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nwtefl · Joined: 20 May 2015 Posts: 148 Location: England

I'm just wondering why there is such a disparity between college/university teaching jobs in the UAE ?

HCT appear to pay around 24000AED all inclusive and that appears to be the highest (unless someone is in management etc.), whereas Adveti pay around 12000AED with accommodation, but that is nowhere near . Even other universities cannot match HCT, and even offer supervisory positions around 17000AED.

dragonpiwo · Joined: 04 Mar 2013 Posts: 1650 Location: Berlin

The oil companies pay around 30 and you get to live for free on the camp and do the 3 day weekends in the smoke. 24 with a kid would be hard if you have bills back home and rent in Abu Dhabi.

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

Because they can... there are no rules... they pay what they want. I would expect to see HCT salaries drop under the new management.

And I doubt that female teachers could or would want to live on "the camp." The majority of the highest pay jobs in the Gulf are not open to women.

VS

nomad soul · Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 11454 Location: The real world

China2 · Joined: 04 Jun 2015 Posts: 56

There are no qualified Emiraties, at least ones willing to go into a classroom and teach 20 hours a week!

Shakhbut · Joined: 14 May 2005 Posts: 167

nwtefl · Joined: 20 May 2015 Posts: 148 Location: England

When you say working for oil companies - are we still talking UAE here or have we moved over to Saudi ? I've never seen any UAE oil companies advertising.

nwtefl · Joined: 20 May 2015 Posts: 148 Location: England

I think even if HCT salaries do drop, they will still be one of the most sort after places to work at. Although I've seen some posts complaining about the HCT regime (and we could complain about most organisations to a certain extent), the fact they pay a hell of a lot more than other places still makes it very attractive.

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

nwtefl · Joined: 20 May 2015 Posts: 148 Location: England

Yeah that's okay. I will happily take one of their jobs then.

peripatetic_soul · Joined: 20 Oct 2013 Posts: 303

Well, nw...
You have been forewarned. Be careful what you wish for. NS and VS, et al. have spelled it out. HCT is on a fast, downward spiral. You may want to explore UAEU or ZU. Not sure what the conditions are like there these days. The only redeeming quality at HCT was the talented, devoted colleagues with whom I was privileged to know and work with on teams. Money cannot buy one's mental and physical health.

As we've all said before, the golden days are over. In any case, we wish you luck in your future endeavors.

Regards,
PS

nwtefl · Joined: 20 May 2015 Posts: 148 Location: England

Seems the golden age is over wherever you go, so sometimes you have to bite the bullet and have a go. It all depends on circumstances of course. I can imagine it being tough with dependants or a spouse, but as I have neither that's not a concern. I've explored most of the colleges/uni in the area in terms of speculative emails and correspondence but had little in the way of replies and I'm not at the level of "English Professor" advertisements in terms of research aims and papers. So I keep looking, so that's why I mention HCT, Adveti (around 12AED + 9 accomm) and the occasional sub-uni outlets, as those are the few places I have had positive (or any) feedback from !

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

Most of my friends who have decamped (or are planning to decamp) are single. It is the "married with children" who can't afford to leave now... and are quickly not being able to afford to stay. Although salary and benefits are significantly worse (cost of housing and set up for newbies have skyrocketed), it is the treatment of the teachers and ever more unpredictably unprofessional management that is killing it as a job. It is a job that you take just hoping that you can last through a contract to try to save some money.

VS

nomad soul · Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 11454 Location: The real world

China2 · Joined: 04 Jun 2015 Posts: 56

I don't see that at all. It is not as if the teachers in these 3 institutions are doing an inferior job in terms of their dedication to these students, working the same number of hours or in some cases more and putting up with the same type of institutional nonsense on a day to day basis!