| Northernlad |
| Hi, great discussion forum, loads of great information, I've received a job offer, good company big in Dubai. My salary here in the UK is reasonably good (55000 sterling). I'm not bothered about a bit of a pay cut (want to have a bit of an adventure), but need to know whether me and the family could live of the following: Accomodation (including all gas/electiricity/water and phone costs) Travel Allowance 1045 dh a month Phone Allowance 20 dh a month Full medical provision for all of family (Researched this and it does cover everything) 30000 furnishing allowance (one off payment) 11050 Basic Salary a month All schooling paid for (for up to 3 kids) Talk is of the villa accomodation being in Silicon Oasis (not to bothered if its a building site as long as by 2007 it's all been landscaped!!) I just need to know that this is a good package as trying to work it out here in the UK (with the pound rifding high against the dollar) is driving me crazy!! Could anybody give me a view on whether this is good/bad/OK |
| Concord |
| See above sticky on "cost of living in Dubai" and take it from there. Good luck. |
| XRW-147 |
| Accomodation - ok. Just make sure u don't foot the dewa levies. Travel allowance - is this a transport allowance, as in for your car? If so, you will need to at least double it to get a decent family sized car - since you have a family of 5. Phone allowance - does this cover mobile usage only? If so, then if this figure was stirling it would be ok. For dhs, its crud. Medical - ok. Furnishing - depends what you are bringing with you and size of accomodation. Should be enough to cover white goods and some neccesities. Salary - no idea what profession you are in but my personal opinion is its crap for a supporting a family of 5 coming from a western country. Double it, and it'll be fine. Schooling - check the allowance limit, as well as availability of schools. |
| onetickin |
| £55,000, roughly AED 375,000 per year, AED 31,000 a month tax free is crap? |
| XRW-147 |
Are you blind? 55k stirling is what he gets now in the UK . He is being offered this 11050 Basic Salary a month here. Would you like a math lesson with that? |
| onetickin |
| Oh yeah, 11050 is crap. That'a about £1,625 per month, £20,000 a year. Talk about a pay cut. |
| XRW-147 |
*nods* Now when you factor it is to support a family of 5, crap would indeed be an understatement. |