Base Salary of AED 55k/month...
Aug 30th 2015 | 2:25 pm
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Re: Base Salary of AED 55k/month...
It's somewhat attractive but not really the real deal. You need to consider the extra costs such as housing, school fees and travelling costs. So in a away it's not really double the money.
But even if it were, I'd think this would be the minimum for someone to move from the comfort of his life in his native country to the Middle East (and I'm talking about UAE now - obviously the premium should be higher if one went to Qatar or KSA).
But even if it were, I'd think this would be the minimum for someone to move from the comfort of his life in his native country to the Middle East (and I'm talking about UAE now - obviously the premium should be higher if one went to Qatar or KSA).
Aug 30th 2015 | 11:06 pm
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Re: Base Salary of AED 55k/month...
...with a travel allowance of 50% of one month base per year
And with an education allowance of 50% of monthly base per child, per year
To move to Abu Dhabi
We have two children and would need to go for a British curriculum school (they seem expensive and places are rare), one set of school fees as much as AED 5k/month
I feel that we would need a minimum 3-bed, 1500 sqft apartment close to the school which the two children will ultimately go to as my wife will be driving around, and she will not be particularly confident. In addition, the heat and traffic and dangerous driving is not good for long commutes which would make like miserable
This might set us back AED 20k/month from what I can see
Financing a large, necessary 4x4 car would cost at least AED 10k/month
So with school fees + car + accommodation, I work this out at roughly AED 40k/month going out already without accounting for cost of utilities, entertainment and food/clothes etc.
Does not appear compelling enough for a move from London to AD which is supposed to enable a family to save substantially
Keen to hear any thoughts from people on this forum, many thanks for you help
Appreciate other members comments previously on another post regarding schools I made some time ago
Cheers
And with an education allowance of 50% of monthly base per child, per year
To move to Abu Dhabi
We have two children and would need to go for a British curriculum school (they seem expensive and places are rare), one set of school fees as much as AED 5k/month
I feel that we would need a minimum 3-bed, 1500 sqft apartment close to the school which the two children will ultimately go to as my wife will be driving around, and she will not be particularly confident. In addition, the heat and traffic and dangerous driving is not good for long commutes which would make like miserable
This might set us back AED 20k/month from what I can see
Financing a large, necessary 4x4 car would cost at least AED 10k/month
So with school fees + car + accommodation, I work this out at roughly AED 40k/month going out already without accounting for cost of utilities, entertainment and food/clothes etc.
Does not appear compelling enough for a move from London to AD which is supposed to enable a family to save substantially
Keen to hear any thoughts from people on this forum, many thanks for you help
Appreciate other members comments previously on another post regarding schools I made some time ago
Cheers
100k in the UK
What do you get, nett, every month in your bank?
What do you spend on car / travel, monthly?
What do you spend on rent / mortgage, monthly?
What do you spend on education, monthly?
Anything else major?
