Hello! Thank you for sharing your opinion. I am a teacher in Michigan. I almost came to Hawai'i to teach when I finished college. I was discouraged by the Department of Education in Hawai'i. They were clear that "mainland" teachers were considered second class citizens.
That's too bad. I know it's hard for some Mainland teachers, especially for years of service qualifications and relating to local kids. Teaching is tough anywhere, but I think it's so hard in Hawaii.
Here on Maui they love Mainland teachers. They do a massive recruit even though there’s many born and raised ( homegrown ) good teachers. Come to Maui ( after the virus ). You’ll make mid 50’s to low 60’s first year with yearly raise. 🍎
@@DV-yr5ow DV, your message caught my eye. I have been teaching for 20 years and I still love it. Your message stood out because it is actually positive. How do teachers survive on Maui with cost of living? I really want to come to Maui to teach and serve my community. Thanks for any advice or info. Are you a teacher?
@@DV-yr5ow This is a bit misleading. We have never gotten yearly raises. Public school teachers only got 1% raises the last 3 years. The first 7 years of teaching here, I got zero raises and instead a pay cut. Yes, I make $63,000/yr now after 14 years of teaching. Still cannot even buy a home and not even a decent condo.
I grew up in a different generation. The toughest jobs during my time was agriculture... Pineapple industry at $2.10/hr .. This pay supported my quest to become a teacher. As a retired teacher, the passion is to prepare your students for their future. You see growth and lifelong friendships. Money does not matter, but the satisfaction of seeing your students contribute to society. I taught both elementary and secondary education in numerous schools of different districts. Every moment was memorable. Yes, testing is important, but teaching is more than preparing for a test. A great teacher could inspire all students to do great.
Bub…..you are wasting your “PASSION” trying to educate pigs!!!!! As a teacher……you get paid crap, little or no respect on the job, go and be a fisherman instead!!! aloha
I worked retail at crazy shirts inside the international market place in the 90s. Pay sucked but I had a fun time working in Waikiki. My second job was at Beyond the beach at aloha tower. I applied for a firefighter academy because of my EMT experience but it was all rigged. If you didn't have an uncle or cousin in the fire department and they found out you were from the mainland....forget it. I moved to the mainland and got a job with an entry level refinery in the SF bay area and was making $100k a year with no college degree. I had fun in hawaii but I couldn't get ahead with out a degree or a family hookup.
Wow. Sounds like a great opportunity in SF. Yeah, it's tough. Too bad there aren't too many jobs like the one you describe. That type of pay would be amazing for entry level jobs.
I found the same response as you. Even with my degree and experience, I am Caucasian and from the mainland,NYC . They needed probation officers,security, teachers ,but the first question asked in interviews was do you have family here? No was the answer and I watched that smile turn round and down lol
If being a public school teacher is horrible, it raises the question, "Why?" Salary aside, if kids are so horrible, it is an indication of a toxic society. I was a public school teacher for 13 years and enjoyed it. Some teachers held down part-time jobs, but that's true of a lot of Hawaii households. Not all public schools are the same which is true across the U.S. Surprisingly, in middle working-class neighborhoods the students tend to be less out of control. Teaching in wealthy and poor neighborhoods each has its respective challenges, "attitude and entitlement" in rich kids, "Why, badda you?" on the opposite end. Rich people don't care because they send their offspring to Punahou, etc., and teaching in those schools has other issues.
If your passion is in one of the STEM field's, you're nuts to live in Hawaii. You could get paid 2x+ more on the mainland, with a much lower cost of living, and a larger house for a fraction of the price in HI. I strongly encourage students with a passion in a STEM field to attend a mainland college and get a job there. You will definitely expand your horizon. It is so limited in Hawaii.
Teachers, firemen, and beach lifeguards are similar in that there are plenty of people lining up willing to do the work for less. Supply and demand. I learned that from my public school teacher.
But do you really want to have teachers, firemen, and lifeguards working for nothing? You get what you pay for, and these are literally life and death jobs. You want them to be highly paid because you only want the best trained most professional.
@@eye2eye899 I didn’t say they should work for nothing. Although I bet many of them would if they were financially secure. Most of them join these professions for the service they can provide and not the money they make.
Dude! when I met one of the teachers at my son's school this person told me has been working for 7 years at the same school and for was a surprise of course! And the main reason was the kids more disciplined and respectful to each other's, they play together and listen to the teachers!!!!. This person was from Boston and teachers is a service in American view like buying burgers but seems in HI is a little bit more than that. Nice video!
In 1949, I had an exchange English and Social Studies teacher from New Jersey. She said that Hawaii had better students than New Jersey. My wife was a school teacher in Turkey and said that she wouldn't want to teach in the US because the students do not respect teachers.
Brah, Securitas put me through school. The only job where I can do homework in-between patrols. Yah, I had to eat rice, Portuguese sausage and spam, however I graduated UH with a 3.2 GPA cheeee!
Thanks so much for sharing your Outlook. I'm a Teacher of 39 years in Colorado. I plan on moving to Hawaii as my daughter is a Resident There as of February 2019. I visited Hawaii in March 2020 to visit my daughter. When I move to Hawaii to be with her, I need to remain in my Field of Teaching! Lol!!!
I really like Colorado. Spent some time in Greeley. Hopefully your teaching experience in CO will get you credit and accreditation toward your status as a teacher in Hawaii.
When I graduated from High School (Iolani, yes a private school) Left Hawaii for College in California ( Majored in Pre-Med), my parents told me not to come back to Hawaii. That was 15 years ago.
Wow. Must have been tough. I graduated high school (public school) around the same time. Went to Mainland for college, but decided to come back after about 9 years. I could have lived in either place.
@@HelloFromHawaii Don't get me wrong, I so miss my "Home." I just live / work in Texas, but in my heart Hawaii will always be "Home." I'd kill for some Chicken Katsu plate lunch right now LOL
When I graduated from High School (Farrington, yes a public school} Left Hawaii for College in Indiana (Majored in Electrical Engineering), my parents didn't have to tell me to not to come back to Hawaii. That was 65 years ago.
