Originally Posted by Perfecto

Wowzers - 3 months?! Have they been in touch to say the role is still being offered to you though?

Originally Posted by Maestro18

Hi everyone,

Does anyone know if NEOM is hiring significantly again or is recruitment still paused?
Thanks in advance

Originally Posted by Dannja016

This is such a great site/thread, thanks everyone for the amazing contributions. I have a couple of questions

1. Bit confused as to whether headcount has/hasn’t been approved. There seems to be about 240 jobs live atm, is that high/low/average? When does activity generally pick-up, it feels a bit flat atm, but I am quite new to this. Anyone join in Q1 last year that can offer a bit of insight on activity/timelines?

2. When are the annual bonuses typically announced and paid. Given turnover is quite high I would have thought there would be a bit of movement around then too?

Originally Posted by BMH77

Hi Dannja.
1) As of the beginning of last week, HC was still not approved for most roles. Uncertain on where the current number of posted jobs is on average, but these are all roles that were approved in 23 for hire in 24. They could be open or they could have candidates to fill them, but are awaiting offers. Once the headcount is approved, the postings will go up as fast as the recruiters can manage it. There are a lot of managers eager to staff up for the year. They just need their budgets approved.

2) The bonus process has begun. All EOY evaluations are with HR for review. Typically the bonus level is announced in early Feb and then paid in Feb or March. Can't tell you whether that will affect postings. If it does, then I'd imagine those positions would start going online in q2.

Hope that helps.

Originally Posted by BMH77

Hi Dannja.
1) As of the beginning of last week, HC was still not approved for most roles. Uncertain on where the current number of posted jobs is on average, but these are all roles that were approved in 23 for hire in 24. They could be open or they could have candidates to fill them, but are awaiting offers. Once the headcount is approved, the postings will go up as fast as the recruiters can manage it. There are a lot of managers eager to staff up for the year. They just need their budgets approved.

2) The bonus process has begun. All EOY evaluations are with HR for review. Typically the bonus level is announced in early Feb and then paid in Feb or March. Can't tell you whether that will affect postings. If it does, then I'd imagine those positions would start going online in q2.

Hope that helps.

Originally Posted by nonthaburi

Technically, yes. But in practice very unlikely. By law an iqama must be issued within 90 days of arrival. IME employers often use this period to see what an employee is like. However, like another poster said, if it's not sorted fairly soon this should raise a flag as to how much the company values you, and an indicator of how things will be with HR in the future.

For the dependent iqama, it's always been quick IME, there's no reason for any delay. It's a very straightforward process paperwork wise. Dependent monthly fees must be paid in advance, medical at government clinic etc I, but apart from that..... The only reason for any delay is lazy HR, which again should raise a flag as to the employee's perceived value, or incompetent HR, which would also be an indicator of the future.

So technically yes, 90 days for the employee, and 90 days for the dependent is 6 months. But very unlikely in practice.

Originally Posted by Rossi624

Hi All,

I have moved to the next stage in a finance role and it is a 2hr assessment (90mins offline and then 30min presentation) Curious to know if anyone has been through that process and is happy to share a bit about their experience? Thanks

Originally Posted by OilTrader

Wouldn't have a clue, I had a few interviews before going Under Offer and just waiting on Headcount/Budget approval.

I remember you were waiting back in 2022, is this for the same role or did you end up applying for another role?