Nice colleagues, confusing managementThe good thingsSalary offer for Indonesian teachers was well above other schools. Teachers get assigned their own rooms, this is helpful when you need to focus on your work. Teacher colleagues are kind and cooperative (depends on which department you are at), easy to coordinate work with. Work/life balance is good.
The challengesManagement is confusing in terms of consistency in managing people, giving decisions, and directing people towards the school's vision. They could not translate well what they want into sensible attainable goals but when things get rough, teachers were blamed easily. No opportunities for career development if you are a local, instead if you were in a certain race and caste it was easy & complimented. When your closeness with your superior is the only defining way to get a career chance, the school develop into unhealthy working environment. The way the management tried to dismiss teachers was terrible. Benefits were low, take care of your own with your salary.