Dropping Post

You will loose 4K + a year on pension for rest of your life .That’s 80 euro a week .Not to be done rashly .You won’t save that in fuel and if you’re going to be alive longer after pension than before it’s a strong reason to stay put .You will loose roughly the same cash in your pocket so the only bonus is the time saved commuting and doing post . Unless you hate it I’d stay put

Ah right , yeah ETB May be different

Same question but in primary. I have an AP2 post and am thinking of resigning it at the end of the summer. Working conditions have become unbearable in my school and the DP is leaving for a new job but for my own mental health I can't be dealing with the principal.

Sounds like my place. Remember you can resign the post at any time, it doesn't have to be at the end of an academic year. Depending on what your post is, do everything by email. It limits the contact you have with the principal and also serves as a paper trail should you need it in the future. If it really does become so bad then you can resign it at any time.

I have a B post and have conducted my duties for the entire year this year without setting foot in the principal's office once - for my own sanity.

I don't know your circumstances but I'd sweat it out for 3 years.

I recall one of our teachers could easily have taken early retirement but he said he was staying around just to annoy the principal (who was actually very nice!).

Bit spiteful I know, but it just goes to show he considered himself the man in charge of his class every day and he was his own boss.

Just an update. I resigned my post last Friday. Couldn't do it anymore. I haven't looked into any of the pension implications but our finances are fairly okay and will have our mortgage paid in around 5 years so I'll look into topping up pension with avcs then. 3 years may be short but mentally I couldn't do it anymore. So better to worry about my current mental health than pension which is still minimum 21 to 22 years away.