I quit my stressful job as an NYC teacher — now I make $1K in 2 days as a Hooters girl
NY Post
From ABCs to double D’s.
For Allinson Chavez, teaching tots the alphabet just wasn’t bringing home the bacon — so the curvy Queens native ditched her grammar school gig to sling chicken wings at Hooters instead.
“I was making $1,000 twice a month as an educator,” Chavez, 32, a single mother of one, told The Post. “Now, I can make $1,000 in two days.”
The money-minded millennial finds herself among a rising number of educators ditching the demands of the classroom due to underwhelming pay — and overwhelming burnout.
A recent report from RAND, a research and development firm, revealed that “the pandemic has exacerbated job-related stress for K-12 school teachers and principals,” causing them to feel twice as overtaxed as other working adults.
In fact, the American Educational Research Association determined that teachers are 40% more likely to report anxiety symptoms than health care workers, 20% more likely than office workers and 30% more than military members, legal experts and farmers.
