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Boen
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 Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:46 am Post subject: Good offer for Abu Dhabi |
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| Hi, I was just offered a salary of 31,000 usd per teaching year of 180 days. The offer includes flight, shipping, insurance, and furnished apartment. Is this a good offer? Will I be able to save money? I have to make a choice soon so any feedback is appreciated. |
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Manny2
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:58 am Post subject: More info please |
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Hi Boen
The merits of any offer depends on your qualifications and experience. So can you give us a little bit more information re:
Your qualifications and teaching experience
Is this primary/secondary/tertiary
Have they given you an actual salary amount in Dirhams that you will take home each month ?
You say this includes a flight- does that include annual vacation flights too?
What about gratuity at the end of the contact ?
Do you have to share accomodation ?
PS tomorrow is the last workday before the Eid holidays and I suspect many teachers on this board will be on vacation for the next 10 days so replies may be slow in coming. Plus while many employers are hiring now due to last minute demands and would like an answer and you to start like yesterday do not be rushed into accepting an offer until you are sure it is a good one. |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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I have never heard of a 'teaching year of 180 days' - what does that mean? Are we talking about a place like HCT? They have a standard academic year with two semesters...
As Manny says... we need more info to be able to tell you if it is a fair offer.
$31000 = about 9500 Dhs...
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Boen
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:57 pm Post subject: Thanks, more info a nd questions |
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Thank you for you insight. As far as more information, it is an international school. That's why the teaching days come out to 180 days per year. They provide a furnished apartment in Abu Dhabi and transportation to and from the school. There is a one month salary bonus at the end of every year and if you stay more than one year they will fly you home once a year.
My concern is with that salary will I be able to save money? Also, what is the lifestyle like in Abu Dhabi? I'm relativly young and single. What is the social scene like? Finally, is it common to teach private EAL classes? If so, how much is the going rate? Again advanced thanks to anyone who replies. |
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Bindair Dundat
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:43 pm Post subject: Re: Thanks, more info a nd questions |
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| Boen wrote: |
Thank you for you insight. As far as more information, it is an international school. That's why the teaching days come out to 180 days per year. They provide a furnished apartment in Abu Dhabi and transportation to and from the school. There is a one month salary bonus at the end of every year and if you stay more than one year they will fly you home once a year.
My concern is with that salary will I be able to save money? |
As long as they're providing your housing --and you can tolerate it-- you'll save money. Don't buy yourself a brand-new Land Cruiser or spend too many weekends at the Burj and you'll be okay.
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| Also, what is the lifestyle like in Abu Dhabi? |
Well, most folks get up in the morning, go to work, come home, eat, sleep... you know...
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| I'm relativly young and single. What is the social scene like? |
You have to innovate a bit, but it's not hopeless.
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| Finally, is it common to teach private EAL classes? If so, how much is the going rate? Again advanced thanks to anyone who replies. |
What's EAL?
English At Lunch?
Entertaining A Loon? |
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NadiaK
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:11 am Post subject: |
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| Presumably English as an additional language. I think I like yours better, though. |
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Abba
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:41 am Post subject: |
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| veiledsentiments wrote: |
$31000 = about 9500 Dhs... !!!!!!!!!
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Vs, I thought you were an English teacher not a Maths teacher! 
$31000 = 113863 UAD / year (1$ = 3.673 as Oct 19 rate).
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| ....... You are as likely to look foolish as we would if we started trying to explain maths |
So, I think both of us are looking foolish |
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dmb
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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Abba, take the first figure VS mentioned and divide it by 12(number of months in a year) guess what you get? yip...... around 9500 |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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Obviously Abba is not aware that I am also an accountant... and know my way around a calculator...
Since we always talk monthly - not annual - salary on the board, I was converting it into the number that is normally stated...
(I actually found that confusing when I first started working in the ME. In the US, we always use annual salary, never monthly...)
But, I digress... back to Boen's question.
Savings is a matter of lifestyle. Some save most of their salary (like me), but I also worked with others who spent every bit of it on partying.
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Bindair Dundat
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