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[camraman]

Been said before here , but i didn`t believe it till i came .Poor employers, teachers leaving in droves .Have worked in China , Indonesia , Russia , but these guys are the worst i have come across. Be warned

[Captain Willard]

My experience with them is that they wanted me to come over on a visit visa. I was in Europe at the time. They sent me to a Saudi consulate in a country where they had no wasta, and when combined with the bureaucracy in that country, it proved impossible to get the visa.

Now there was a closer consulate in another country that might have worked, but after 5 days I realized that getting anything done with this company would prove completely impossible because it was run by complete idiots. They wanted me to try again in another country, but I declined.

AETG is best avoided.

Don't even waste money hoping to get a visa since it may not happen.

[cleverclogs]

Hi there,
I worked for AETG for over a year, and they are the worst employer in Saudi. Stay well away from them.
For starters, they are the lowest paying amongst all agencies. They have recently had a new guy as executive vice president who has brought in a lot of even more negative changes. They are all compulsive liars.
I will advise everyone to ask for a contract copy before signing anything, this is a standard procedure amongst other agencies, but AETG will never send you one.
They operate on a split-shift basis, you will be working 8-12 and 5-9pm there is no choice.
They have recently lost all the contracts with good universities of Saudi, and only have one or two contracts in the furthest corners of the country and they will send you there or threaten to sack you if you don't want to go.
They also refuse to pay people any housing allowances and will try to force you to live in their accommodation.
The first guy to watch out for is Salem, he is a recruitment manager, and will tell you what you want to hear. When you go to him for whatever he promised he will simply say, the company policy has now changed and there is nothing he can do to help. A friend of mine was personally told by the VP, called Ramzi, that don’t listen to anyone else they don’t know anything about company policies.
When I worked for them they broke every promise they ever made, the managers are called Salem, Suleman, Eesa, and the accountant is called Rifaat. He is actually the worst of them all. They will all tell you different lies and then refute each other.
Things to note in the contract: there will be a clause that if you leave in the middle of the contract, you will pay them one month’s wage, which is not normal practice. Also, you will not be paid housing allowance, they will make you live in their housing which at the moment is in a secluded place out of the city. They will also dock three days pay of you are absent for a day without reason (they will choose to accept or not to accept the reason you give them).
They will also keep two months pay if you want to leave the country for whatever reason other than your annual holiday, no other company will do this. I can go on forever. These are just the highlights to be honest. My advice is to just avoid them, ask around especially people who know anything about ESL in Saudi, and definitely don't sign on anything until you get a copy of the contract.
I had heard bad things, but went ahead thinking it’s just internet negativity, but they turned out to be worse than I heard.



BEWARE - THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CONTRACTS WITH PNU
THEY DON'T PAY WOMEN HOUSING ALLOWANCE, EVER
THEY LIE ABOUT EVERYTHING
THEY WILL NEVER BRING YOUR FAMILY OVER
THEY CAN LITERALLY GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING

DON'T EVEN GET YOURSELF INTO THIS UNSTABLE/DODGY COMPANY TO TEST THE WATERS