RE: salary advise

Shuja,

I can give you the salary ranges in Saudi Arabia as on March 1999.

A developer gets SAR 5,000 to SAR 6,000 if he is working in a consultancy organization. Conversion Rate: US$1=3.75 SAR.

Apart from the above, in a consultancy organization, they give you 30 days vacation after the completion of 12 months and Air tickets from your work place to you home town (wherever it is on this earth). And of course they squeeze your blood.

Now, if you are joining a company ( I mean other than consultancy organization), then you will get lot more perks. The salary usually will be SAR6,000 to SAR8,000. They give you completely rent free furnished accommodation (I mean complete - Furniture, Kitchen vessels, House completely carpeted, TV etc). If you have family, generally, they give you 5 bed room house. (For a bachelor they may dump anywhere they like.) Complete medical reimbursement. Car Loan interest free. Also, sick leave. Complete reimbursement for the children education. 30 days vacation once in 11 months. Air tickets to home town to you and to your family (1 wife and 2 children). Of course Yearly Bonus. Many companies reimburse books purchases and also computer to your house. Reimbursement for your technical education --- most companies send the employees to the Oracle corporation for a course once in a year to upgrade their skills.

The above perks are fairly common in the entire gulf region. Perhaps salary may change.

Rao

Maheswara.Rao_at_SunGardP3.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Mohammad Shuja [mailto:shuja_at_technologist.com] Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 12:58 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: salary advise

I have received a job offer from some company in Bahrain. Perhaps, through their agents. They are saying it to be contract position for 2-3months. I have less than two years of experience on oracle developer 2000. I have ocp in release 1,2,6/6i also. They are asking for my expected salary. Can anyone advise me about the current market salary. Please, give me atleast some rough idea, asap. Also tell me, what exactly is the difference between normal and contract jobs and its Received on Thu Jan 25 2001 - 14:33:16 CST