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I suppose I -- ney, we -- should be happy. Personally I woke up this morning thinking I'd be out of a job by the end of the day. Or rather, in a foreign country halfway around the world out of a job. A slightly important distinction.
But no, it's not as bad as we thought. I suppose I should consider myself lucky. Others, like Ralph, have a wife and kid, or else 1,000 lira rent payments, or both. With me it's just me. I can live on half a month's salary, at least for a while, say, half a month. Save? Oh, who needs to save? I never have.
It was in reality the best, or at least in the ballpark, deal that our bosses at EF could have cut. After all, they didn't change the law that dropped the English requirement for many majors, a change that overnight dropped our English enrollement from 54 classes to 38, a loss of several hundred students.
Contracts? Sure, we had contracts that stated that we were to be informed at least 30 days in advance of any pending changes to said contracts. We got exactly one day's notice that our old contracts were null and void and the new ones, with those dazzling salaries, will go into effect immediately. Not only will we have half salary, but we all will have larger classes! Explanations were demanded.
'Apparently contracts in Turkey are worthless,' several teachers noted. Perhaps, we were informed, or it could be that in this country things are done just a little bit differently.
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'It could be that if that's what you decide it is,' our bosses said (it should be noted they took several body blows, in a metaphorical sense).
Another teacher observed that 'in a court of law' such an apparant breach of contract would not stand.
'Of course, I'm only speaking hypothetically.'
İn fairness, our bosses explained up front that they had been left with two choices: either the present deal, or layoffs. They acknowledged it was a shit sandwich, but went on to say that the university, with which EF itself had had a contract, had given same. Shit rolls downhill.
Nobody was happy. Several teachers were outright livid.
'Fifty percent,' one said, visibly pissed. 'So I guess I cut my daughter's food in half. ı wonder if anybody above us has taken any of the pain?'
Other teachers wondered about this as well. Our bosses insisted they only knew what they were telling us.
'We of course realize the position this puts most of you in,' they said. 'And we realize you may at this point choose to leave, or at least look for other work. We have thought about all these things already.'
'And will you tell our landlords to accept a half-month's rent?' one woman asked.
'Of course we can write letters for you. Whether anyone listens to them is of course quite another matter...'
Other questions came. If the new contract goes into effect on Monday, will we still get full pay for the first half of the month? If some teachers choose to leave, will their hours be passed on to those who choose to remain? And how would the new schedule be split up?
'Obviously the university doesn't care about the quality of education it's giving its students, but still ...'
Actually the university's hands were tied in a legal sense. Since the new mandate was from the national government, private universities that chose to flout the new law did so at their own legal peril. Also, as one teacher conceded, in some ways the university's decision to enforce the law made good business sense. That is, the university stood to lose even more students by sticking with the old English requirements if students realized they could just enroll at another university.
The meeting gradually came to an end. Most people were still unsatisfied. Grim faces stared into space, or else out at the gray Friday afternoon outside the windows. It had been raining since lunch.
As for myself, I was a bit relieved. Becoming unemployed at this particular juncture would have been highly convenient. I raised my hand and thanked the bosses for at least saving us from layoffs, figuring it would give all of us some wiggle room to look for work on the side.
A few others agreed.
'But check your tires when you leave,' one teacher joked.
'Oh don't worry,' our boss said, returning the joke. 'In fact, I'm moving this weekend.'
Outside, a few of us had a cigarette while others headed for the Metro. Some were heading to so-and-so's later for drinks, invitations were tossed out in the rain. One of the teachers, a friend of mine, one of the guys with a wife and kid, looked at me like I was Judas.
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Later I caught the Metro and headed to Taksim. The Beer House was open, so I went in and upstairs to the terrace. It was almost deserted, but I settled into a seat at the far end. It was ironic, remembering that exactly one week before everyone had been there, we were all happy and having a great time. A waiter brought me a beer and I sat and looked out at the ships in the Bosphorous. It was still raining. It began to rain harder, but oddly, the sun began to come out and even (swear to God!) a rainbow, which stretched out across the grey sky and down over the jumble of buildings. I felt depressed, but not too bad. What was the headline in the Turkish Daily News this morning? 'Unemployment at 12.8 percent.' Does it make me a sell-out for being happy to have a job, even at 50 percent? Well, for one I'm not happy. And two, there are a lot of people who don't --
I finished one beer and had another. The waiter offered to go down the street and get me a pack of cigarettes. I told him no thanks and asked for the bill. It was 18 lira. I didn't leave a tip, rationalizing that I could have bought the same beers at another cafe down the street for only 12 lira.
I went out to Istiklal Caddesi and went for a walk. It was raining but no too badly. I've always liked the rain.
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It's interesting to read your blog - tho from the by-line of being in Prague I was confused why you were losing work to a Turkish Law, so I read back some and figured out you've relocated. I taught English in China 86-88 so I understand a bit of the experience you share. I've also had a garden book to write in my head for years now. It's still in the pre-writing stage, I guess you'd say... Like everything else, no matter how much you love to do something, if you HAVE to do it, it becomes work, and as an old friend used to say, "It's called work for a reason, not vacation." Ah well...
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Thanks for reading Janet. Fortunately the Turkish law does not lift the requirement for all college students, just some majors. Anyway the folks at EF say they should have some new classes at some companies coming soon, so hopefully this pinch will be temporary. I taught company courses in Prague so it would be nothing new.
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