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SheikItUp · Joined: 07 Jan 2005 Posts: 14

Will university teachers get the raise announced today?

turtlepi1 · Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 94

HCT Teachers will )and I am sure that means ZU also)...he says with a smile, counting his chickens before they have hatched. Wink

15% Being just of the plane it is a great thing.

Mind you one of my colleagues is from New Zealand and is down something like 45% in real New Zealand dollars since his first year here (I can't remember if that is WITH increments or not.)

Gordon · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan

Any links or scoops about this supposed 15% pay raise?

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

Hey Gordon... this is the Gulf. All is speculation and rumor until one has something in writing in one's hand from the government - and then only believed when it finally shows up in your checking account by direct deposit by the employer.

You were expecting like a website or something? Laughing

So, Turtle... has it progressed beyond rumor yet?

VS

turtlepi1 · Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 94

Well you know the answer to that VS. Smile

This is the Gulf.

The short answer is yes. We will be getting a 15% increase starting the 1st of May. (It will be on our pay at the end of May.) This came from the media, and more importantly the Vice Chancellor. (Nationals will be getting a 25% hike.)

BUT...I will say we have it when I see it in my account the 1st of June.

kurious · Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 11

Does anyone know what the monthly salary range would be for a new HCT faculty member with an MA in TESOL, a CELTA and and 7 years overseas teaching experience?

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

I think you are being a bit premature... I doubt if HCT could answer that question yet for sure. Laughing

VS

turtlepi1 · Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 94

kurious · Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 11

Thanks to those who have responded.

Perhaps someone can tell me what the current base salary is for a new HCT faculty member.

I've heard 13,000 Dirhams per month ... does this sound right?

Kurious

Escape Artist · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 5

The base salary depends on experience. I think teachers that also have industry experience (or more than eleven years' teaching experience) will come in over 13,000 dirhams. Right now anyone under ten year's experience will probably come in under 12,000.

turtlepi1 · Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 94

ecl · Joined: 19 Dec 2004 Posts: 27

At the HCT campus where I work, the director has informed supervisors that the raise WILL NOT be forthcoming.

turtlepi1 · Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 94

All we can do is wait and see, my friend. Smile

I wouldn't count it out quite yet.

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

What a soap opera this is getting to be!! I wonder what is going on. The silly part of it is that the UAE (like the rest of the oil soaked Gulf - excluding Bahrain and Oman) is DROWNING in oil revenue. It is not costing that much more to get the stuff out of the ground as it was a few short years back when it was $10 a barrel, and it has been sitting at $45-60 for the last couple of years. Dubai is booming...

As usual teachers are the last to feel the benefit. Turtlepi, you may be too much of an optimist for the Gulf. It is always better to have low expectations and avoid disappointments. Cool

VS

turtlepi1 · Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 94

Yeah maybe I am just a little too much of an optimist but to be quite honest I hope it never wears off. People are just far too cynical. (Especially in the Gulf)

As for the raise I wish we could post all of the rumours that are flying around because it IS a great soap opera, but perhaps that wouldn't be prudent. (being such a small community and all)