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Has anyone here worked for large oil companies in Saudi Arabia? During my last period of unemployment a recruiter for a big company contacted me, and promised large amounts of money to consider working there. I'm a civil engineer, and the base salary range the recruiter threw out is a good 40% over what I'm making now, and that's before the expat bonus and other benefits. I've been looking for the catch, and most of the other boards I've found seem to say that there isn't one. That seems strange to me. I'm a little worried because I went for a couple of months hearing nothing, then they called wanting to schedule an interview pretty quick, then they sent me a follow up with documents to bring with me and said I should be prepared to answer an offer on the same day. I'm kind of scrambling to finish my research - US tax consequences are the biggest downside I've found so far, since apparently all the fringe benefits, including vacation travel, and location bonuses, etc., get taxed as well. State income tax looks bad as well. I've read that being off the compound can be a little dangerous, but that there's no real reason to leave. I'm not opposed to staying in and finding my own entertainment. I've also read that off compound is more dangerous for women, but my wife doesn't mind staying on the compound either. Supposedly its like a resort community. Everything seems too good to be true, and I don't trust anything like that. So, I thought I'd ask in here. Are there any other pitfalls no one else usually talks about?
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Jun 11, 2014 19:44
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My job interview turned out to be a bait and switch when I showed up to it. It wasn't the type of job I was told it was, and not even with the company the recruiter said it was with, just another company that does contract work for the big company. I passed on it. Thanks for the info though. I may still end up with the big company, they had engineers there to interview me as part of the approval process, and when I told them how annoyed I was by the recruiter straight up lying to me, they asked me to submit a resume for direct hire.
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Jun 20, 2014 21:04
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