ITS CRAP EVERYWHERE politicians big tech, big corps, media entertainment, China. I’m glad these ppl are getting a beat down of their life. I don’t want them 6ft under I want them 60ft under
You ARE a teacher! I just found your videos & love them. I have been to Hawaii once and loved it. My dream is to spend a couple of our worst winter months there when I retire. Not sure it can happen, but I would so love it.
PLEASE mention to EVERYONE watching this on how MANY PEOPLE in HAWAII Work More than just one job!!?? On top of that...How Many People are trying to continue their EDUCATION while Earning a Living working MULTIPLE JOBS just to survive in PARADISE!!!
as a security officer just making $10.50 it was not worth risking my life trying to stop a chronic from bashing in a store window with a chair! 2010. Fort Street Mall. Hawaii is too costly to make a living, many many people have minimum wage jobs and work two jobs in order just to survive. Medical insurance cost in Hawaii is outrageous!
You’re right about IT. I took a pay cut to come here. Now Im bored and I’m going back to my mainland “mansion” and higher pay. Thank for the memories. You can keep Hawaii. Lol
Yeah, it's too bad about the IT industry. We talk a lot about wanting to develop more IT jobs here, but I just don't see it happening. Maybe on a small scale, but then the companies just move elsewhere.
Hello From Hawaii, That and the vacation policies for the corporations here are horrible. I only get 2 weeks total (had 5 weeks at my last job) and my wife only gets 2 weeks and she can’t take less than 5 days in a row. So much for extended weekend inter-island trips. That’s funny that you mention in your other video about impressing people with travel. Goes to show that you can’t get even travel even when you can afford to.
My last boss on Maui(hotel restaurant on Ka'anapali Beach), I took a trip on my normal two day weekend to Wrigley Field, caught a game, spent the night, flew back, took a cab($121)straight from the airport to work, hopped out of the cab, and punched in for my shift, worked. Soon after several things at work, um, changed...details. I left that job within a few weeks after that. Not everyone necessarily is so stoked that you might be able to take trips, even if you are able.to "make it work".(Maui is a bit different though it seems.)
I am a current public school teacher in Hawaii and I can tell you in the last 5 years I've seen many teachers come and go. The pay is actually not bad considering we only work $180 days out of the year. However, once we leave work our work is not done. We have to plan and correct etc. which takes hours. Anyway, the support from administration sucks and other teachers are b#tches. That is why teachers quit. Everyone just wants to cover their own ass they'll throw you under the bus if they have to. About quality of education, it's getting worse and worse each year. In Hawaii at the moment they don't even have a qualified teacher in every classroom. They have substitute teachers working the entire year and the kids don't learn squat. Might I add some "qualified" teachers aren't any better. There are so many other ways to make money nowadays. Why would anyone want to deal with a bunch of kids, bad colleagues and a non-supportive administration? After this pandemic the education system here will probably fall apart after a bunch of teachers quit and no new ones come in. Schools will be filled with a lot of subs (not all subs are bad).
When I (a Harvard graduate and lover of teaching kids) briefly worked for the Department of Education, some Neanderthal idiot TERRIBLE OTHER teachers kept threatening to beat me up (literally), because "I was trying to make them look bad." (In reality, they needed NO HELP looking HORRIBLE as teachers). Two of those "teachers" were local Haoles, the other two "genuine" locals." The "Hawaii" sub-culture that wants everyone to be EQUALLY miserable is really horrible.
there is another website about the differences in education importance. She said there are important thing like teaching kids the Hawaiian lifestyle like teaching dance, large groups of people celebrating a childs teaching in Hawaiian past and lifestyles. I'm sorry if a child is to succeed they need math, sciences, computer knowledge, basic writing software skills. That is how you get ahead in todays world. If Hawaii dept. of education was serious about education teachers would be different. I'm just reading about what I saw on that site. I was amazed, now after seeing you, and your thoughts on education I see why people are sending to private schools, to get an education. Wow
Please interview me. I left in 2018 because of the low pay. I came back in 2022 and I saw the raises are for only HI teachers and ignore mainland experience.
You are exactly right about IT. I have been giving many interviews from past 7 months yet not being able to get hired. And my understanding is the IT here is couple years behind. Also Covid-19 impact may be.
Hello Have you ever read the book RICH DAD POOR DAD ??It is supposed to be written by Robert Kyosaki [ millionaire business man and half Japanese person] As a middle aged adult, he came to the cynical conclusion that public school education is not that good because the education administrators assume that most students will be forced into manual labor on sugarcane plantations or other agricultural work due to lack of lack of planning by the parents. It does not take advanced education to swing a blade and cut cane down.
I have a professional blue collar hard trade license. I looked into positions in my occupation in Hawai'i. When they told me the hourly wage pay, I actually laughed aloud. They also said there was no overtime hour working. I thought, this has got to be a joke! Working class SKILLED Trades (LICENSED Skilled Trades) blue-collar Americans in the mainland only barely escape extreme poverty (the type that results in full-time working homeless scenario) DUE to the reality of being able to steadily, constantly, earn at LEAST 10 (ten) hours of weekly overtime pay! Only then can we remain something on the order of very, very low-middle income life conditions. This is a rarely visited nor acknowledged reality in American working life. The subject of being able to work OVERTIME. Calculate even 21.00 an hour at only 40 straight hours. It's hardly any money at all after tax! (NET income, NOT gross income)!
Y’all need to start some mini indoor ops and grow a little bud like we do here in Cali. Get a 4x4 tent few other things and ur set, use led lights for cheaper pge and u good
A worse job connected to education than being a teacher, is being employed as an after-school care worker. The programs are limited to what they can charge by State law, so wages are minimum wage and having to do many of the things for educational activities that teachers do...for even LESS money and no benefits.
The state should PAY the teachers an honest wage. It should be at least 50% more (more probably) than they getting now. I’m a teacher in California and cannot imagine moving back to HI because of the low teacher pay. It’s so sad. My public school teachers were AMAZING (Kanoelani Elementary and Mililani High). I think I received an excellent public school education in Hawaii. I just wish something crazy would happen that would force them to increase teacher pay.
