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MuscatGary · Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 4:43 am Post subject: Salaries getting worse

Hawthorn are advertising and offering 850 pcm plus shared accommodation in Muscat. Getting to be a bit of a joke.

Whatever will be · Joined: 05 Feb 2014 Posts: 303

Guess there are some jokers who will accept.

For that kind of money you can work elsewhere and have well behaved students plus a greater degree of freedom in your professional and personal life.

Falling salaries are probably a reflection of the increasing national deficit.

Colleagues have not been paid for overtime, which was forced upon them half a year ago. They are too afraid to complaint out of fear of losing their job. The exploitation continues.

1st Sgt Welsh · Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 3:10 pm Post subject:

Hi MuscatGary. Do you still have the link to the job ad handy? I just did a very quick search on Google, but didn't see it. If you do have it at your fingertips, and don't mind, can you please post it? Many thanks.

MuscatGary · Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 2:25 am Post subject:

MuscatGary · Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 2:28 am Post subject:

1st Sgt Welsh · Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 3:01 am Post subject:

Many thanks!

EFL Educator · Joined: 17 Jul 2013 Posts: 988 Location: Cape Town

Falling TEFL salaries is nothing new...this is happening everywhere not just in Oman. Reasons are as follows:

1. Oversupply of recent TEFL graduates in the market and a huge pool of experienced and highly qualified jobless native English speaking teachers seeking work overseas (especially in the GCC countries) where TEFL salaries are on average the highest paid in the world..
2. Employers cutting back (staff, benefits, reducing costs, more regulations and rules for those seeking employment etc.
3. The New World Economic Order.....people have less money to spend as prices/cost of living rises and wages fall as well as increased competition for jobs in the EFL manpower aka labor force...other reasons cannot be discussed on this forum. Shocked

CVN-76 · Joined: 28 Mar 2014 Posts: 171

Considering most teachers are short sighted and are only interested in their own individual plights, I'll say the downward trend in salaries is no surprise. This is what they get for being more 'cowboy' in their thinking. I know in the higher-paying regions such as the ME, I saw much more backbiting, teacher vs teacher conflict, and dog-eat-dog thinking than in places that paid a lot less, such as Thailand. Unifying in some sort of common or unified front is apparently something they can not fathom, so they reap what they sow. United we all stand. Divided we all fall. That's true anywhere. Want higher salaries? Form some kind of union. Concentrate some kind of power. But know this will require actually cooperating and coming together. It does not mean trying to gain one upmanship in the name of temporary job security. It means working with your colleagues and not thinking of ways to make them look bad and maybe even getting them terminated. UNITE.

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

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

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

Trying to form a union in the Gulf will only earn you a quick exit. We're a dime a dozen...

VS

AGoodStory · Joined: 26 Feb 2010 Posts: 738

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

EFL Educator · Joined: 17 Jul 2013 Posts: 988 Location: Cape Town

How can salaries ever increase when TEFL teachers are as easy to find these days as cleaners?

CVN-76 · Joined: 28 Mar 2014 Posts: 171