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[wantok]

A Saudi student working part-time in a private firm would be counted as a �half� worker...
Employment of a handicapped Saudi will be counted as four Saudi workers...
Employment of a released prisoner would be counted as two Saudi workers for two years after his [!] release...but after two years he will be counted as one...
http://www.arabnews.com/new-rules-boost-pay-saudi-employees

An astute overview:...Saudi nationals will be hired just to boost official employee counts, but will not be active participants in the companies they are working in. Hiring Saudis who are not productive just to have them on the payroll will simply exacerbate productivity challenges and do little to rectify longer-term job market imbalances... http://www.menafn.com/menafn/1093421544/New-extreme-Saudization-plan


Welcome to The Rainbow Room:
...Under the program, private firms are classified into Premium, Green, Yellow and Red categories based on their percentage of Saudization. The program sets penalties and incentives for companies based on which category they fall under.

Companies with high Saudization rates will fall under the Premium or Green categories, while those who fail to achieve the required rates will be included in the Yellow and Red categories. Nitaqat ensures that Saudization rates are based on the actual performance of private businesses, and takes into consideration the sector as well as the size of work force for each company.

Companies that fall under the Red category will not be allowed to renew work visas for their foreign employees. They will be barred from opening new branches or facilities.

Companies that fall under the Yellow category can renew work visas for each foreign employee on the condition that the employee has not spent more than six years in the kingdom. Yet, they cannot transfer visas of non-Saudi workers to fall under their own sponsorship.

Companies that fall under the Premium or Green categories will be able to benefit from an easier visa-approval process for their employees. They will also be able to recruit workers from the other categories without having to obtain consent from the other employer.

http://www.bayt.com/en/employers/recruitment-solutions/saudization/


By insisting on a regime of �separate but equal�, the Saudi government ties itself up in the tangle of spaghetti logic. Follow a train of thought just a little way and you run into contradictions and paradoxes. Each one adds to the burden on national treasure; to uniform progress for society; to unburdened human rights of one group or another. http://xrdarabia.org/2012/03/18/saudization-feminization/


BREAKING NEWS: "Good job, Mohammad! Good job!!" soon to enter grassroots' vernacular: http://www.arabnews.com/families-urged-support-saudization-program

[Barbaros]

Well, I think Saudization + Feminization = Sabotization

I think Saudization is a sabotage of the Magic Kingdom progression!

[wantok]

Progression, regression: let's call the whole thing off!

The main goal should be to end the extortion expatriate drivers suffer at the hands of their sponsors. http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20120910135624

[2buckets]

Rainbow room? More like Rubber room.

[posh]