Got Fired?

Since I got back to Taiwan six years ago in 2003. I have taught myself to be a great English teacher, so I always work extra hard at my jobs. Because there is always something new to learn. Did I push myself to hard at work? Yes. Did I do too much for school? Yes. Did I allow my boss to take advantages of me because I couldn’t say no? Definitely yes. So I never see this coming!

January, 2009, it happened. I had never got fired before, but now I know how that feel. The next question is why? Working for “King Arthur Language School” about 1 and a half year, I built up their English Teaching System from nothing. I started it from nothing. I had never seen an english school survived in this industry for 5 years and had no English Teaching Program. It sounds pretty scary but it’s true. The worst part is they pretend to be professional when none of them could speaking proper English. Therefore, they lied to get their business. So again. I made the program for them.

Although I supposed to work for 6.5 hours a day, I ended up working 10 hours a day without working overtime paid. Why? Because when I worked, I worked hard! That is not about money. Later when everything went well, they wanted me to work for more hours with no raise. How could they have the nerve to ask me to do more when I already am. So they asked me to leave the job because I won’t do what they ask me to do. Is it economic fault that they have to make this decision? The true is the economics is never better. In this school, they never make any money because they don’t know how to run an English School and they are aware of this fact. So before they decided to hire me, they’ve been loosing money for past 5 years. Therefore, how can they blame on the economics when they mess up their own business. If they could fool around for 5 years, they definitely have enough money to spend around. So telling me the economics is bad just not good enough for me. Crying in front of my face and saying sorry aren’t just good enough.

I’ve valued myself not because I am arrogant, it’s because I take my jobs seriously and I always do my best. This is my 5th English school in 6 years, I’ve learnt my experiences for good and bad. Do I regret? No. But sad? Sure!  I’ve learnt them in a hard way. But one thing that makes me to look in a positive way and keep me going is my husband. He is always there for me. I couldn’t have take that much bullsh*t without him. He has taught me so much and really opens my eyes. Now life goes on and hope for the best.