So Blue Cow got shut down today and for good reason. The wind is so strong it can blow me across the ice on the road. Really scary. It's snowing, so I forgive it, but the snow is like ice shards, and the wind is so strong it hurts when you have to walk into the wind.
I got no work today, and I think that very lucky in a way, weather-wise.
Again, Perisher is very annoying. They expect me to take lessons on terrain that i don't know- it's retarded. I know not alot is open but still. Everytime someone comes up to me to ask me a question, my answer is I don't know becuase I don't know. No one has told me anything. I don't like it. And I'm getting fed up not knowing anything.
Last night, I was brain storming as to why I came here to teach skiing, or why I chose to go into the skiing industry in the first place. Why I originally chose the skiing industry was because it earns a little more than the minimum wage and I quite enjoy skiing. Then I got my job at COP and I absolutely adored it. I wanted to go into work every morning, snow or sun. The atmosphere was very friendly and we were all one big family. We had great team-work skills and everyone made sure everyone could count of everyone else just in case something went wrong. Everything was shared and it was very wonderful. I wanted an experience just like at COP, for the team-building. What I liked about it was it was individual teaching, but when one of us set up a course with our poles, everyone could use it, if something happened to a kid, another instructor would come up and help you with the rest of your class or with that certain child. You were never left to struggle on your own.
However, here is totally different. It's like a big company in this industry for the money and that's it. They don't care about the safety of their clients or making sure the clients get what they want for their money. That's what I don't like. There is no team-building. No one shares tactics like at COP, no training sessions (as of yet). My toolbox is staying the same and not expanding any from this job. That's what I don't like. At COP, I was always learning new things everyday, and I felt really well supported, that I was cared for and respected as an employee. If you had any questions, people would answer you honestly and helped you out in any case scenario. Especially the team-leads, they were amazing. But at Perisher, they are not your friends. You work by yourself with your group. If you want a course, you set it up yourself, no one will lend you one already set up. If you get in the way of another group momentarily, you receive the death glare from that instructor. I don't feel respected, I feel like a number on the board. I don't think anyone cares the way that you're feeling towards their company, and honestly, I can easily talk badly about Perisher to anyone who asks because they haven't shown me their best side either. I mean, wearing the Perisher uniform doesn't mean anything. We are not informed about anything. It's awful and reflected badly on the company, as it rightly should do.
So as an international instructor, I am not happy with the way Perisher treats their employees. Ta-da.
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