Originally Posted by Pkingston

Give it a month or so.
Have you had your medical? Resigned from your current role?
What role have yiu accepted at NEOM?

Originally Posted by Pkingston

The contract you sign for the VISA is not the 'official' employment contract that you need to sign when you arrive at NEOM. This is what my onboarder has told me. The signing of this and initialing of each page is merely for the visa and DOES NOT initiate a commencement date with NEOM. The contract I was provided does not note any dates.
So - I take that as you are not officially employed until you arrive on site.

The onboarding is a bit of shambles I agree. Considering they are onbaording 30 new employees a week, you would think this process would be as smooth as can be!! They told me to resign back in December, which i was in no way going to do with the uncertainty in timing for both VISA, degree legalisaiton and the medical results. I resigned once the medical and degree stuff was done, and now just waiting for the visa to go through, which I believe will happen this week/early next.

Originally Posted by elenash

The offer has been accepted. The contract will be signed once you land in KSA and become an employee at NEOM.

I've been informed from early on that onbarding, visa, degree attestation might take 6 to 8 weeks, sometimes even longer. So it's up to you if wish to resign asap and have a bit of time off before starting a new role.

Originally Posted by amshauka

Hello All
I just joined this forum and can see very useful and valuable comments from everyone.
I had my initial interview in late Jan 2022 and then there was a period of complete silence and then all of a sudden I was set for the 2nd interview which happened 2 weeks ago. Following the 2nd interview the recruiter told me that the hiring manager should get in touch with me again and explain more about the organization and the role etc. I have been waiting ever since. There is also no response to my follow-up emails from Neom or the recruiter. Wanted to ask people who have already been through or in the hiring process, if this is something normal and what is the turnaround time that people have experienced.

Originally Posted by amshauka

Hello All
I just joined this forum and can see very useful and valuable comments from everyone.
I had my initial interview in late Jan 2022 and then there was a period of complete silence and then all of a sudden I was set for the 2nd interview which happened 2 weeks ago. Following the 2nd interview the recruiter told me that the hiring manager should get in touch with me again and explain more about the organization and the role etc. I have been waiting ever since. There is also no response to my follow-up emails from Neom or the recruiter. Wanted to ask people who have already been through or in the hiring process, if this is something normal and what is the turnaround time that people have experienced.

Originally Posted by Pkingston

1st interview, 3 days later 2nd interview, verbal offer the next day.

Originally Posted by Leela

Me: 1st interview at the beginning of Jan-22 and 2nd interview one month later... since then I'm still waiting...
I don´t know if this is something normal, what I know is both HR and Onboarding departments are overwhelmed and they aren't answering follow-up emails. It seems that's the way things are currently at Neom. So be patient and keep on doing your life as usual. Sooner or later they will contact you again.

Originally Posted by Leela

No, I'm not joking. It's supposed that they are processing your VISA because you have accepted they offer and signed their contract. Otherwise it wouldn't be possible for them to initiate the VISA and relocation processes. And the contract has a starting date, so... What happens if you officially are working for NEOM but you are still waiting in your country to be relocated?
It would be very appreciated if someone with experience working on NEOM could give me an answer (other than to take lightly my question/comment). I think the key issue here is the gap between the last day of work at your current company and first one at NEOM. Does this gap (without working and getting paid) really exists?
My experience working abroad with US and EU companies is that this gap doesn't exist, and I've worked remotely from my country untill I've been relocated. Of course I have been paid working remotely at home.

Originally Posted by Leela

Me: 1st interview at the beginning of Jan-22 and 2nd interview one month later... since then I'm still waiting...
I don´t know if this is something normal, what I know is both HR and Onboarding departments are overwhelmed and they aren't answering follow-up emails. It seems that's the way things are currently at Neom. So be patient and keep on doing your life as usual. Sooner or later they will contact you again.

Originally Posted by nonthaburi

Welcome to KSA, basically anything you sign to get a visa counts for nothing. You sign a proper contract when you arrive. You get paid from day 1 in country.
I don't work in Neom, but that's always been the way everywhere else I've worked in KSA.

Why on earth would they pay you when they don't know you're going to show up!! 😆😆😆

Originally Posted by thorshammer

Based on what I've read, you'll get between 20-30% no negotiation and you have to show proof of payslips going back up to 3 months. Here's my question, what's everyone's pay band if you're comfortable disclosing, even if you have to give a range, and what's your level? (manager, senior, director, etc)