OleJanx

Well said, Co durham boy! When I first came to the Gulf, it used to be:
Start in Saudi, because everywhere is an improvement on Saudi, even Kuwait, as women could drive there, and go about unwrapped, as it were.Then Qatar ( no booze in hotels then, just 400Q.R at the Cable and Wireless syndicate once a month) Then Oman, then U.A.E/ Bahrain as the postings that were the easiest.
But that was thirty years ago, and nearly everywhere in the Gulf has moved on a bit since then....

Sandboy

Joey Barton was less than impressed with Jaun's Ramadan offer

bingoed01

Wesgreen International had a look on Google maps and its at the back of Sharjah, next to the desert! 7500 AED / £1300 tax free a month for a 1 year contract , work Sun to Thu and digs are included.Apartment style opp school seemingly.
If I take it I guess I would be spending a lot of money on taxi's !

Sandboy

that's a terrible salary, be careful

and if the accommodation is near the school.... be like living on an industrial estate and there used to be a massive tip just behind there

soukie

The salary is really bad and remember tax free only applies if you are out of UK for a full tax year so if you decide to return permanently to UK in June 2012 after your first school year you would probably have to pay tax on your overseas earnings!

bingoed01

Thanks for the advice , I'm starting to paint a picture. it is a lot less than obviously at home and i've just been reading about the tax rules so that is not so good either. Although acommodattion is free , it might be a tiny horrible flat and also standard of living is higher than what I am used to. Might try and hold off for a bit. Many Thanks for all your comments , enjoy life.

Spugsy

Think we are mate, shame the boozers are shut mind.

bingoed01

OK so salary no good Just for information does anyone know what a good salary would be and what I should be looking for ? I have been a teacher for a year in the UK so fairly junior. If accommodation is covered ,what would you be looking for ?
Maybe need to post this on the teacher's forum ,will do that too. Thanks.

Spugsy

You'd want double that pet, or more.

Jim Smith

[Then Qatar ( no booze in hotels then, just 400Q.R at the Cable and Wireless syndicate once a month)



Those were the days. Juggling your selection to make exactly 400 QR!!!Seemed everyone tried to do it!

OleJanx

Not forgeting that every now and then you could make the shortfall up with miniatures ( but not every visit...)

Oyibopeppeh

Have you been or lived in either? PH was fun city......

scrubbedexpat141

Not sure why any of that is relevant?

I gave my opinion that having been there a couple of times, it's a shit pit.

Whether I live in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Doha or Mayfair is irrelevant.

Whether I've been here for 5 minutes or 50 years is irrelevant as well, I've been to Sharjah and it's not somewhere I would want to live. In fact, I said I'd be looking at Dubai and Abu Dhabi over Sharjah, not to rule it out completely.

I don't have a visa, therefore I don't have a sofa, or a bed in fact. This forum is pretty useful to find out where I should be looking for that sort of stuff. Just like the OP has asked about Sharjah, I've been there a couple of times but I've not been to a furniture shop. Let alone a furniture shop in Sharjah.

Now, please, continue with the "I'm better than everyone else on here because I'd live in a 'harder' location".

scrubbedexpat141

Classic.

"Move to Sharjah, give it a go"

Oh wait....

Sandboy

read it back - I never said live there, I said live in Dubai and travel, I worked in Sharjah for years and enjoyed it, there was a real community spirit about the place. You dismissed it out of hand

the relevance is the lass is asking for advice and someone who still hasn't got a visa, a sofa or a full compliment of pubic hair may not be the best qualified to dispense it