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[chef]

or if you know the consultancy, approach them direct?

[Fred Bloggs]

Sounds to me like you need to seriously reconsider this deal.

[gooddayall]

Would you mind me asking how you managed to find the gig? Was it through agency or direct and was it using the common techniques i.e. jobserve?

Just considering a move to the gulf in the next few years (Kuwait/Dubai/Saudi/Qatar/Iraq) so would be useful info to me.

Thanks

I may be rejecting the offer... The package doesn't include accommodation , agent is saying come in Saudi Arabia and look around for a compound of your liking... but the britishexpats forum reports most compounds having a waiting list of 6 months. Yes Yes I will speak to the agent about this , but the first impression is they don't care where I will be staying. Frankly , turns out , these compounds are seriously guarded ... probably for good reasons. So the situation may arise where I can't get into a compound and have to throw all my money on a central hotel....


A Muslim agent called me from somewhere. They must have gotten me from monster uk. Didn't ask for references , just interview and bang! It looks like is for a modest IT consultancy - probably less than 40 people. The 8 000 USD , no accommodation package seems to be a really crappy deal ... but still researching.

[Drewster]

Would you mind me asking how you managed to find the gig? Was it through agency or direct and was it using the common techniques i.e. jobserve?

Just considering a move to the gulf in the next few years (Kuwait/Dubai/Saudi/Qatar/Iraq) so would be useful info to me.

Thanks

Don't know about Goodiebags but mine is via "contacts"...... which won't help you I am afraid

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Would you mind me asking how you managed to find the gig? Was it through agency or direct and was it using the common techniques i.e. jobserve?

Just considering a move to the gulf in the next few years (Kuwait/Dubai/Saudi/Qatar/Iraq) so would be useful info to me.

Thanks

[Drewster]

nooooooooo - sorry
when I say fck em all, I mean us, the brits, your mates, me.
who will wind you up till the cows come home.

just keep laughing mate - its the best medicine

Oh I see you mean Fck You.... or indeed Fck me..... Fairy Snuff

In that case its all good!

[EternalOptimist]

I would seriously suggest not fcking any off them... but the rest of the advice is OK

nooooooooo - sorry
when I say fck em all, I mean us, the brits, your mates, me.
who will wind you up till the cows come home.

just keep laughing mate - its the best medicine

[Drewster]

now you are getting the hang of it

fck em all and keep laughing and you'll be ok

I would seriously suggest not fcking any off them... but the rest of the advice is OK

[EternalOptimist]

What is the thing with the water again ?

now you are getting the hang of it

fck em all and keep laughing and you'll be ok

[EternalOptimist]

Is that what the Commander tells you before ordering you Forward against the enemy tanks ? : )

hell yes. we used to attack with beer bottles. The hard bit was having to empty them all first

[gooddayall]

stick with me kid, just remember, a brave man dies just once, a coward dies a hundred times.

Is that what the Commander tells you before ordering you Forward against the enemy tanks ? : )

[gooddayall]

stick with me kid, just remember, a brave man dies just once, a coward dies a hundred times.

and anyone who drinks the water dies a hundred and twenty six times (on average)

What is the thing with the water again ?

[EternalOptimist]

But I have to go to work each day, travel throug the city, .. i mean besides locking the car's doors , I can't think of much.... it is very scary.....

stick with me kid, just remember, a brave man dies just once, a coward dies a hundred times.

and anyone who drinks the water dies a hundred and twenty six times (on average)

[gooddayall]

a machine gun = a company task. 6 machine guns = 3 covered arcs

= 3 companies.

you will be ok unless they attack in battallion strength, 4-6 hundred.


just dont drink the water

But I have to go to work each day, travel throug the city, .. i mean besides locking the car's doors , I can't think of much.... it is very scary.....

[EternalOptimist]

apparently one ( don't know about the rest ) of the living facilities for westerners , a compound , is guarded by 6 machine gun posts and a couple of armored vehicles....... sounds pretty safe to me...

a machine gun = a company task. 6 machine guns = 3 covered arcs

= 3 companies.

you will be ok unless they attack in battallion strength, 4-6 hundred.


just dont drink the water