What should I ask for? New job.

Home worker here, paid broadband, an office setup including standing desk, chair, laptop + additional screen, printer, phone (or soft phone) and a contribution towards electricity would be fairly standard. My company also pays for a mobile phone.

I presume you’ve got the healthcare, pension and all that hammered out also? If you don’t ask you don’t get.

I take it you're not giving up a cushy teaching job to go work with this lot who regard gym membership and "wellness?" As big swinging perks?

Ask for the salary band and go on the higher end, negotiate down then if you have to.

It's your only chance to get what you want.

I can give you a few pros if you wish. Teaching- pensionable job, bar you assault someone in the school or get caught robbing the place you won't get sacked. You certainly won't lose the job for being completely incompetent. You will start work later than most and finish earlier than pretty much everyone else. You will have holidays that other workers can only dream about. The cons? Well many teachers are still distraught over the fact that young healthy teachers were not allowed jump the vaccine queue ahead of pensioners.

I take it(although it's possible)that you're not teaching English as nowhere in my post did I express disdain for teachers. I notice that apart from your uneasiness about dealing with parents you didn't disagree with any of the points I made!

It is interesting you don't spot the negative inferences people see in your description of teaching. It may not be your intent, and although you raise some valid points, it does come across that way on the whole.

Using cushy could imply people don't work hard. Describing job security in terms of criminal behaviour and incompetence, while not incorrect, suggests a rather dim view. How do we know what time individual teachers really start or finish - some may be layabouts, but some arrive early, stay late, and do more work at home prepping/marking etc. Lesson plans and homework corrections don't do themselves. I'm sure there are some young health teachers still holding vaccine order grudges, but to brand this the only con of what can be a tough job despite the perks, seems to me, at best, a joke in poor taste.

Maybe it can be hard to resist an opportunity to get a dig in if one is so inclined.

OP: I've no idea the going rate for specific your role. In smaller companies perks as a standard can be less. Check the level of pension contribution (it will be very unlikely match the civil service IMO). It might be worth ensuring you look for a good base salary if you are giving up lots of good things. Having said that the company's willingness to invest in in-house training does imply a desire to grow and support staff development, etc. Best of luck.

What kind of private sector job starts at €72,000 for ~9 months a year?

its an employees market out there, plenty of jobs , promotions and ways of earning more in the private sector that dont exits in teaching

The OP is taking a calculated risk that might pay off and if it doesnt they have a nice safety net. Fair play to them for taking that chance because few would risk the stability teaching provides.