Prahaha

yeah it's been a while. I'm guessing I oughta change the name of my blog now.

So here I am safely ensconced back in Prague. But it has been a battle. First of all my job turned out not to be the job I hoped it would be. After accepting the position and resigning from Vodafone, with my life in boxes and the contract on my apartment anulled, my new employers then decided to demote me and cut my pay. Before I even set foot in the building. Then even worse shocks were to come. The busy account I was supposed to be working on turned out not to be so busy. When my wages finally did come I found that they had misinformed me about the 'net amount' I was supposed to get, and I significantly worse off, like a months rent worse off.

I did consult lawyers but because I'd signed the contract there was not a lot could be done. Dumb ass.

So after a lot of stress I have tried to become zen with this shakey, sloppy and at times downright dishonest introduction to the company. In real terms it is still not a bad job. And it is not an awful wage, but it is not a wage I would have moved back for.

However in this economic climate I am stuck between a rock and a hard place, and I have not been here long enough to show them my stellar skills and use them as a bargaining chip.

To cut a long story short, I'm stuffed and earning less than I did as a copywriter 3 years ago.

Anyway the plan is to stay here for a year, get some agency experience, and perhaps move back to Turkey, should things with the man work out well.

For the moment I am staying with my friend steve, and will probably continue to do so until such time as my trial period is over on January 1st.

On the bright side though, I lobbied for more work and got to work on some fun things like an energy drink and vaginal infection cream.

I should also be taking over the O2 account soon. So back to the exciting world of telcoms.

So I'm here. Not entirely happy but not entirely miserable either. Rather tired of fighting and endless negotiations with a company who I don't believe are malicious, just slightly incompetent.

I'm also glad that I didn't sign up for a rather smashing penthouse apartment this week. That would have left me really screwed! I am now looking at more modest little abodes.

ho hum.