Teaching. Very noble profession. IF that was what you truly wanted to be. But there's also a joke relating to the study....and it goes like this "What did you really want to be?" Says one master's degree student to the one going for his Masters in Education to become a teacher. In Canada (Ontario) teachers are well taken care of. Lots of good benefits. Nice retirement plans. My father was a high school teacher. We were able to live in one of the better neighbourhoods all our lives and our final home together. Having said that no one pics teaching looking to be wealthy. It should be because you care about the future of our children. To give them a good education. Some teachers are good and into the process. Others are there because they couldn't stay in their intended program. Engineering for example. So they picked something easier. Liked the fact that teachers get the summer off...unless they chose to teach summer school. Teachers should be paid as much as doctors because their role is so vital. Maybe the most vital. As they educate us for our jobs. Or to get into programs for our jobs. It's more important than health sciences (which I'd rank a close 2nd in importance). Police make more money than teachers in Canada. They can make 6 figures. But it has gotten dangerous this year...even in typically "peaceful" Toronto. Oddly COVID19 did something to our city in addition to bring the virus to the people (no matter how much you believe...it's here to a degree).
Speaking for IT as I work for a company called VMware. I would say try to get a government job there are so many military bases here and a lot of IT jobs out there. Hawaii also pays what's called COLA cost of living allowance so an extra like 30-40k a year just because of the cost of living for government contacts.
People in Hawaii are so cut off they don't even know how bad they are living. In Los Angeles we have a lot of homeless drug addicts, but not one of them i would call desperate, the homeless here are very civilized. Everyone here is taken care of, the politicians need to learn how to take care that island, its becoming a shithole.
Jobs i did in hawaii, 5th grade, newspaper boy, 11th grade, boston pizza, freshman in college, sandwich shop, 19 years old, filing in accounting firm, 21 years old YMCA/A plus, 22 skills trainer...
I worked in hawaii in 1990s. Worked at Liberty house store. Got paid $11 per hour. Very hard to survive in hawaii working retail. Many people work 2 jobs to pay the bills
In Hawaii, I don't remember having any homework K-12, but this was from 1938 till 1950. I graduated from Purdue with Cernan and Armstrong, so it wasn't all that bad (for me, anyway).
I've been enjoying a number of your videos and now I'm curious: Who are you? Where do you currently live? What are you doing for a living? If that's not what you want to do, what is? Those are just a few of my questions... I've lived in Hawaii for a number of years and find your information is right on from my experience. I promise. I'm not some weirdo, just a 70-year-old white woman who loves Hawaii and is impressed with these videos.
Had all the work could handle. Charter Fishing boats, airbrushing surfboards around 1970. Started working in Kitchens, learned Ice Carving just word of mouth turned into good second job mostly carving for Hotels. Now retired 6 years taught lots of KCC students how to sharpen knives. I enjoyed teaching for free knew skill teaching them will pay off down the line.
Looking for a serious job in Maui, landscaping, work for roof, preferably in Haiku but anywhere would be awesome. carpentry/landscaping/office ill be in debt to you FOREVER
As a security guard for 8 years, security is for losers. Trade hours of your life for money. No real benefits of working security. Get shit on by people while having no actual power to do anything. Basically a hall monitor. If you work security reflect on where you went wrong in your life.
I personally think that any professional industry is great. Probably lots of opportunity. However, the salaries will probably be lower than you are used to and the cost of living is high.
We loved Hawaii. I hate to tell you but Education in Hawaii is not so great. My son grew up in Hawaii and we moved to Chicago 20 years ago, he struggled educationally. Level of education is really low in Hawaii compared to mainland. People from Hawaii can not really adjust mainland culture. Including us, we miss aloha spirits.
What about the guy who cleans septic tanks? What about the guy who wipes the puke off the barroom floor? What about a door to door salesman? What about newspaper delivery guy? What about all these jobs???
on upcoming elections I hear the importance of supporting education-all talk-no backing topic subsides after elections. Then 20 years in teaching parents became less supportive, was my reason to leave. Yes, too much testing, teaching to meet higher testing results. When I started teaching parents gave me respect , support. Administrators were out and about daily,then came the movement when principals shut their doors, teacher deal with parents. Requirements of post graduate credits necessary in order to move up on salary scale. I loved the first 15 years, was ready to quit by 20th year.
Hawaii definitely needs more physicians, especially in the rural areas. Not sure if they offer incentives to work in underserved areas, such as tuition payments, but it's something to check.
The worst job is the guy who has to power wash the sidewalk every day from all the garbage and human waste in front of the abandoned Walgreens downtown.
Hello From Hawaii, there are too many rough spots. Just got done coming back from the Walgreens on Kapiolani, only to find out that they’re closed and their parking garage has been completely taken over by homeless and they yelled at me to leave.
I would love to watch your vlogs cause I love Hawaii, and travel there at least once a year. But I find your loud background music distracting and makes it difficult to listen to what you’re saying. Maybe turn the music down a couple of notches?
I recall that 3.29 an hour too. You could be working the Pineapple Fields or Sugar Cane Fields and earn that. Back in the good days of Life in America. When a new car cost between 1,900.00 and 2,900.00. A gallon of gas was 32 CENTS. A loaf of bread was 12 CENTS. To rent a studio apartment was $35-50 a month. To buy A HOUSE was between $7,500 and $10,000 (Not a typo!!)
Trade school (Honolulu community college)makes more money than most white collar workers I was laughed at by friends and relatives 40 years ago as a aircraft technician I am about to retire in a few years working for a major airline with mid 6 figure salary plus travel privileges
I wonder what's the best average pay rate that people should live in Hawaii, I'm diesel mechanic 5 years experience I hope there good job opportunities
Please do a video about homeschool, before we move all we heard about was the failing school system and the racism against Mainlanders. So I asked myself why put my child through that? I would just Homeschool. It has worked out great their are many groups of like-mined families who have disengaged from the standard "local" mentality. We are truly blessed to be here in this wonderful land!
I asked our aspiring nurse (daughter) if she would consider looking for a job in Hawaii, knowing that's one of her favorite vacation locations growing up. A resounding NO!!! Why not? She wants to save Hawaii for a happy, getaway vacations, and does not want to relate Hawaii to work. Go figure
Security is one of the worst in pay and customer service. The companies dont appreciate employees but care more for the contracts. There is no job security nor job support. Sometimes issues appear in public where HPD need to intervene because of drug addicts, drug peddlers, psychos, certain clientel and egotistical executive employees that give you a hard time. $14/hr isnt worth giving my life for.
