Hi.
Ive been offered a job with a salary of 14000pm all inclusive. I am a single male. Will i be able to afford a 1 bedroom apartment and a car and live ok?
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galla wrote:Hi.
Ive been offered a job with a salary of 14000pm all inclusive. I am a single male. Will i be able to afford a 1 bedroom apartment and a car and live ok?
galla wrote:Hi.
Ive been offered a job with a salary of 14000pm all inclusive. I am a single male. Will i be able to afford a 1 bedroom apartment and a car and live ok?
quatroporte wrote:
14K is a good salary for any mid-career single guy in Dubai
Captain Australia wrote:quatroporte wrote:
14K is a good salary for any mid-career single guy in Dubai
Really? God damn, some of these expats are getting paid way too much then. I was on one of the lowest salaries at my (ex) company and I was earning almost three times that.
Captain Australia wrote:quatroporte wrote:
14K is a good salary for any mid-career single guy in Dubai
Really? God damn, some of these expats are getting paid way too much then. I was on one of the lowest salaries at my (ex) company and I was earning almost three times that.
Captain Australia wrote:Ok, not 40. I was on 36K and like I say I was one of the lowest paid. If you had kids you got an extra 4K so most of the people I worked with were on 40K-45K.
The senior engineers were on 60 odd. I think they system architect was on 65k. Not sure about the CEO, but it would have to be close to triple figures.
Why do you think I would come here otherwise? I'm not here for the fine weather
Chocoholic wrote:I think many people have a too high expectation of what expats earn. It's not what it used to be. Money isn't everything you know, so long as you have enough to live on and do most of the things you want to, with the occassional treat, I don't see why people should complain.
Captain Australia wrote:I agree with you here, but only if you are talking about back home. I left a perfectly good job and packed up my life to come here. That is where the expectations of higher salaries come from. If you're earning the same money as back home then there would be no incentive to move to Dubai.
Plus you have to factor in the horrendously high rent here. I'm paying about $900 Aussie a week rent. In Australia I would be paying $300 absolute maximum.
RobbyG wrote:How many years of experience do you carry Cap?
Seems to me like a government funded private company
Lets me guess... Mubadala is the financial arm of your former employer?
Captain Australia wrote:quatroporte wrote:
14K is a good salary for any mid-career single guy in Dubai
Really? God damn, some of these expats are getting paid way too much then. I was on one of the lowest salaries at my (ex) company and I was earning almost three times that.
Red Chief wrote:Captain Australia wrote:I agree with you here, but only if you are talking about back home. I left a perfectly good job and packed up my life to come here. That is where the expectations of higher salaries come from. If you're earning the same money as back home then there would be no incentive to move to Dubai.
Plus you have to factor in the horrendously high rent here. I'm paying about $900 Aussie a week rent. In Australia I would be paying $300 absolute maximum.
I agree. Nobody from the West will go here for a salary lower than twice against home one.
Captain Australia wrote:Really? God damn, some of these expats are getting paid way too much then. I was on one of the lowest salaries at my (ex) company and I was earning almost three times that.
Captain Australia wrote:8 years working now. Graduated in 2001.
And no, not Mudadala.