does not seem unreasonable to me.....
i am in jaaland so can't comment on salaries there...but your approach seems reasonable....
now all it requires is your employer to be reasonable also...
would'nt be the first time someone built things up with a similar expectation only to be disappointed...''goodbye mr.eddison....!!''
well if you have to go you might as well blow all the fuses on the way...so ask him to talk...tell him your problem and your solution..
who knows...it might just work...or go part of the way...
if not you're better off without him....and get started somewhere else..but if you like instructing maybe you can still do it part time where finantially you are not dependant on it...and you do'nt bust your ass for someone who does'nt give a s%$t for having a happy crew round him... i have instructed for many years but it was'nt my livlihood...and you know there is some benefit to that.
we all feel unappreciated at times...but you do'nt have to give up instructing just for some cold hearted businessman.
i am assuming of course since you sound a reasonable person that your plan is not be own 51% of his business after 3 years...!!!!
anyway...good luck
the dean.