Ty for the reply. I did 15+ yrs in the security field. Its been tough. Ive witnessed situations that most people should not see. Its an unappeciative job in most cases. Only a small few are lucky to have a decent location for work. Ive worked at many locations from Shopping malls to Condos to bodyguard duty. I believe that the companies that hire guard should appreciate the work ethic many guards put out for them. Saying thank you means more than they think. Thanks for taking the time to read my reply. Aloha🖒
I never hear people talk about business jobs when they talk about jobs in hawaii unless it’s associated with the resorts for marketing or coordinating/selling trips so for a guy with a business management major and marketing minor would hawaii have jobs for these people???
Mahalo for the question. I think there are opportunities for people with a business management background. A lot of those jobs will probably be in Downtown Honolulu, which is not where the hotels are.
I think you should be more specific. What is a business job? Tourism makes up the vast majority of the economy. So many jobs will be in customer service. There are professional accounting firms, commercial banks, and small business consulting businesses in Honolulu. If you search, you’ll find them!
Yes, but if you can't afford housing or have to spend tons on your classroom each year it isn't sustainable. Most of the teachers I started with at UH already quit. We have mainland teachers who quit after a month teaching here.
The issue is graduates still trying to look for a good fit in companies. As you say yourself, there aren’t many jobs available at any one time. Entrepreneurship is a bit risky but well worth the payoff if you do succeed. Playing the resume-hiring-salary game is very old school. And no surprise anyone stuck in the rat race has issues making ends meet. And as you point out in another video, many folks can’t even hope to buy a house in their lifetime if on a Hawaii salary.
Your commentary made me very sad that you seem to have given up on your dream of teaching due to a number of factors. What do you do for a living now and is it as fulfilling as teaching was? Or did you not enjoy teaching which led you to quit teaching. I'm just curious.
Actually your wrong: Any job in Hawaii that is required / qualifies as "Full-Time". is Required By State Law to provide 100% paid Healthcare plan It does NOT matter what the Wage amount is !!!!!! The mainland Does Not have this same law
Teachers get no respect. I teach school elementary school. I left Oahu about 1 month before 9/11. Right after the strike which the governor agreed to the terms of ending the strike. Then, once the strike ended, the gov. claimed that there was no money to pay the teachers. Lose money! See yah!
I smiled when you mentioned UH during your teaching segment. The main obstacle for their football program has been talent drain- local talent going to the Mainland to play. Want to get out and see the world, get excitement, away from same same, being around the daily grind to make it financially. Similar to teaching talent it seems. :-(
Yeah, it's tough being a teacher here. When I went to the Mainland, the education system was so different. I had several friends who taught in the public school systems there and they told me it was so much better.
Politics in Hawaii I guess so weak. Maybe luck of governance in Hawaii, the people who are in higher position are need to work hard to serve the people.
Hello! Thank you for sharing your opinion. I am a teacher in Michigan. I almost came to Hawai'i to teach when I finished college. I was discouraged by the Department of Education in Hawai'i. They were clear that "mainland" teachers were considered second class citizens.
That's too bad. I know it's hard for some Mainland teachers, especially for years of service qualifications and relating to local kids. Teaching is tough anywhere, but I think it's so hard in Hawaii.
Here on Maui they love Mainland teachers. They do a massive recruit even though there’s many born and raised ( homegrown ) good teachers. Come to Maui ( after the virus ). You’ll make mid 50’s to low 60’s first year with yearly raise. 🍎
@@DV-yr5ow DV, your message caught my eye. I have been teaching for 20 years and I still love it. Your message stood out because it is actually positive. How do teachers survive on Maui with cost of living? I really want to come to Maui to teach and serve my community. Thanks for any advice or info. Are you a teacher?
@@DV-yr5ow This is a bit misleading. We have never gotten yearly raises. Public school teachers only got 1% raises the last 3 years. The first 7 years of teaching here, I got zero raises and instead a pay cut. Yes, I make $63,000/yr now after 14 years of teaching. Still cannot even buy a home and not even a decent condo.
I grew up in a different generation.
The toughest jobs during my time was agriculture... Pineapple industry at $2.10/hr ..
This pay supported my quest to become a teacher. As a retired teacher, the passion is to prepare your students for their future. You see growth and lifelong friendships. Money does not matter, but the satisfaction of seeing your students contribute to society.
I taught both elementary and secondary education in numerous schools of different districts. Every moment was memorable. Yes, testing is important, but teaching is more than preparing for a test. A great teacher could inspire all students to do great.
Dole Plantation? My mom them used to do that during the summers.
Bub…..you are wasting your “PASSION” trying to educate pigs!!!!! As a teacher……you get paid crap, little or no respect on the job, go and be a fisherman instead!!! aloha
Most of the jobs in Hawaii is lower paid than on the mainland. This sucks.
I worked retail at crazy shirts inside the international market place in the 90s. Pay sucked but I had a fun time working in Waikiki. My second job was at Beyond the beach at aloha tower. I applied for a firefighter academy because of my EMT experience but it was all rigged. If you didn't have an uncle or cousin in the fire department and they found out you were from the mainland....forget it. I moved to the mainland and got a job with an entry level refinery in the SF bay area and was making $100k a year with no college degree. I had fun in hawaii but I couldn't get ahead with out a degree or a family hookup.
Wow. Sounds like a great opportunity in SF. Yeah, it's tough. Too bad there aren't too many jobs like the one you describe. That type of pay would be amazing for entry level jobs.
everything is rigged here, i found out when applying for a county job, and i was told ahead of time who already had the job!
I found the same response as you. Even with my degree and experience, I am Caucasian and from the mainland,NYC . They needed probation officers,security, teachers ,but the first question asked in interviews was do you have family here? No was the answer and I watched that smile turn round and down lol
If being a public school teacher is horrible, it raises the question, "Why?" Salary aside, if kids are so horrible, it is an indication of a toxic society. I was a public school teacher for 13 years and enjoyed it. Some teachers held down part-time jobs, but that's true of a lot of Hawaii households.
