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kiterunner
#1 Posted : Tuesday, February 10, 2015 10:42:56 AM
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A friend of mine is considering a job offer in Saudi Arabia. The take home annual salary (allowances inclusive) is 50,000 USD (tax free) for a 36 month contract. He is allowed to take his family (cost covered for up to 2 kids). I am wondering what wazuans think from your experience of such an offer.
Would you take it?
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Impunity
#2 Posted : Tuesday, February 10, 2015 10:49:20 AM
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kiterunner wrote:
A friend of mine is considering a job offer in Saudi Arabia. The take home salary (allowances inclusive) is 50,000 USD (tax free) for a 36 month contract. He is allowed to take his family (cost covered for up to 2 kids). I am wondering what wazuans think from your experience of such an offer.
Would you take it?


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#3 Posted : Tuesday, February 10, 2015 10:49:43 AM
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kiterunner
#4 Posted : Tuesday, February 10, 2015 10:57:33 AM
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Impunity wrote:
kiterunner wrote:
A friend of mine is considering a job offer in Saudi Arabia. The take home salary (allowances inclusive) is 50,000 USD (tax free) for a 36 month contract. He is allowed to take his family (cost covered for up to 2 kids). I am wondering what wazuans think from your experience of such an offer.
Would you take it?


Which field?
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AWAY!



Healthcare, i dont think ayas make upwards of 4000 USD per month
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Speculz
#5 Posted : Tuesday, February 10, 2015 11:02:15 AM
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kiterunner wrote:
Impunity wrote:
kiterunner wrote:
A friend of mine is considering a job offer in Saudi Arabia. The take home salary (allowances inclusive) is 50,000 USD (tax free) for a 36 month contract. He is allowed to take his family (cost covered for up to 2 kids). I am wondering what wazuans think from your experience of such an offer.
Would you take it?


Which field?
Kama ni yaya then run as fast as yu can!
AWAY!



Healthcare, i dont think ayas make upwards of 4000 USD per month


Please tell your friend to leave his family here , some places you cannot subject your family to.
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Swenani
#6 Posted : Tuesday, February 10, 2015 11:05:58 AM
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kiterunner wrote:
A friend of mine is considering a job offer in Saudi Arabia. The take home annual salary (allowances inclusive) is 50,000 USD (tax free) for a 36 month contract. He is allowed to take his family (cost covered for up to 2 kids). I am wondering what wazuans think from your experience of such an offer.
Would you take it?


Hio ni pesa kidogo sana.If he is a professional,he should negotiate for a base salary of USD 60K p.a Tax free+a post differential allowabce, free housing, free transport,relocation costs+ atleast two paid annual leaves back to Kenya and a paid vacation.

Jeddah is not expensive but the propensity to spend is high die to many restaurants and outings and the fact that s/he will be socializing with other expats(s/he might be the only low paid expat), unless s/he wants to socialize with househelp expats.

But again it will depend with how much he is currently making right now,kama ni below USD 35K gross p.a here in Kenya, let him go
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AlphDoti
#7 Posted : Tuesday, February 10, 2015 11:16:45 AM
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@kiterunner, of course ask your "friend" to take the job! I always tell people here this 30% income tax we people pay here is too much. There you are paid your full agreed amount. As a Muslim you pay 2.5% after expenses yearly what we call ZAKAT money!
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Bykhovets
#8 Posted : Tuesday, February 10, 2015 11:19:12 AM
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kiterunner wrote:
Impunity wrote:
kiterunner wrote:
A friend of mine is considering a job offer in Saudi Arabia. The take home salary (allowances inclusive) is 50,000 USD (tax free) for a 36 month contract. He is allowed to take his family (cost covered for up to 2 kids). I am wondering what wazuans think from your experience of such an offer.
Would you take it?


Which field?
Kama ni yaya then run as fast as yu can!
AWAY!



Healthcare, i dont think ayas make upwards of 4000 USD per month


As a doctor? USD50k is low.

Kenyan doctors in Sierra Leone/Liberia/Guinea are earning USD8k-12k per month tax free, after all expenses paid.

Aende. With family. Exposure is good. Healthcare in Kenya is messed up. He'll get to interact with rich Arabs at the hospitals with lifestyle diseases. Good learning experience.
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Muriel
#9 Posted : Tuesday, February 10, 2015 11:21:11 AM
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kiterunner wrote:
A friend of mine is considering a job offer in Saudi Arabia. The take home annual salary (allowances inclusive) is 50,000 USD (tax free) for a 36 month contract. He is allowed to take his family (cost covered for up to 2 kids). I am wondering what wazuans think from your experience of such an offer.
Would you take it?



36 months eh?

We have been unfortunately slowed down in the Western and Northern Fronts. Hence we might take time to cleanse down south. We have been slightly delayed and we regret the annoyance.

But tell him we better not find kaffirs, infidels when we arrive.
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Swenani
#10 Posted : Tuesday, February 10, 2015 11:27:53 AM
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AlphDoti wrote:
@kiterunner, of course ask your "friend" to take the job! I always tell people here this 30% income tax we people pay here is too much. There you are paid your full agreed amount. As a Muslim you pay 2.5% after expenses yearly what we call ZAKAT money!



Sorry Sheikh,but your advice sounds like a person whose IQ is in single digits.That advise is only applicable if the guy is unemployed


The best option is for this guy to do a cost benefit analysis and see what are his net savings between the two jobs.There is a likelihood of an increase in miscellaneous expenses and entertainment expenses in Jeddah, which might lead to nil increase in net savings as compared to his current job in Kenya

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