Duncan1970

Hi All

Neom are now advertising positions as 30 days annual leave plus 24 days remote leave allowance

Does anyone have any direct experience with this?

ie is it 54 days in total (or is there a catch)

cheers

Duncan

ZeroCool_HTP

Its exactly as it says. There is also 12 public holidays. 2 x eid @ 5 days each plus saudi founding day and saudi national day.

Leela

​​​​​It is 30 d/year of holidays and 24 d/year of remote working. So you can extend your stay when you return at home on holidays or wherever you decide to spend those resting days. But you will have to work from home the same as if you were in the office.

Gulf_European

One thing to note is you can only take 5 consecutive remote days at a time. So you won't be able to work from home/abroad for the full 24 days at once.

katy611

Does anyone know if the annual leave accrues monthly so it can't be taken for a good few months after starting? What about probation period, is it six months?

ZeroCool_HTP

Its calculated at the start of your employment for the rest of the year Jan - Dec, so you can take your pro rata allowance whenever.

Probation is 3 months.

NewToNeom

I had a call with HR recruitment today and they told me the same thing. I don’t know if the annual leave is 30 calendar days or 30 working days though. I got stung with that before in Dubai once

also they didn’t mention the 75k relocation allowance I heard others mention- maybe they don’t offer it to single people?

ZeroCool_HTP

Its 30 working days, and you get 75k as long as you are moving from outside KSA, doesnt matter if single or not.

mnawaz

Thank you, I'm also curious if this amount is also given to SMP (Supplemental Man Power) employees? I'm joining through a SMP company working for Neom.

ZeroCool_HTP

I am not totally sure about this, I think its fairly similar.

benzonar

I believe as SMP you get all your visa costs reimbursed and they arrange a flight - but you don’t get the 75k relocation.

mnawaz

Thank you both, much appreciated.

NewToNeom

great thanks for clarifying that!
let’s see how my interview goes next week 🤞

Evilbungle

Yes this is correct, Halfway through my onboarding they got confused with my joining directly and informed me that as SMP they would pay Visa and Flights only. (Luckily they then realized they were wrong and switched me back to direct.)

apospark

Are there sick days (e.g. if you're out with a bad cold), or is that coming out of the 30 days?