Not all public schools are the same which is true across the U.S. Surprisingly, in middle working-class neighborhoods the students tend to be less out of control. Teaching in wealthy and poor neighborhoods each has its respective challenges, "attitude and entitlement" in rich kids, "Why, badda you?" on the opposite end. Rich people don't care because they send their offspring to Punahou, etc., and teaching in those schools has other issues.
That's a good question. Times are getting tough, especially with turnover and distance learning.
If your passion is in one of the STEM field's, you're nuts to live in Hawaii. You could get paid 2x+ more on the mainland, with a much lower cost of living, and a larger house for a fraction of the price in HI. I strongly encourage students with a passion in a STEM field to attend a mainland college and get a job there. You will definitely expand your horizon. It is so limited in Hawaii.
Teachers, firemen, and beach lifeguards are similar in that there are plenty of people lining up willing to do the work for less. Supply and demand. I learned that from my public school teacher.
But do you really want to have teachers, firemen, and lifeguards working for nothing? You get what you pay for, and these are literally life and death jobs. You want them to be highly paid because you only want the best trained most professional.
@@eye2eye899 I didn’t say they should work for nothing. Although I bet many of them would if they were financially secure. Most of them join these professions for the service they can provide and not the money they make.
Dude! when I met one of the teachers at my son's school this person told me has been working for 7 years at the same school and for was a surprise of course! And the main reason was the kids more disciplined and respectful to each other's, they play together and listen to the teachers!!!!. This person was from Boston and teachers is a service in American view like buying burgers but seems in HI is a little bit more than that. Nice video!
In 1949, I had an exchange English and Social Studies teacher from New Jersey. She said that Hawaii had better students than New Jersey. My wife was a school teacher in Turkey and said that she wouldn't want to teach in the US because the students do not respect teachers.
Brah, Securitas put me through school. The only job where I can do homework in-between patrols. Yah, I had to eat rice, Portuguese sausage and spam, however I graduated UH with a 3.2 GPA cheeee!
I'm applying to UH at the moment... how was your experience? What did you study?
@@leiavillamizar1823 I had a blast. T.I.M. course (Travel Industry Management).
Hey bro, here on mainland, I also worked security through first few years of college! Great for life balance
Good for you, that’s a smart move to get through school. Having extra time to study is priceless.
Thanks so much for sharing your Outlook. I'm a Teacher of 39 years in Colorado. I plan on moving to Hawaii as my daughter is a Resident There as of February 2019. I visited Hawaii in March 2020 to visit my daughter. When I move to Hawaii to be with her, I need to remain in my Field of Teaching! Lol!!!
I really like Colorado. Spent some time in Greeley. Hopefully your teaching experience in CO will get you credit and accreditation toward your status as a teacher in Hawaii.
When I graduated from High School (Iolani, yes a private school) Left Hawaii for College in California ( Majored in Pre-Med), my parents told me not to come back to Hawaii. That was 15 years ago.
Wow. Must have been tough. I graduated high school (public school) around the same time. Went to Mainland for college, but decided to come back after about 9 years. I could have lived in either place.
@@HelloFromHawaii Don't get me wrong, I so miss my "Home." I just live / work in Texas, but in my heart Hawaii will always be "Home." I'd kill for some Chicken Katsu plate lunch right now LOL
When I graduated from High School (Farrington, yes a public school} Left Hawaii for College in Indiana (Majored in Electrical Engineering), my parents didn't have to tell me to not to come back to Hawaii. That was 65 years ago.
ITS CRAP EVERYWHERE
politicians big tech, big corps, media entertainment, China.
I’m glad these ppl are getting a beat down of their life. I don’t want them 6ft under I want them 60ft under
You ARE a teacher! I just found your videos & love them. I have been to Hawaii once and loved it. My dream is to spend a couple of our worst winter months there when I retire. Not sure it can happen, but I would so love it.
PLEASE mention to EVERYONE watching this on how MANY PEOPLE in HAWAII Work More than just one job!!?? On top of that...How Many People are trying to continue their EDUCATION while Earning a Living working MULTIPLE JOBS just to survive in PARADISE!!!
I think I mentioned that in one of my other videos. Thanks for bringing it up, though. Mahalo!
as a security officer just making $10.50 it was not worth risking my life trying to stop a chronic from bashing in a store window with a chair! 2010. Fort Street Mall. Hawaii is too costly to make a living, many many people have minimum wage jobs and work two jobs in order just to survive. Medical insurance cost in Hawaii is outrageous!
Sorry to hear that. It's tough in Hawaii.
You’re right about IT. I took a pay cut to come here. Now Im bored and I’m going back to my mainland “mansion” and higher pay. Thank for the memories. You can keep Hawaii. Lol
Yeah, it's too bad about the IT industry. We talk a lot about wanting to develop more IT jobs here, but I just don't see it happening. Maybe on a small scale, but then the companies just move elsewhere.
Hello From Hawaii, That and the vacation policies for the corporations here are horrible. I only get 2 weeks total (had 5 weeks at my last job) and my wife only gets 2 weeks and she can’t take less than 5 days in a row. So much for extended weekend inter-island trips. That’s funny that you mention in your other video about impressing people with travel. Goes to show that you can’t get even travel even when you can afford to.
My last boss on Maui(hotel restaurant on Ka'anapali Beach), I took a trip on my normal two day weekend to Wrigley Field, caught a game, spent the night, flew back, took a cab($121)straight from the airport to work, hopped out of the cab, and punched in for my shift, worked. Soon after several things at work, um, changed...details. I left that job within a few weeks after that.
Not everyone necessarily is so stoked that you might be able to take trips, even if you are able.to "make it work".(Maui is a bit different though it seems.)
Nash Bruce, wow that’s a quick trip. I’m from Chicago originally and can’t wait to get back to Wrigley. Go Cubs!
I am a Coloradoan who's tossing around moving to HI after working for the Colorado Driver’s License Division for 17 years.
I am a current public school teacher in Hawaii and I can tell you in the last 5 years I've seen many teachers come and go. The pay is actually not bad considering we only work $180 days out of the year. However, once we leave work our work is not done. We have to plan and correct etc. which takes hours. Anyway, the support from administration sucks and other teachers are b#tches. That is why teachers quit. Everyone just wants to cover their own ass they'll throw you under the bus if they have to. About quality of education, it's getting worse and worse each year. In Hawaii at the moment they don't even have a qualified teacher in every classroom. They have substitute teachers working the entire year and the kids don't learn squat. Might I add some "qualified" teachers aren't any better. There are so many other ways to make money nowadays. Why would anyone want to deal with a bunch of kids, bad colleagues and a non-supportive administration? After this pandemic the education system here will probably fall apart after a bunch of teachers quit and no new ones come in. Schools will be filled with a lot of subs (not all subs are bad).
