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mistral
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Location: Herat Afghanistan
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 Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:09 am Post subject: National Guard Signals School, Riyadh |
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A recently retired teacher gave me the run-down on this place:
In a nutshell, the so-called NG Signals Training School run by Ericsson is little more than a home for juveniles. It's an ideal job for retired probation officers. You don't need ESL qualifications.
As for the "military" management team, they spend their time having meetings to schedule more meetings, get-togethers, leave etc. The place is a job creation scheme for unemployed Saudis and unemployable expats. He claimed it was even worse than the naval colleges where he worked in the 1980s. |
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scot47
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:24 am Post subject: |
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And what is your interest in this ? To attract the gullible to Algeria ?
Maybe you worked at this place in the past and had to leave precipitately ?
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Van Norden
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:06 am Post subject: |
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Sounds like a typical military gig. They're not everyone's cup of tea but for some of us it's the best (and sometimes only) option. If you want to make money but lack qualifications, and you're not fussed about teaching standards, these jobs are a godsend.
But you left out the most crucial information: What's the package like? |
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Van Norden
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 3:53 pm Post subject: Re: National Guard Signals School, Riyadh |
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| mistral wrote: |
A recently retired teacher gave me the run-down on this place:
In a nutshell, the so-called NG Signals Training School run by Ericsson is little more than a home for juveniles. It's an ideal job for retired probation officers. You don't need ESL qualifications.
As for the "military" management team, they spend their time having meetings to schedule more meetings, get-togethers, leave etc. The place is a job creation scheme for unemployed Saudis and unemployable expats. He claimed it was even worse than the naval colleges where he worked in the 1980s. |
| and in March 2007 mistral wrote: |
| Stay away! I hear the place is run by a bunch of pensioned off military cronies who treat the handful of telfers who end up there as their servants. Teachers serving with the Saudi military can best be described as glorified child minders, unemployable anywhere else. |
I think you're onto something there, scot47. mistral is obviously no fan of military work, but what's less clear is why he's going to the trouble of posting this (purportedly) 2nd-hand information.
Come clean mistral. Stop blowing cold air. |
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mistral
Joined: 17 Feb 2007
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Location: Herat Afghanistan
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 4:27 pm Post subject: National Guard Riyadh |
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| Yes, you're right I should have questioned why he wanted everybody to know about it. He claimed he wasn't a member of Dave's cafe. Said it was his first and last job in Saudi Arabia. He obviously had a chip on his shoulder. I should have checked his story out for myself. |
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Van Norden
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 5:10 pm Post subject: Re: National Guard Riyadh |
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| mistral wrote: |
| He obviously had a chip on his shoulder. |
The suspicion is that you are the one with the chip on the shoulder. You seem to have more than just a casual interest in this employer. You also seem to have an uncanny knack of running into their ex-employees.
Whatever. Let's hear some more about this gig. Did the "recently retired teacher" tell you about the package or not? |
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sheikh radlinrol
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 7:59 pm Post subject: Re: National Guard Riyadh |
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| Van Norden wrote: |
| mistral wrote: |
| He obviously had a chip on his shoulder. |
The suspicion is that you are the one with the chip on the shoulder. You seem to have more than just a casual interest in this employer. You also seem to have an uncanny knack of running into their ex-employees.
Whatever. Let's hear some more about this gig. Did the "recently retired teacher" tell you about the package or not? |
I was an employee there in the early part of this century. My view is rather different from Mistral's. Happy to answer questions if you PM me. |
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mistral
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| Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 8:29 am Post subject: National Guard Riyadh |
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| I haven't worked in Saudi Arabia since the 1980s. That was for a hospital college. The military colleges were respectable institutions back then. I hear that some still are but I've no plans to return. |
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Van Norden
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| Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:37 am Post subject: Re: National Guard Signals School, Riyadh |
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| I'm not interested in this job myself, but others might be. If the pay and conditions are any good, and the work is tolerable, it could be a viable option for the under-qualified. Perhaps better than working at a private language school for SR6-7,000 a month with lots of grief and few benefits. |
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scot47
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:08 am Post subject: |
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I am still puzzled. Why would someone in Algeria who has not been in KSA for years post a negative comment on a little-known institution in Saudi ?
Does not seem 'halal' to me ! |
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Van Norden
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| Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Still no mention of the moolah. Leads me to believe it must be pretty bloody good. |
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