Did you negotiate your salary when offered a job in Dubai?

[DLNW]

Originally Posted by nm62

For some odd reason i have seen and heard about appointment letters with salary reaching decimals (2 significant no.) as well... eg. DH 16797.91

It is the HR as well as Accounting policy that the salary is converted in to Dirhams from what ever the currency the parent company is using.

Accept the offer as it is or leave .... no negotiation... system generated figures...
Sounds wiered but they cannot change it...

but the extra allowance can be given to you apart from the figure in some other forms...eg. vouchers... redemtion of receipt you spend... furniture...

something like that but the figure will not be changed on appointment letter

Yup - thats usually when an expat is on assignment with a big company (a different formula is used) the banks use the system a lot when they send people on attachments to countries for 2/3 years and then repatriate them home at the end of the contract to another job in the same bank.

[Sean2008]

I thought the rule of thumb was to ask for 10-15% more than what they initially offer us. I got my first job in Dubai through a recruiter and they did the negotiation on my behalf.

[nm62]

Recruitment Agencies get a heavy commission based on your Salary (Appointment letter) which is almost 3 times your basic pay or a percentage of your pay.

But do let us know when you get the letter that if your are able to push them for more.
I am quite sure they will not increase the base... they may increase others.