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[Allizwell]

Does anyone have any current, first-hand info on the situation here? For example, total salary package for a related MA and 5+ years in PYPs in KSA; type of accommodation (if applicable), quality of work environment, commuting distance, etc. Looking to transition to UAE. Thanks.

[DaliTime]

I'd like to know the same. They are advertising on TESOLArabia and I'd like to know if applying with them is worth the trouble.

[kitelophone]

http://careers.tesol.org/jobs#/detail/5873086/1,false


Additional Salary Information: We also provide the following:Housing allowance = 130,000/year.
Furniture Allowance:Single = 25,000.
Married+ 1 = 30,000.
Married + 2 = 33,000.
Married + 3 / More = 36,000.
Children's Education Benefits:35,000/child.
100% reimbursement(Tuition & Registration)Max number of children = 4 (Aged 5-1 & (Grade 1-12).
Interest free car loan 100,000 to be paid back in 48 installments.
Medical Insurance for self and dependents.
End of year Benefits:Each of the first 3 years = 1 month's basic salary + supplemental allowance.
Each subsequent year = 1/2 month's basic salary + supplemental allowance.
Calendar days Annual Leave = 38 (inclusive of Fridays & Saturdays).
This is a UAE (dirham) currency.
No taxes.

[oilers]

anything ADNOC = bumbling inefficiency, moronic policies + corruption throughout

RUN AWAY !

[robinbanks]

If you are over 45 they will not hire you.They are doubling their capacity and building a new hostel for later in the year.They are not only lowering the age of the teachers but of the students also which basically means that the maturity/attainment level of the students will also/has also drop(ped).The higher up the chain you go there the less people know about education or are interested in it.Even though the medium of instruction is English they have a cover operation called "Basic"to 'improve (aka 'massage")the figures to show the bosses how numbers are rising).No native speaker will touch this section with a barge-pole (cos they students want "instant translation")so it goes to ....well- the non 'European"/non Arabic(but of course arabic speaking) teachers.The degree of 'entitlement and expectation"(to and of a job)has risen as the standards have dropped.

[oilers]

hired a 50+ er recently, desperate for anything native-ish and that can withstand the HQ hiring process