English Teacher in Riyadh
Sep 24th 2011, 10:33 pm
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English Teacher in Riyadh
Hi All,
Just wanted to ask some advice. I have looked allot on this forum but just wanted some confirmation. I have been offered a job as an English teacher with Chase Resourcing, and want to ask the following:-
1. I have been offered €2750 per month, acc. included. I have an MA and a TESOL with 12 years of experience and I am also a family man that will eventually leave my family here for the year. What is this salary like?
2. I understand that the general life in Riyadh is somewhat restrictive especially for night life. I know that my apartment will be in a block of flats owned by the KSU for whom I will be working. Is this OK or should I look for a compound which I know is hard to find? ANyone looking to rent out a room in a house on a compound (if possible and legal).
Does anyone have any experience with KSU and the accommodation? I know that they are recruiting allot of people right now and have done in the past. Just wanted to ask what its like working for them (organization, supplies, working environment etc). Anyone had offers too (I know they are recruting allot in thsi period).
3. Are there also female teachers and other female expats there or is it normal that males go due to the restrictive laws etc.? Don’t get me wrong I'm not looking for anything (I'm married etc), I just like the company of females, simple. Just don’t know if going there would mean just being in touch with men! Do parties get organized and nights out? I feel stupid asking this stuff.
4. Is it possible to join sports clubs (esp. tennis). As I have already mentioned I wont be on a compound. Tennis lessons?
5. Best way to send money home.
6. Am I required to give my passport to my employer?
7. Should I send a scan of my passport before seeing the contract (this has been requested).
8. My boss will be, apparently, Bill Fawley. Anyone worked with him? Chase Resourcing? Any info?
9. Is it possible to do private lessons of English in Riyadh? How much could I charge per hour?
Sorry for all these Q's. Anyone wanting some advice and info about Italy I'd love to help out.
Thanks
Mike
Just wanted to ask some advice. I have looked allot on this forum but just wanted some confirmation. I have been offered a job as an English teacher with Chase Resourcing, and want to ask the following:-
1. I have been offered €2750 per month, acc. included. I have an MA and a TESOL with 12 years of experience and I am also a family man that will eventually leave my family here for the year. What is this salary like?
2. I understand that the general life in Riyadh is somewhat restrictive especially for night life. I know that my apartment will be in a block of flats owned by the KSU for whom I will be working. Is this OK or should I look for a compound which I know is hard to find? ANyone looking to rent out a room in a house on a compound (if possible and legal).
Does anyone have any experience with KSU and the accommodation? I know that they are recruiting allot of people right now and have done in the past. Just wanted to ask what its like working for them (organization, supplies, working environment etc). Anyone had offers too (I know they are recruting allot in thsi period).
3. Are there also female teachers and other female expats there or is it normal that males go due to the restrictive laws etc.? Don’t get me wrong I'm not looking for anything (I'm married etc), I just like the company of females, simple. Just don’t know if going there would mean just being in touch with men! Do parties get organized and nights out? I feel stupid asking this stuff.
4. Is it possible to join sports clubs (esp. tennis). As I have already mentioned I wont be on a compound. Tennis lessons?
5. Best way to send money home.
6. Am I required to give my passport to my employer?
7. Should I send a scan of my passport before seeing the contract (this has been requested).
8. My boss will be, apparently, Bill Fawley. Anyone worked with him? Chase Resourcing? Any info?
9. Is it possible to do private lessons of English in Riyadh? How much could I charge per hour?
Sorry for all these Q's. Anyone wanting some advice and info about Italy I'd love to help out.
Thanks
Mike
Sep 26th 2011, 1:50 pm
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Re: English Teacher in Riyadh
If you crave female company then Riyadh is just about the last place on earth you will find it, and this is not some myth to scare off the old lechers. You will not be able to socialise in public with any female you are not married to, unless you are on a compound. Talking to, looking at, or (heaven forbid) taking a photograph of a woman who isn't your wife is strictly taboo in KSA (particularly in Riyadh, the strictest place in the kingdom, which makes it the strictest in the world), and will land you in big trouble.
Having said that, I work in a mixed sex office, with 6 women, and we all get along like normal people do (none are Saudi), so it will depend on where you work and who you work with.
Nights out are something you sign away when you apply for a work visa, and even if there was somewhere to go, which there isn't, you would not be able to go in the company of women. There is no night life in Riyadh, no cinema, clubs, bars, not even bingo. There are a few places you can go bowling, or play billiards, but that's about it. Shopping is the only thing the locals do for entertainment, but as a bachelor, your access to fun stuff like this will be restricted to weekdays in many malls, which are "family only" on Fridays. It's the same for the handful of places on the Riyadh tourist information website (a zoo, a couple of museums, a park) which are also out of bounds for single men during non working hours.
