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Betti
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 Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:03 pm Post subject: Credit crunch |
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If I can pull this forum back round to teaching....I was wondering how freelancers are faring at the moment. I haven't noticed any difference personally, but then I'm mostly doing government-financed courses and don't work for corporate clients.
This forum seems very slow moving nowadays. I can only assume that everyone working in Italy is happy and busy!! |
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SueH
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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Location: Northern Italy
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| Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 1:14 pm Post subject: Re: Credit crunch |
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| Betti wrote: |
| This forum seems very slow moving nowadays. I can only assume that everyone working in Italy is happy and busy!! |
Well, the snow is _very_ good at the moment so I've been busy!
I think the school reforms, if they get pushed through, may impact on funds availabe for lettrice. Parents are still worried about English teaching in schools and low voti, so that will probably maintain itself. If EU funds continue to come through that should be OK too, but I get the feeling that training organisations don't always pay their teachers what the EU expects them to. I've no evidence but just a gut feeling. |
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Teacher in Rome
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I don't think that many teachers in Italy know about Daves - or if they do - they can't be bothered. Or maybe they're working all the hours they can just to get by!
I haven't seen any reduction in lettrice hours, perhaps because it's the parents who pay, rather than the school. But a private school I also work for hasn't increased my pay in three years. |
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SueH
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Teacher in Rome wrote: |
| But a private school I also work for hasn't increased my pay in three years. |
Have you asked, or are there lots of other qualified teachers available locally? You know me, if I were working in your area I would never undercut another teacher: solidarity sisters! |
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Teacher in Rome
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| No - small town, low price point, not much point in asking. I only work a few hours a week at this school, but it has a lot of benefits not associated with pay, so I'm not really complaining. It was just a point related to the credit crunch question, which was that nothing really has gone up here in three years, including salaries (but excepting petrol, food prices and so on.) |
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SueH
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Right. I suppose around here we get a few benefits from being on the edge of Torino and Milano's economy. Certainly enough complaints about them from the locals over the last few snowy week-ends. They help the local economy but their rudeness isn't much appreciated!
Mind you, prices reflect that. Somebody said they were down in tuscany and bought Parma ham there as it was so much cheaper. |
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Teacher in Rome
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| Have to say I find living here in rural Marche at least as expensive as living in central Rome. Eating out / going to bars is possibly cheaper, but the need to run a car makes life a lot more expensive. Plus we get fleeced on utilities (can't get mains gas, for example) and phone (can't get ADSL, need to pay for mobile access for fast-speed internet). On the other hand, i Milanesi and Torinesi don't bother coming down this far, and i Romani can't be bothered to come and get their feet dirty either. We are a strictly bourgeois-free zone! |
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