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johnslat · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 5:15 pm Post subject:

Just make sure that bank is in your home country. I knew teachers in Shiraz, Iran in '79 who had taught there for many years and had foolishly kept their savings in Iranian banks.

When the Islamic Revolution took place, they were wiped out.

Regards,
John

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

The Hired Help should not expect to be consulted about policy.

2buckets · Joined: 14 Dec 2010 Posts: 515 Location: Middle East

Johnslat:

Same thing happened in Esfahan.

It happened so quickly, and then the banks were all closed and razed to the ground.

RedLightning · Joined: 08 Aug 2015 Posts: 137 Location: United States

To those who have worked here-

Another post mentioned that the school cannot offer an Iqama, how then do employees go about sending money back home?

Lord T · Joined: 07 Jul 2015 Posts: 285

I would advise new ESL instructors to ask GIZ to transfer part of their salaries directly to their home country bank accounts and pay them the rest in cash.

It's the least that they could do for you, given that they put you in a difficult situation in the first place.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

The request will certainly be denied.

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

TeacherDude95 · Joined: 10 Jul 2015 Posts: 19

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

Yes and no... the teachers don't cause the problem. But the fault of finding themselves in the situation is mostly their own. IMHO

If they have done the proper research that is easily available here and elsewhere on the net with a simple google, and still take a job under these circumstances, they have to take responsibility for their choice. We are talking about adults... educated adults... who make a choice and then have to live with it.

VS

TeacherDude95 · Joined: 10 Jul 2015 Posts: 19

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Certainly in the past I have been in that position where I HAD to take a job in KSA and could not ask too many questions. I was lucky. I got a job in 1990 with a reasonable, if somewhat avaricious, employer. He did offer an Iqama, and provided ticket and medical tests in London. At that time the practice of luring the unsuspected to KSA with a Business Visa was not common.

My other jobs there were direct hire with legit government organisations or parastatals.

Lord T · Joined: 07 Jul 2015 Posts: 285

Their latest job ad offers about 66% of what they offered in the past.

I suspect they are offering a daily rate with no iqama, no holiday pay, and no health care.

Is this illegal?

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

If it is against the law, what is your legal remedy ?

You have none. Choose your master with care.

buravirgil · Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 8:15 am Post subject:

TeacherDude95 · Joined: 10 Jul 2015 Posts: 19

My friend says it is a cash cow and only exists to make money. They have no interest in educating the Saudis only in staying their to milk the cow as long as possible.

But then again, that's prbably the same for most foreign providers in KSA!

I heard everything this college does is illegal. They have staff with no iqamas, fake qualifications and managers that don't manage.

They have a big plagiarism problem too and other students who just use google translate to convert their words into English with the obvious lack of clarity.

The coloqium that makes sure they check the student theses is a joke with rubber stamping of academic work routine. No oversight or quality control exists at all.

No doubt they'll muddle on till the Saudis or teh Colleges of Excellence bosses decide to investigate them and then they'll be out with their wads of cash.

TD95