Your employer/sponsor should not take your passport away when you get your iquama (residents permit) but most do. Without an exit visa approved by your sponsor you can't leave the country so it doesn't really matter that much.
Company apartment or compound? Compound is infinitely better but probably out of your reach financially, and virtually impossible to get as an individual.
Money home? Plenty of threads about that already, have a search.
Send a scan of your passport, it will be needed by the potential employer.
The salary is pretty poor, as I think has been pointed out to you already.
That's all the stuff I can answer for the moment.
Having said that, I work in a mixed sex office, with 6 women, and we all get along like normal people do (none are Saudi), so it will depend on where you work and who you work with.
Nights out are something you sign away when you apply for a work visa, and even if there was somewhere to go, which there isn't, you would not be able to go in the company of women. There is no night life in Riyadh, no cinema, clubs, bars, not even bingo. There are a few places you can go bowling, or play billiards, but that's about it. Shopping is the only thing the locals do for entertainment, but as a bachelor, your access to fun stuff like this will be restricted to weekdays in many malls, which are "family only" on Fridays. It's the same for the handful of places on the Riyadh tourist information website (a zoo, a couple of museums, a park) which are also out of bounds for single men during non working hours.
Your employer/sponsor should not take your passport away when you get your iquama (residents permit) but most do. Without an exit visa approved by your sponsor you can't leave the country so it doesn't really matter that much.
Company apartment or compound? Compound is infinitely better but probably out of your reach financially, and virtually impossible to get as an individual.
Money home? Plenty of threads about that already, have a search.
Send a scan of your passport, it will be needed by the potential employer.
The salary is pretty poor, as I think has been pointed out to you already.
That's all the stuff I can answer for the moment.
Sep 26th 2011, 2:43 pm
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Re: English Teacher in Riyadh
If you crave female company then Riyadh is just about the last place on earth you will find it, and this is not some myth to scare off the old lechers. You will not be able to socialise in public with any female you are not married to, unless you are on a compound. Talking to, looking at, or (heaven forbid) taking a photograph of a woman who isn't your wife is strictly taboo in KSA (particularly in Riyadh, the strictest place in the kingdom, which makes it the strictest in the world), and will land you in big trouble.
Having said that, I work in a mixed sex office, with 6 women, and we all get along like normal people do (none are Saudi), so it will depend on where you work and who you work with.
Nights out are something you sign away when you apply for a work visa, and even if there was somewhere to go, which there isn't, you would not be able to go in the company of women. There is no night life in Riyadh, no cinema, clubs, bars, not even bingo. There are a few places you can go bowling, or play billiards, but that's about it. Shopping is the only thing the locals do for entertainment, but as a bachelor, your access to fun stuff like this will be restricted to weekdays in many malls, which are "family only" on Fridays. It's the same for the handful of places on the Riyadh tourist information website (a zoo, a couple of museums, a park) which are also out of bounds for single men during non working hours.
Your employer/sponsor should not take your passport away when you get your iquama (residents permit) but most do. Without an exit visa approved by your sponsor you can't leave the country so it doesn't really matter that much.
Company apartment or compound? Compound is infinitely better but probably out of your reach financially, and virtually impossible to get as an individual.
Money home? Plenty of threads about that already, have a search.
Send a scan of your passport, it will be needed by the potential employer.
The salary is pretty poor, as I think has been pointed out to you already.
That's all the stuff I can answer for the moment.
Having said that, I work in a mixed sex office, with 6 women, and we all get along like normal people do (none are Saudi), so it will depend on where you work and who you work with.
Nights out are something you sign away when you apply for a work visa, and even if there was somewhere to go, which there isn't, you would not be able to go in the company of women. There is no night life in Riyadh, no cinema, clubs, bars, not even bingo. There are a few places you can go bowling, or play billiards, but that's about it. Shopping is the only thing the locals do for entertainment, but as a bachelor, your access to fun stuff like this will be restricted to weekdays in many malls, which are "family only" on Fridays. It's the same for the handful of places on the Riyadh tourist information website (a zoo, a couple of museums, a park) which are also out of bounds for single men during non working hours.
Your employer/sponsor should not take your passport away when you get your iquama (residents permit) but most do. Without an exit visa approved by your sponsor you can't leave the country so it doesn't really matter that much.
Company apartment or compound? Compound is infinitely better but probably out of your reach financially, and virtually impossible to get as an individual.
Money home? Plenty of threads about that already, have a search.
Send a scan of your passport, it will be needed by the potential employer.
The salary is pretty poor, as I think has been pointed out to you already.
That's all the stuff I can answer for the moment.
Thanks for the time mate
Appreciate it
Mike
