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[Been There, Taught That]

The last thing I want to do here is start a complaint session. In fact, if it starts getting down to that, I'll have to delete this question, I guess. But I want honest opinions about this question:

Why do employers (private mostly, of course, but also public school) consider holding to the 'letter of the contract' so important when it comes to employee violation and behavior, but not when it comes to that of the employer? Can it all be blamed on a simple double standard, or the lure of eassy money, something as one sided as that?

What I mean is, steps to run an honest shop and, therefore, prevent the necessary coverups and excuses should, you would think, be taken. If business is business, employers cannot, if they want to survive, operate on a level not good for business. Part of that means working with employees, no matter who they are, to solve difficulties and keep teachers long-term, rather than constantly feeding foreign employee turnover.

But the opposite of all this is frequently the norm, epecially at the private schools. The burden of business pass/fail is often placed upon the foreign employee. This doesn't apply across the board, naturally, but the good reputation certainly burns in the bonfire of the bad, nationwide.

[cruisemonkey]