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veiledsentiments



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 3:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Apparently plumpynut didn't read the whole thread. Laughing

It has been apparent for some time that Interlink has a high wasta level, so this isn't terribly surprising. It doesn't mean that they are a great employer - been very up and down over the years. But... Congrats, or rather mabruk, on a relatively painless process TheEasyLife.

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rdobbs98



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 1:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

@TheEasyLife

Why does it seem this is a bunch of b.s. because you have repetitive posts from February saying the same stuff you are claiming right as far as time frame? Seems like you are marketing Interlink and not just working for them.

History of the posts: http://forums.eslcafe.com/job/search.php?search_author=TheEasyLife
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veiledsentiments



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 3:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just glanced through his posts and they seemed to be consistently about a searching and getting a new job with Interlink... nothing terribly suspicious yet.

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abayababy



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 5:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

veiledsentiments wrote:
I just glanced through his posts and they seemed to be consistently about a searching and getting a new job with Interlink... nothing terribly suspicious yet.

VS


True, but why let the opportunity for a conspiracy theory go to waste? After all, the OP is having a good experience in KSA, so he couldn't possibly be for real, now could he?
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TheEasyLife



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Haha, oh yes the game is up. Interlink have paid me thousands of dollars to say a few good things about them!!

Or maybe I'm just a normal teacher in Buraydah at the TVTC college earning a �24000 a year tax free with a free apartment and some good work colleagues. Classes are good fun and the students do actually work when you prise them away from their precious mobile phones.

I had concerns about Interlink earlier and Saudi in general as you can see from my earlier posts but now I'm here I have realised that you can't listen to other people's opinions. Just get out here and try it.

To be honest Saudi is a pretty dull place to live but if you want the cash, try it and there are flights to Dubai and Bahrain if you need a few drinks at the weekend.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 3:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

TheEasyLife wrote:
To be honest Saudi is a pretty dull place to live but if you want the cash, try it and there are flights to Dubai and Bahrain if you need a few drinks at the weekend.

But for that escape you need an iqama and multiple entry visa... and sadly fewer and fewer employers provide one.

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scot47



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 3:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am puzzled. Why would anyone want to leave the Garden of Eden ?
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johnslat



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 4:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dear scot47,

Too many snakes Very Happy

Regards,
John
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jaffa



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 6:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

scot47 wrote:
I am puzzled. Why would anyone want to leave the Garden of Eden ?


No, no, no. You are getting confused. The Garden of Eden is on Devil's Island (aka Bahrain), just off the King Hamad Highway.
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scot47



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Eve is buried in Jeddah (which in Arabic is "grandmother")

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Eve
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teechagimme



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If Eve was buried in Jeddah, this place absolutely cannot be the garden of edan because she was cast out of it...unless the Koran says something different. I wouldn't know as I've only read the biblical accounting of the story and according to local sources, it couldn't possibly be the correct one.
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plumpy nut



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 1:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

TheEasyLife wrote:


I had concerns about Interlink earlier and Saudi in general as you can see from my earlier posts but now I'm here I have realised that you can't listen to other people's opinions. Just get out here and try it.



That's how a person is coached to talk in a popularity or beauty pageant. Make what you will of the poster.
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abayababy



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 2:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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That's how a person is coached to talk in a popularity or beauty pageant. Make what you will of the poster.


That statement tells more about you, "plumpy nut", then anything the OP has written about himself. Having a bad time in the Kingdom, are we? Can't fathom the thought of someone else actually enjoying it here?
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 2:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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But for that escape you need an iqama and multiple entry visa... and sadly fewer and fewer employers provide one.


Not so where I work. Though I am direct hire with an iqama, the university is starting to require that contractors also provide them teachers with iqamas.
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