Location: Pitaria
Topic discussed: Work hour expectations and healthcare
Cultural and/or linguistic topics you and your partner learned:
Arzu and I went to Pitaria for this session. We had some delicious Greek food while discussing the work environment expectations and healthcare. In Turkey, the companies don’t pay managers overtime but they do pay the regular workers overtime. Foreign companies give your extra hours to you in holiday time off. The extra hours are not mandatory, and they are fairly liberal with the hours that their employees come and go (8-5/ 9-6). The extra hours tend to be a common theme in Turkey. An example that Arzu gave me was of when she was a manager for H&M, a Sweedish company, she might work from 8-5 but wouldn’t be surprised if she received an invitation to a meeting at 7pm. She would be expected to be there. Another thing I found interesting is that some companies do not give a lunch break to their employees.
Arzu and I also discussed health insurance. In Turkey, health insurance is typically from the government. With that insurance, you can only go to government hospitals. The private hospitals only take private insurance. The best doctors tend to work for either private hospitals or they start their own practice. This is a recent change in Turkish law. It was changed because many of the great doctors would work for the government, and receive a salary, and then have their private practice and get money that way as well. This change allows for a fairer system.
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