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[Chiselpoint]

I have to get out of Ibri. But every school I hear about seems like a real nasty place to work. Sur University, Nizwa University, Mazoon....they all sound like dire working environments. I know that people tend to only post the negative, so I'm asking: Does somebody actually like where they work, and would recommend it?

[grahamb]

I spent nine years with RAFO (The Royal Air Force of Oman); no regrets. Good pay and conditions, 60 days leave, three return flights per year. Accommodation provided, albeit 2-star. Students not particularly industrious, but mostly very well-behaved. Recruitment process still painfully slow, but worth the wait in my opinion.

[Sleepwalker]

Sultan Qaboos University gets a very good press

[veiledsentiments]

[cam]

Nizwa is a nice place to work and live.

Try to transfer to Muscat, Salalah or Nizwa from Ibri and maybe you will enjoy Oman more.

[madrileno]

I work at SCT, right now. The school itself is tolerable, but Salalah is absolutely fantastic.

Of course, where I'm working now could be considered a paradise compared to the private uni/contractor I was with my first three years in Oman. I wouldn't wish such employment on anyone...

[pooroldedgar]

Mind namin' names?

[veiledsentiments]

[Tazz]

Please kindly explain what you mean when you encourage applicants to 'check out' the situation at a school or college when they apply. Do you think the institute will allow candidates to wander around asking 'probing' questions to staff members? Do you think the same staff members are going to openly discuss problems/ issues with applicants inside the college canteen or staff room? This is the function of boards such as these-where any issues problems can be expressed with a degree of anonymity......and while the posters may occasionally go off on a tangent most of us aren't here to 'patrol' the board and recommend threads become locked.

[veiledsentiments]

Duh... obviously here is one of the best places to check things out. There is also "The Google."

I'm not sure what you are talking about, but they are apparently your ideas... certainly nothing I ever suggested. Nor have I suggested that a thread be locked. It is the Moderators who decide that and if you have a beef, I suggest that you take it up with them.

VS

[nomad soul]

[madrileno]

[apollolight]

I think a lot of people really enjoy complaining a lot...I have been working in Sohar for the last couple years and I am very happy at the place i work...good management, lovely students, generally very pleasant colleagues....I am Living near Dubai and Muscat but don't have to deal with traffic or city stress and I can save half my salary most months whilst still having a very good quality of life....It is a quiet place so I wouldn't recommend coming to Sohar if you are restless and need a city buzz.....I honestly can't complain...in fact I feel very lucky....

[Tazz]

So name the college.....or school, us complainers are all ears when it comes to something 'upbeat'!

[veiledsentiments]

A quick google will tell you that there are only one or two tertiary employers in Sohar. The largest is Sohar University and the recruiter is Hawthorn. I know that just from reading the threads for the last week or two.

But apollolight is right. For every complainer here about employer X or university Y, there are probably 5 teachers that are at the same place and easily get along with the situation. Everyone has their own tolerance level as to poor management or rules one might feel are silly.

If one has realistic expectations and a good sense of humor, one can last a year or two or ten at most employers. Meanwhile, instead of mining for recommendations of place that may or may be not an option for you, it makes more sense to apply to whatever looks possible and then research the employers who might make an offer.

VS