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Deulcom International. Anyone working/worked for them? Good, bad, indifferent assessments welcome and needed!

Shalana · Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Posts: 150 Location: Istanbul

Check out this website - scroll half way down - there is a list of language schools in Turkey with info.

http://www.geocities.com/sandyhoney2/privatelanguageschools.html

syntax51 · Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:17 pm Post subject: thanks!

Excellent resource on Turkey. Many thanks.

teacherdude · Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 260

I will tell you that EVERY native teacher leaves their Taksim branch because of being paid late.

This usually takes place between April and September. In the summer it's really bad, with employees being paid as much as a month late.

Other than that, nice school and they treat you well, with good resources. Smile

Dude

sandyhoney2 · Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Posts: 189

FGT · Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 762 Location: Turkey

Recently heard negative reports of the branch in Izmir - bad organization, unreliable pay etc

Otterman Ollie · Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 7:09 am Post subject:

Is your old place giving a basic salary or is it just an hourly rate ? BTW moved into the old house yet ?

FGT · Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 762 Location: Turkey

Not sure about terms this year, but last year Academy gave a guaranteed minimum (over the whole contract period) in addition to a reasonable hourly rate.

Not moved into the eski ev yet but will do imminently - it's looking good!

enfrcer92 · Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Istanbul

A current, soon to be former, employee told me some of her coworkers havent been paid in 2 months.

tvik · Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 371 Location: here

i have also heard that they don't pay their employees

ak_tesl · Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 50

I worked at Deulcom for 9 months, and my experience was different from those stated by teacherdude and enfrcr92. As per contract, I always received my salary within the last two weeks of every month.

I had to cut short my contract due to illness in the family. I really enjoyed my stay in Turkey and hope to go back in the near future. I made many friends among the teaching staff and the student body. Deulcom did everything they had promised, and then more: I was picked-up at the airport, the company paid for a one-month stay in a hotel, and they reimbursed my plane ticket from the Czech Republic (my previous post). Furthermore, they paid for and did all the paperwork related to my residence and work permits. On the down side the accommodation provided could have been better, and health insurance is not included in the package.

I would definitely recommend Deulcom to experienced teachers.

Always make sure to bring notarized copies of degrees, diplomas, and certificates in order to obtain a work permit.

teacherdude · Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 260

I am just curious, which branch did you work for?

TD

ak_tesl · Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 50

Adana

teacherdude · Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 260

So they have a branch in Adana.

I knew it couldn't be the Taksim branch.

The owner is based there, and he has no shame in having teachers paid late regularly. Even their DOS got fed up and resigned around April of this years. A decent fellow from Canada.

Dude