better' it get the same as a 22 year old nursery assistant

by: MICKY

SORRY TO BE BLUNT, BEING HEAD OF A PRE-SCHOOL DOES,NT MEAN YOU ARE A DEPUTY MANAGER, OK BLUNTNESS OVER

5.80PH THE NURSERY MANAGER MUST REALLY LIKE YOU , DOES THE WORD DOGS BODY MEAN ANYTHING, Please do yourself a favour, in the nursery you will find something above the door called THE EXIT take get a job worth your skills, if it was me though and this is only me, find the managers door, sit down and let her/him know whats on your mind, outside my front door, there's a door matt, they are clearly treating you like one, im sorry if you dont like what i'm saying, you are clearly better than the crazy amount they are giving you one last point check your age to the min wage

by: Tish501

Hi,owl begood.....hope you feel better today.....I own small private Nursery....check your age..with minimum wage...for 22 and over it is now £5.73......development level for 18 or 19 and over I think can be exploited......I pay according to qualifications....if an applicant for a job has bothered to train up genuinely(not SKIMMED her level 2 or 3) I pay accordingly....so my 19 year old has her level 2, nearly finished her level 3 earns more than you....and we all share planning,paperwork,responsibility for our own keyperson children paperwork.We all do observations...key element of the EYFS.The law says 15mins break every 4 hours I think....my staff can opt out of the break...but then have that 2 breaks combined as a PAID  30 min lunch...we don't have 'time off in lieu' it cannot work in small nursery everyone could leave 15 mins early each night and ratios could not be maintained....plus we share the cleaning...how can a team work like that ? Could you delegate? It sounds grossly unfair.......my staff are my most important  asset...--- without them the Nursery would not be open...you have to treat  staff with respect and appreciation,or as I hope is your choice...they go somewhere else.....Take care...