Telecoms Engineer Offer

are you kidding me?? SR2000?? it must be a typo I hope..

good day,

nope its not a typo.. Like I said I have no idea on the salary range for telecoms engineer in KSA..any advice?it would be very much appreciated..

DrHassanMalik wrote:

are you kidding me?? SR2000?? it must be a typo I hope..

Hi, in this Thread you can find interesting information about the salary level. 

trevorcox wrote:

I have been reading replies to this thread and i am amazed at what I am seeing.
To be honest all the answers are correctas it depends on who you ar owrking for.

If you are with say Chevron, Brown and Root, Stone and Webster, etc then yes salary levels are going to be relatively high  but If you are with a cgeneral contractor say in Riyadh or Jeddah then levels are much much different.

I am recruiting at present in both the Phillipines and India and i will give you my salary level that my company has put as a guide line.

1. Site engineer with 5 yrs minimum experience and maybe some Middle east --8000.00 sar per month, some accomodation allowance of 1000.00 sar per month and 1 return ticket every 2 years!!!!
2. Planning  engineer -primavera exp -- 7000.00 sar per month --same allowance and conditions.
3. Land surveyor -- 6000.00 per month and same allowance.
4. General labourers -- 1250 - 1750 sar per month
4. Foreman for site 5000.00 per month same allowances

Also in some cases 3 months salary will be held back!!

I am running a division of a local company and I can assure you that salary levels in the construction industry except at senior management level are low -- very low and the work expectation is still there as we work 6 days x 10 hrs per days on fixed salary.
Other industries may be differnt , but to be honest speaking to a few folks over the past year or so the salary levels in my experience are coming down --not going up.

As an individual I can assure you that I was earning more 12 years ago than I am earning now and  i also had a full expat package for 3 children educated at DubaI College.

Just my 3 penny worth

Regards

Trevor

I hope it  will help you

Thanks a lot!

Abu_Adel wrote:

Hi, in this Thread you can find interesting information about the salary level. 

trevorcox wrote:

I have been reading replies to this thread and i am amazed at what I am seeing.
To be honest all the answers are correctas it depends on who you ar owrking for.

If you are with say Chevron, Brown and Root, Stone and Webster, etc then yes salary levels are going to be relatively high  but If you are with a cgeneral contractor say in Riyadh or Jeddah then levels are much much different.

I am recruiting at present in both the Phillipines and India and i will give you my salary level that my company has put as a guide line.

1. Site engineer with 5 yrs minimum experience and maybe some Middle east --8000.00 sar per month, some accomodation allowance of 1000.00 sar per month and 1 return ticket every 2 years!!!!
2. Planning  engineer -primavera exp -- 7000.00 sar per month --same allowance and conditions.
3. Land surveyor -- 6000.00 per month and same allowance.
4. General labourers -- 1250 - 1750 sar per month
4. Foreman for site 5000.00 per month same allowances

Also in some cases 3 months salary will be held back!!

I am running a division of a local company and I can assure you that salary levels in the construction industry except at senior management level are low -- very low and the work expectation is still there as we work 6 days x 10 hrs per days on fixed salary.
Other industries may be differnt , but to be honest speaking to a few folks over the past year or so the salary levels in my experience are coming down --not going up.

As an individual I can assure you that I was earning more 12 years ago than I am earning now and  i also had a full expat package for 3 children educated at DubaI College.

Just my 3 penny worth

Regards

Trevor

I hope it  will help you

Ihbkwarhieght26

You need to consider your own circumstances, have you any other offers if you have is the salary similar, the fact that the money here is tax free will mean it is what is in your pocket.  300 SAR would just about cover basic food as long as you cooked it yourself and didn't go to McD's or Burger K every night. There are no street venders here!  If you had a similar opportunity in Manila what would you expect to be paid and how much would you expect to have in your pocket at the end of the month.
Renember also there is very little to waste money on here no drinking and parties etc.

Martin Fin wrote:

Ihbkwarhieght26

You need to consider your own circumstances, have you any other offers if you have is the salary similar, the fact that the money here is tax free will mean it is what is in your pocket.  300 SAR would just about cover basic food as long as you cooked it yourself and didn't go to McD's or Burger K every night. There are no street venders here!  If you had a similar opportunity in Manila what would you expect to be paid and how much would you expect to have in your pocket at the end of the month.
Renember also there is very little to waste money on here no drinking and parties etc.

Martin Fin wrote:

Ihbkwarhieght26

You need to consider your own circumstances, have you any other offers if you have is the salary similar, the fact that the money here is tax free will mean it is what is in your pocket.  300 SAR would just about cover basic food as long as you cooked it yourself and didn't go to McD's or Burger K every night. There are no street venders here!  If you had a similar opportunity in Manila what would you expect to be paid and how much would you expect to have in your pocket at the end of the month.
Renember also there is very little to waste money on here no drinking and parties etc.

the salary for a cadet telecoms engineer is better compared here in the philippines.  I realized that I am all after the experience and training that I can have. This is an opportunity for me and since the salary is better so I think I'll take it.  Anyways thanks a lot guys for all your comments and suggestions!

Dear Sir

From what i am seeing here that salary level is pretty low --even by saudi standards.
As regards food allowance it is a difficukt one to answer as only you know how u live.
for me that would last about 2 days if i was lucky.

There are other items that you have not mentioned
1. Visa costs
2 Transport
3 Accomodtion
4 Medical
5. Holidays and pay

If all of these items are to be inclusive in the 2000 sar -then my advice is -stay at home !!!

Regards