A teacher recently revealed details about how her life changed after she quit her teaching job to pursue a career at wholesale giant Costco.
Initially speaking to Insider, Maggie Perkins emphasized that the quality of her life is much better now after she decided to give up her position in the classroom for a retail job at the wholesaler.
The 30-year-old told the outlet that while she was passionate about teaching, she was extremely burnt out after working 60-hour weeks for under $50,000.
"The conditions were not sustainable to have a quality of life," she revealed, before adding that they didn't change even after making the switch from public to private school teaching.
Now, in a new interview with Fox Business, Perkins has revealed that her new job as a cashier at Costco allows her to have the balance she's always been looking for.
"There's a term called job creep, which is when additional duties are slowly assigned to you, and then those duties are never relieved from you. And over time, it causes you to be burned out from the first reason you became a teacher, which is loving the students, loving teaching. And then they, you know, remind you [to] remember your why and remember your passion," she explained on the network's show, Varney & Co.
"But my passion couldn't pay my bills, and my passion couldn't help me sleep at night when I was always waiting for the other shoe to drop," the former teacher added.
When being asked about the positives of her new role at Costco, Perkins explained that she enjoys "everything" about the company.
"We grew up going to Costco, and so I've always known that Costco employees are treated well and have a high quality of life. So when there was a new Costco being built in my town, I immediately applied. And there is [sic] more than 3000 applications for less than 300 jobs.
"And I was lucky enough to get one of those jobs," Perkins said.
The 30-year-old also talks about her sudden career switch on TikTok.
"I mean, I just worked seven days straight [at Costco], including Christmas Eve, and I feel fine. As a teacher. It was like I was just surviving every moment. By the time I got to Christmas break, I was so exhausted that I was literally sick. So, yeah, feels pretty good to not be a teacher at this time," Perkins told her 85,000 followers.
Additionally, she creates day-in-the-life videos at her new job and receives hundreds of positive comments praising her for prioritizing her well-being over a job.
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