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Sadie
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 Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:08 pm Post subject: going under again |
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| Why is it that so many schools in istanbul seem to go bankrupt? In the exact same building on Istiklal cad., three schools have lost it all. First Antik English, now City of London College. The building is cursed by poor management and tight-fisted staff. Like a fool, I agreed to work part-time after my contract was up for two more months and now the school claims that they will not and can not pay me! Be careful whom you choose to work with, and GET A CONTRACT ! Incidentally, if anyone claims that a school just off Istiklal, on Hava sokak, is hiring, don't go for it; be it CLC or otherwise... |
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31
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| Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:14 pm Post subject: Akademi |
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| Before that bulding was City of London College (sic) it was Akademi Istanbul which was a crap ``alternative to a university`` which made up its profits by running English lessons, they employed any old backpacker and paid hourly. Of course when they bankrupted themselves they left debts everywhere. One of the managers has now reinvented himsef and is head of English at Ozel Izmir Turk Koleji. |
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Faustino
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| Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Why did these places go bankrupt? Sinan Bey anyone????!?!?!? |
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Baba Alex
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| Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Faustino wrote: |
| Why did these places go bankrupt? Sinan Bey anyone????!?!?!? |
Because they're crap |
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Faustino
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| Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Well spotted. There does seem to be a direct correllation between Sinan Bey and utter crapness. |
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31
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| Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:41 pm Post subject: crap=going under |
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| By that logic then English Time must be great. |
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Faustino
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| Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Sinan Bey hasn't hit town yet. |
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justme
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| Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 1:15 pm Post subject: |
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A contract doesn't mean dooky, even if you're legal. I left Interlang (before they sold to English Time) with them owing me about $3000. The old owner ran off to San Francisco. If a school goes under there's not a whole lot you can do about it, except leave before they owe you too much. The only reason I stayed that long was because the (foreign) DOS kept optimistically BSing us about the financial situation, even saying that the new owners were taking over the debt. I also stayed because teachers who bailed got nothing. So I got even more nothing.  |
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31
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| Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 1:37 pm Post subject: iNTERLANG |
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By old owner do you mean Levent?
Who was the BSing DOS?
Justme is right. A contract is worthless. I what court are you going to sue? |
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justme
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| Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:03 pm Post subject: Re: iNTERLANG |
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| 31 wrote: |
By old owner do you mean Levent?
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Yes. And it was Jackie painting the rosy picture, though Levent and the others did too. By the time this happened, I knew enough about Turkey not to believe the Turkish bosses about bad news, but I foolishly believed the foreigners and worked my a** off all summer with miserable students whose every complaint was being addressed as though valid, and no A/C to boot, they couldn't afford it.
Even better was when they got a bunch of new teachers, and paid them huge wads of cash right in front of the old teachers in the office begging for 20 mil for electricity and maybe some food...
I suppose Turks can sue one another over breach of contract, but I gather it's expensive and time consuming and hardly worth the trouble for $3000. I looked into suing him in the States, but that too proved impossible since you have to be present to carry out a civil suit... |
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corall
Joined: 23 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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morals of this story are:
a) contracts aren't worth anything - so many people are like "but i have a contract" in the end it's like "who cares?"
b) get out before you get royally screwed - i've definitely been there
my question is how can you work for a place for so long without pay? even if you were working part time (not you justme but sadie) |
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Baba Alex
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| Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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| corall wrote: |
morals of this story are:
a) contracts aren't worth anything - so many people are like "but i have a contract" in the end it's like "who cares?"
b) get out before you get royally screwed - i've definitely been there
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and c) Everything is crap |
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31
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| Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 4:40 pm Post subject: Re: iNTERLANG |
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By old owner do you mean Levent?
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Yes. And it was Jackie painting the rosy picture, though Levent and the others did too
Just one more question do you mean the Jackie who is still a DOS at Interlang/ET or the other large Jackie who used to be a DOS and has now left Turkey? |
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whynotme
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| Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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i have the same question with corall.....you say 3000 USD which is about 4 billion TL which means 2,5 months of working without being paid.....how
could you do that? |
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scot47
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 5:39 am Post subject: |
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| Happens all the time. 2 and a half months ain't nothin, bro, |
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