When I (a Harvard graduate and lover of teaching kids) briefly worked for the Department of Education, some Neanderthal idiot TERRIBLE OTHER teachers kept threatening to beat me up (literally), because "I was trying to make them look bad." (In reality, they needed NO HELP looking HORRIBLE as teachers). Two of those "teachers" were local Haoles, the other two "genuine" locals." The "Hawaii" sub-culture that wants everyone to be EQUALLY miserable is really horrible.
there is another website about the differences in education importance. She said there are important thing like teaching kids the Hawaiian lifestyle like teaching dance, large groups of people celebrating a childs teaching in Hawaiian past and lifestyles. I'm sorry if a child is to succeed they need math, sciences, computer knowledge, basic writing software skills. That is how you get ahead in todays world. If Hawaii dept. of education was serious about education teachers would be different. I'm just reading about what I saw on that site. I was amazed, now after seeing you, and your thoughts on education I see why people are sending to private schools, to get an education. Wow
Please interview me. I left in 2018 because of the low pay. I came back in 2022 and I saw the raises are for only HI teachers and ignore mainland experience.
You are exactly right about IT. I have been giving many interviews from past 7 months yet not being able to get hired. And my understanding is the IT here is couple years behind. Also Covid-19 impact may be.
Is this also true for remote positions?
67000 per person is low income?
Thats considered above avg for HOUSEHOLD in some areas of mainland.
Hello Have you ever read the book RICH DAD POOR DAD ??It is supposed to be written by Robert Kyosaki [ millionaire business man and half Japanese person]
As a middle aged adult, he came to the cynical conclusion that public school education is not that good because the education administrators assume that most students will
be forced into manual labor on sugarcane plantations or other agricultural work due to lack of lack of planning by the parents.
It does not take advanced education to swing a blade and cut cane down.
I have a professional blue collar hard trade license.
I looked into positions in my occupation in Hawai'i.
When they told me the hourly wage pay, I actually laughed aloud.
They also said there was no overtime hour working.
I thought, this has got to be a joke!
Working class SKILLED Trades (LICENSED Skilled Trades) blue-collar Americans in the mainland only barely escape extreme poverty (the type that results in full-time working homeless scenario) DUE to the reality of being able to steadily, constantly, earn at LEAST 10 (ten) hours of weekly overtime pay!
Only then can we remain something on the order of very, very low-middle income life conditions.
This is a rarely visited nor acknowledged reality in American working life.
The subject of being able to work OVERTIME.
Calculate even 21.00 an hour at only 40 straight hours.
It's hardly any money at all after tax!
(NET income, NOT gross income)!
Thanks for sharing your experience. The salaries here are just not comparable.
COVID-19 is killing the game right now in Hawaii.
Killing? We dead already
You mean everybody.
We need to be politically correct.
Otherwise we will be called racist.
Y’all need to start some mini indoor ops and grow a little bud like we do here in Cali. Get a 4x4 tent few other things and ur set, use led lights for cheaper pge and u good
Sir, run for local office. Work on local issues, minimum wage, and teachers pay
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A worse job connected to education than being a teacher, is being employed as an after-school care worker. The programs are limited to what they can charge by State law, so wages are minimum wage and having to do many of the things for educational activities that teachers do...for even LESS money and no benefits.
The state should PAY the teachers an honest wage. It should be at least 50% more (more probably) than they getting now. I’m a teacher in California and cannot imagine moving back to HI because of the low teacher pay. It’s so sad. My public school teachers were AMAZING (Kanoelani Elementary and Mililani High). I think I received an excellent public school education in Hawaii. I just wish something crazy would happen that would force them to increase teacher pay.
Teaching. Very noble profession. IF that was what you truly wanted to be. But there's also a joke relating to the study....and it goes like this "What did you really want to be?" Says one master's degree student to the one going for his Masters in Education to become a teacher.
In Canada (Ontario) teachers are well taken care of. Lots of good benefits. Nice retirement plans. My father was a high school teacher. We were able to live in one of the better neighbourhoods all our lives and our final home together.
Having said that no one pics teaching looking to be wealthy. It should be because you care about the future of our children. To give them a good education. Some teachers are good and into the process. Others are there because they couldn't stay in their intended program. Engineering for example. So they picked something easier. Liked the fact that teachers get the summer off...unless they chose to teach summer school.
Teachers should be paid as much as doctors because their role is so vital. Maybe the most vital. As they educate us for our jobs. Or to get into programs for our jobs. It's more important than health sciences (which I'd rank a close 2nd in importance). Police make more money than teachers in Canada. They can make 6 figures. But it has gotten dangerous this year...even in typically "peaceful" Toronto. Oddly COVID19 did something to our city in addition to bring the virus to the people (no matter how much you believe...it's here to a degree).
Speaking for IT as I work for a company called VMware. I would say try to get a government job there are so many military bases here and a lot of IT jobs out there. Hawaii also pays what's called COLA cost of living allowance so an extra like 30-40k a year just because of the cost of living for government contacts.
Great suggestion on a government job.
Seems like a dev could get a job in SF and work remotely from Hawaii. High-salary and no commute.
People in Hawaii are so cut off they don't even know how bad they are living. In Los Angeles we have a lot of homeless drug addicts, but not one of them i would call desperate, the homeless here are very civilized. Everyone here is taken care of, the politicians need to learn how to take care that island, its becoming a shithole.
California?!
What needs to change for the conditions to improve for teachers? Public pressure on state leaders?
I'm not sure what needs to change. It's a complex issue.
I would have thought Hawaii would have an entrepreneurial spirit. With an IT background and a DIY spirit, the sky is the limit!
Jobs i did in hawaii, 5th grade, newspaper boy, 11th grade, boston pizza, freshman in college, sandwich shop, 19 years old, filing in accounting firm, 21 years old YMCA/A plus, 22 skills trainer...
