Demented Kitten

Sorry to hear that.

I am in the IT field myself in Saudi.

May I ask what is your line of work?

nottmbantam

Yes, this is what I was also thinking when I asked how long you would have to wait for housing, cos its also an impression I have ,that people seem to be leaving Saudi, so therefore creating housing vacancies.

Although to be honest, I have no hard evidence to support my impression, just a feeling about how things are at the moment.

Anyway, as I said, hope all goes well when you return.

mcmonkiez

my employer was near Naseem there is no way near i can get housing in compound within the housing allowance unless private house or apt.


I found one House 6 bedroom near Ikea riyadh the rent was 30000 SR for year

it was called some thing like Askaan and dead area without any play ground etc.. was really feel depress when i went there to see.


anyway

may be next time with better job and package.

mcmonkiez

not a problem if i stayed in saudi as i can work my uk projects from saudi too via secure ssl work vpn connection remotely...

and notice period after working more then 5 years is only 2 weeks in my company.

.. just multi-tasking.

Shadya

You turned down a 6-bedroom house for SR30,000 per annum without even trying to settle down?

mcmonkiez

Well my wife cannot live there alone in 6 bedroom house no one to talk alone in the area cannot even get a taxi it's was just not right at all.

Vimto

Many years ago I remember seeing T-shirts for sale in Saudi "Happiness is an Exit Only visa" also for sale were ones proclaiming "Sid Deeki is my best friend"

hoofie2002

I'd have loved one of the latter ones - to this day I regret not smuggling some out when I went exit-only. You tell people about drinking that crap, setting fire to it etc. and they don't believe you !

hoofie2002

There are a few boots going into this bloke which is a little unfair. He is a British Expat like the rest of us.

I did warn him [as did others] that the salary package he was offered was a bit low. Nevertheless he has taken the risk but it hasn't worked out, especially if he was a wife and kids. Fair play to him, he gave it a bash.

To the poster himself - yes you should try and get a NOC [is that a letter of no objection?] if possible. As for jobs elsewhere in the gulf, you can try but the market is contracting severely and you really are up against guys from the subcontinent who are very, very cheap compared to an expat.

Anyway best of luck - if you REALLY want to move overseas you could always consider Oz or New Zealand long-term.

mcmonkiez

i only tired with less package as if I did not come then i was gonna blame my self and think i should have done and tried but now I have tried it and see it from my own eyes the housing and living situation.. so it was a good experience and hopefully when i try next time may be i can do better.. well this is the hope and see how it goes.

I am flying back to London this coming monday well Thank you! for all the advise and take care.

Ta.

hoofie2002

No worries mate - all the best !

eylesda

My mate used to take a 2 litre bottle out every leave. We were round at his place watching his porn the night he was going on hols. He was at the gold souk.
Anyway, we ran out of sid so knicked his from his suitcase.

He left for the airport around midnight but came wandering back at 4 a.m. as the flight had been cancelled.

As his bags had been checked in they had to go through the search procedure coming out. He said he was sh*tting himself cos he knew he was about to go to jail.

He puts it down to being a miracle. We never did tell him where it went

lionheart

With friends like you, who needs enemies?

eylesda

***** you pal, need's must etc....