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babur
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Location: Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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The Ballenger-Atherton Group, Academic Resources Division, is seeking candidates to teach English as a foreign language in Saudi Arabia for our client.
US citizens $3750 per month
Canadian, UK and Irish citizens $3500 per month
South African citizens $3000 per month
Income is not taxed. |
WTF!!!! |
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sicklyman
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| Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 6:07 am Post subject: |
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and your issue is what exactly  |
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Makoli Mark Mark
Joined: 19 Aug 2013
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| Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 6:46 am Post subject: |
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I want this job  It is weird that the pay scale does go down by nationality. |
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plumpy nut
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| Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 6:57 am Post subject: |
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| It is in fact weird. However it's also weird that there are so many residents from New Zealand, Canada and the UK trolling about the USA (not so much Australia) especially in the Korean forums . Long live the USA and Australia, and the advantages of being American. |
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Makoli Mark Mark
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| Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:12 am Post subject: |
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| plumpy nut wrote: |
| It is in fact weird. However it's also weird that there are so many residents from New Zealand, Canada and the UK trolling about the USA (not so much Australia) especially in the Korean forums . Long live the USA and Australia, and the advantages of being American. |
Well, the advantages of being American outside of America We don't get much for our tax dollars in the US. |
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babur
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Location: Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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| Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 11:07 am Post subject: blind as a bat!! |
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| and your issue is what exactly |
pass this guy his specs. so Americans are worth more? |
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sicklyman
Joined: 02 Feb 2013
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| Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 6:49 pm Post subject: Re: blind as a bat!! |
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| babur wrote: |
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| and your issue is what exactly |
pass this guy his specs. so Americans are worth more? |
that's just the way that it's done so I guess it doesn't surprise me anymore... and the hierarchy descends far, far below this which makes me thankful for what I do get.
Personally, if I was from the US, I'd want a heck of a lot more by way of compensation  |
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johnslat
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Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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| Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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its cauze us 'mercans no english mo betta 
reguards
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jaffa
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| Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 8:17 am Post subject: Re: aramco contractor |
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The Ballenger-Atherton Group, Academic Resources Division, is seeking candidates to teach English as a foreign language in Saudi Arabia for our client.
US citizens $3750 per month
Canadian, UK and Irish citizens $3500 per month
South African citizens $3000 per month
Income is not taxed. |
WTF!!!! |
That's always been the case. If you're a Filipino, Sudanese, Palestinian, etc then you can halve those figures. Where I am (not Aramco ... hallelujah!) there's, naturally, a lot of resentment about this and one Jordanian guy bitches about it constantly while he painstakingly applies for Canadian citizenship to double his salary
They always said that Americans get more because they have to pay tax back home but really it's because the Saudis love the Yanks. Hypocrisy? That's the name of the boat you sail in. |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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No... the US teachers do NOT have to pay taxes back home... unless they are making about 98K and only the pay above that number is taxed.
With ARAMCO, it is likely because the AM stands for America... and it is a long term business relationship.
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sicklyman
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| Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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| veiledsentiments wrote: |
| No... the US teachers do NOT have to pay taxes back home... unless they are making about 98K and only the pay above that number is taxed. |
trust me, if they are working in my office at Aramco and if your info is right VS, they will be paying tax |
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DLIguy
Joined: 29 Jun 2013
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Location: Being led around by the nose...by you-know-who!
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| Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Direct hires with ARAMCO that come from the US do pay taxes as they ALL make over the upper limit of the Income Exemption. However, ARAMCO do offer an offset on that amount. |
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veiledsentiments
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I repeat... it is only on the amount over the annual limit. So if they make $105K, they will only pay tax on the approximate $5K... which would be nominal - and complaints about it would make them look ridiculous. 
VS |
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sinee
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| Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 1:39 am Post subject: |
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| johnslat wrote: |
its cauze us 'mercans no english mo betta
reguards
jhon |
Nothing to do with this John it is because the American language is known as the *beep* language |
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sicklyman
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| Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 5:27 am Post subject: |
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| veiledsentiments wrote: |
I repeat... it is only on the amount over the annual limit. So if they make $105K, they will only pay tax on the approximate $5K... which would be nominal - and complaints about it would make them look ridiculous.
VS |
I repeat... they are paying tax.
I, being a non-USAnian, am not.
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