Worst jobs in Hawai'i = any job that you have to work for peanuts.
You, my man, just summed up a 17min video. Respect
Amen
I worked in hawaii in 1990s. Worked at Liberty house store. Got paid $11 per hour. Very hard to survive in hawaii working retail. Many people work 2 jobs to pay the bills
Sad when Liberty House closed. I remember it at Windward Mall.
One of the best education systems in the world does not do homework in K-8 level, but they do have longer school days (Finland)
In Hawaii, I don't remember having any homework K-12, but this was from 1938 till 1950. I graduated from Purdue with Cernan and Armstrong, so it wasn't all that bad (for me, anyway).
Public school on Maui was rough, but I doubt private school would have been better...
I'm not sure I know any of the private schools on Maui. Does Kamehameha have a campus?
I've been enjoying a number of your videos and now I'm curious: Who are you? Where do you currently live? What are you doing for a living? If that's not what you want to do, what is? Those are just a few of my questions... I've lived in Hawaii for a number of years and find your information is right on from my experience. I promise. I'm not some weirdo, just a 70-year-old white woman who loves Hawaii and is impressed with these videos.
Had all the work could handle. Charter Fishing boats, airbrushing surfboards around 1970. Started working in Kitchens, learned Ice Carving just word of mouth turned into good second job mostly carving for Hotels. Now retired 6 years taught lots of KCC students how to sharpen knives. I enjoyed teaching for free knew skill teaching them will pay off down the line.
Mahalo for sharing and passing along your knowledge to students for free.
Looking for a serious job in Maui, landscaping, work for roof, preferably in Haiku but anywhere would be awesome. carpentry/landscaping/office
ill be in debt to you FOREVER
Exactly what are you saying .
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As a security guard for 8 years, security is for losers. Trade hours of your life for money. No real benefits of working security. Get shit on by people while having no actual power to do anything. Basically a hall monitor. If you work security reflect on where you went wrong in your life.
just like here in alaska, funny how both states rank among the worst in education
Great videos! Very informative!
What are your thoughts about accounting industry and physiotherapy? Thank you from Vancouver, BC.
I personally think that any professional industry is great. Probably lots of opportunity. However, the salaries will probably be lower than you are used to and the cost of living is high.
We loved Hawaii. I hate to tell you but Education in Hawaii is not so great. My son grew up in Hawaii and we moved to Chicago 20 years ago, he struggled educationally. Level of education is really low in Hawaii compared to mainland. People from Hawaii can not really adjust mainland culture. Including us, we miss aloha spirits.
Yeah, the education system struggles, hence why Hawaii has one of the highest private school rates in the country.
Finance jobs means Hawaii is located 6 hours back from east
coast. It’s already hard for west
coasters in the Mainland.
I wanted to be a teacher but had to drop out of college due to health problems.
What about the guy who cleans septic tanks? What about the guy who wipes the puke off the barroom floor? What about a door to door salesman? What about newspaper delivery guy? What about all these jobs???
Some of those jobs are union jobs so maybe not so bad. I think the hardest jobs are the ones that require you to work several part-time jobs.
I love your channel!
on upcoming elections I hear the importance of supporting education-all talk-no backing topic subsides after elections. Then 20 years in teaching parents became less supportive, was my reason to leave. Yes, too much testing, teaching to meet higher testing results. When I started teaching parents gave me respect , support. Administrators were out and about daily,then came the movement when principals shut their doors, teacher deal with parents. Requirements of post graduate credits necessary in order to move up on salary scale. I loved the first 15 years, was ready to quit by 20th year.
I was a lifeguard on the North Shore while at UH. Back in the 80s I was making almost $10. I can't imagine what they are payed today.
The state and the unions take care of each other here. Appreciate you keeping it real.
Mahalo for watching
I’m going to medical school and would like to do my residency in my home Hawaii, what do doctors get paid? Can I live?
Hawaii definitely needs more physicians, especially in the rural areas. Not sure if they offer incentives to work in underserved areas, such as tuition payments, but it's something to check.
Kudos to you.....very informative
Mahalo!
Send your kid to charter school. It's like a mix of private and public school without the tuition.
Charter schools are a great suggestion. I student taught at one long ago.
10 dollars an hour!
Omaigahd!!
That's ONE roll of QUARTERS working a FULL hour of working!!
A roll of QUARTERS !!!
why doesnt he have more subscribers
Most people have 2nd or even 3rd jobs in Hawaii. That said, it’s almost a badge of honor. Mo money cuz!
Hmm a remote I.T. position sounds pretty reasonable, no?
It depends on the salary, but it could work.
The worst job is the guy who has to power wash the sidewalk every day from all the garbage and human waste in front of the abandoned Walgreens downtown.
That's a pretty rough spot.
Hello From Hawaii, there are too many rough spots. Just got done coming back from the Walgreens on Kapiolani, only to find out that they’re closed and their parking garage has been completely taken over by homeless and they yelled at me to leave.
I would love to watch your vlogs cause I love Hawaii, and travel there at least once a year. But I find your loud background music distracting and makes it difficult to listen to what you’re saying. Maybe turn the music down a couple of notches?
I started working at McDonalds as a fry cook for$3.29 an hour .. I still remember that
Wow, what year was that, and was it in Hawaii?
in 1956 I worked in the pineapple cannery for $1.10 and hour! Made me appreciate hard work though.
I recall that 3.29 an hour too.
You could be working the Pineapple Fields or Sugar Cane Fields and earn that.
Back in the good days of Life in America.
When a new car cost between 1,900.00 and 2,900.00.
A gallon of gas was 32 CENTS.
A loaf of bread was 12 CENTS.
To rent a studio apartment was $35-50 a month.
To buy A HOUSE was between $7,500 and $10,000
(Not a typo!!)
Unfortunately too many jobs in HI pay $10-12/hr, esp considering that living wage there has been determined to be $37/hr
Yeah, I think that's why many have to work multiple jobs just to make it.
@@HelloFromHawaii or maybe that's why quite many people live on the beaches
Cellular retail is great pay 💰
Very interesting, thank you
Glad you enjoyed it
Trade school (Honolulu community college)makes more money than most white collar workers I was laughed at by friends and relatives 40 years ago as a aircraft technician I am about to retire in a few years working for a major airline with mid 6 figure salary plus travel privileges
8:30 I was wondering, does this issue also apply to professors at Universities teaching there?
yep.
