14.11.2026 10:11
A young university graduate woman working at BİM drew attention with her statements describing her sadness at not being able to practice her profession. The young woman, who stated that she was a graduate of the School of Physical Education and Sports (BESYO), said that everyone from her manager at the store where she works to the other staff had graduated from the same department. Explaining that there were even national athletes among them, the woman expressed her disappointment with the words, "I can't help thinking, did we study all these years for nothing?"
University graduates' difficulties in finding jobs and practicing their professions have once again come to the agenda with the statements of a chain market employee. A young woman, a Physical Education and Sports graduate working at BİM, said that despite years of education she could not find a job in her field and told of her disappointment.
"DID WE STUDY ALL THESE YEARS FOR NOTHING?"
Explaining that after all her efforts during her university education she had to work in a different sector, the young woman said: "I can't help thinking, did we study all these years for nothing? We went to school for years, took exams, finished university. Now I work at a chain market."
"WE HAVE ALL GRADUATED FROM FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITIES"
Stating that the other staff at the market where she works are in the same situation as her, the young woman explained that all employees, including the store manager and assistant manager, are Physical Education and Sports graduates.
Here are the young woman's words;
“I can't help thinking, did we study all these years for nothing? We went to school for years, took exams, finished university. Now I work at a chain market. The manager and assistant manager of the store where I work, the other staff, and I are all Physical Education and Sports graduates. We have all graduated from four-year universities, and we all work at the same market.”
The biggest problem in our department is that it is very difficult to be appointed to a state position. You go to the private sector, and the salaries offered are very low. Some of us are even national athletes. Just think, people who have represented their country are now arranging shelves in a market.
Don't get me wrong, I don't look down on working at a market. Every money earned through honest work is valuable. But people want to do the profession they have worked hard at for years. Did we study for nothing, did we do sports for nothing? Let someone finally hear our voices too. Is this what the athletes and educators this country has raised should receive in return?”