Saudi Arabia, a welcoming destination to expats?

I spent the last two years working in Saudi first in Riyadh and ended up in Daharan. Working with the Ministries was difficult since there are no direct hires for expats. You are required to go through a third party service.  The service did not have English speaker so I had problems with expired visas, travel out of country was difficult and banking was unpredictable. My last paycheck was for 20k Riyals was deposited into my Riyadh Bank account the day I departed. The next day I tried to retrieve my funds but my account had been closed without my knowledge. I have several thousand U.S. Dollars lost.  Will never work in Saudi again.

@Cheryl

During starting you may feel fear regarding language issue. But people are good in saudi. If you are staying in riyadh, thats the good city who don’t feel alone there. You will find all over the world community working there. Hope you enjoy..

@Sheltonacla46

Interesting , your were working for Saudi administration but engaged and paid by a private society ? Is it the case in all administration?

Thanks

@Sheltonacla46

Hi

I  do not  agree  most  of your  comments.  A  third  party  service is  necessary  to manage  their  employment  policies. Now  a  days 50% English  speakers  are available in  most  of the companies  and  tools/e-mails are  enough to  manage  the  gap. Internal ministry is  very strict  with  companies  to  avoid  expiry  of  residence permit , travel  outside  the  country  is  controlled  for the  Saudi policies  similar  most  of the  the  countries . Bank  account   from  a local  bank  will  be  closed on  Final Exit  which  can   claimed  with the  SOP  of local banking  procedures  from  foreigner country  with  a   valid  account certified  by  foreigner  account , that  is  more  professional  approach  to manage  international  value  transfer.   No  dollars  will be  lost.  I am  also  an  expat ,  several  issues  of  my  network , I  involved  to  provide   a resolution. Love  to  work in Saudi.