I wonder what's the best average pay rate that people should live in Hawaii,
I'm diesel mechanic 5 years experience I hope there good job opportunities
That's a tough question. At $10.10 for minimum wage in Hawaii, it's hard to make ends meet for those workers.
I can vouch for everything you said about security is true!
Please do a video about homeschool, before we move all we heard about was the failing school system and the racism against Mainlanders. So I asked myself why put my child through that? I would just Homeschool. It has worked out great their are many groups of like-mined families who have disengaged from the standard "local" mentality. We are truly blessed to be here in this wonderful land!
I asked our aspiring nurse (daughter) if she would consider looking for a job in Hawaii, knowing that's one of her favorite vacation locations growing up. A resounding NO!!!
Why not? She wants to save Hawaii for a happy, getaway vacations, and does not want to relate Hawaii to work. Go figure
Smart response. It's different when you live here.
Figure? Not difficult to see she doesn't intend to enjoy her life's journey which includes work life.I wouldn't want to be one of her patients.
Security is one of the worst in pay and customer service. The companies dont appreciate employees but care more for the contracts. There is no job security nor job support. Sometimes issues appear in public where HPD need to intervene because of drug addicts, drug peddlers, psychos, certain clientel and egotistical executive employees that give you a hard time. $14/hr isnt worth giving my life for.
It's a tough job, especially now. I give them a lot of credit.
Ty for the reply. I did 15+ yrs in the security field. Its been tough. Ive witnessed situations that most people should not see. Its an unappeciative job in most cases. Only a small few are lucky to have a decent location for work. Ive worked at many locations from Shopping malls to Condos to bodyguard duty. I believe that the companies that hire guard should appreciate the work ethic many guards put out for them. Saying thank you means more than they think. Thanks for taking the time to read my reply. Aloha🖒
The tourist industry is a billions of dollars a year industry and the employees some of the lowest paid.
Hey great channel! If I may ask, what is your profession? 🤗
I'm a research analyst.
I never hear people talk about business jobs when they talk about jobs in hawaii unless it’s associated with the resorts for marketing or coordinating/selling trips so for a guy with a business management major and marketing minor would hawaii have jobs for these people???
Mahalo for the question. I think there are opportunities for people with a business management background. A lot of those jobs will probably be in Downtown Honolulu, which is not where the hotels are.
I think you should be more specific. What is a business job? Tourism makes up the vast majority of the economy. So many jobs will be in customer service. There are professional accounting firms, commercial banks, and small business consulting businesses in Honolulu. If you search, you’ll find them!
What about specialized chef ?? How is the salary and benefit?
It could be tough now that the restaurants are struggling.
You don't go into teaching for money you do it for the love of teaching.
That's true
Yes, but if you can't afford housing or have to spend tons on your classroom each year it isn't sustainable. Most of the teachers I started with at UH already quit. We have mainland teachers who quit after a month teaching here.
It should not be mutually exclusive though. Such a challenging and inspiring role should be rewarded accordingly.
Pay them what they deserve!
I found out my 5th grade teacher sent her daughter to a private school too.
The issue is graduates still trying to look for a good fit in companies. As you say yourself, there aren’t many jobs available at any one time. Entrepreneurship is a bit risky but well worth the payoff if you do succeed. Playing the resume-hiring-salary game is very old school. And no surprise anyone stuck in the rat race has issues making ends meet. And as you point out in another video, many folks can’t even hope to buy a house in their lifetime if on a Hawaii salary.
Went to UH, got a degree, made good money saving lives.
Your commentary made me very sad that you seem to have given up on your dream of teaching due to a number of factors. What do you do for a living now and is it as fulfilling as teaching was? Or did you not enjoy teaching which led you to quit teaching. I'm just curious.
Right now, it’s any job you can’t do at home.
Actually your wrong: Any job in Hawaii that is required / qualifies as "Full-Time". is Required By State Law to provide 100% paid Healthcare plan
It does NOT matter what the Wage amount is !!!!!! The mainland Does Not have this same law
How would you define "full time"? 40 hours per week?
Aaaaand COVID hitting the reset button in 3....2.... 👀
Teachers get no respect. I teach school elementary school. I left Oahu about 1 month before 9/11. Right after the strike which the governor agreed to the terms of ending the strike. Then, once the strike ended, the gov. claimed that there was no money to pay the teachers. Lose money! See yah!
Is $10.10 the current minimum wage in Hawaii? I thought with the higher cost of living their it would be more than New York.
Yes, it's currently at $10.10 an hour.
It is going to be awhile till I can afford to live in Hawaii.
Its 15 dollars minimum wage in seattle and not as expensive to live .. waaaawww
When you say teacher do you mean Professor as well
Academia is a pretty good job here. Depends on if you're tenured or not, I suppose.
What's the major college in Hawaii?
What is the average teacher salary in Hawaii? Did you actually say $49k+?!
You have the best tools 🔧 please fix Hawaii homelesnes problems and yes pass this law that people on drugs be deported immediately
This should have been titled why being a teacher sucks
lol
Guess I'll just go to Cali like all the other IT people ;~;
Seattle can be expensive but there's a huge job market for IT there
I smiled when you mentioned UH during your teaching segment. The main obstacle for their football program has been talent drain- local talent going to the Mainland to play. Want to get out and see the world, get excitement, away from same same, being around the daily grind to make it financially. Similar to teaching talent it seems. :-(
Yeah, it's tough being a teacher here. When I went to the Mainland, the education system was so different. I had several friends who taught in the public school systems there and they told me it was so much better.
Computers ruined education for the zoomers and beyond.
What will the govt do about it?
Time to redefine education.
Politics in Hawaii I guess so weak. Maybe luck of governance in Hawaii, the people who are in higher position are need to work hard to serve the people.
so. what is your job..? CZcamsr...?
Analyst. Not CZcamsr.
What is your job? Im so curious now
Research Analyst.
Teachers are paid very well, avg 60- 80k when accounted for hours worked and full benefits and months off
6 figures in NYC...
I live in Hawaii :p
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