Job Offer in Dubai

joker4186 · #1 (**permalink**) 26th March 2008, 03:57 PM

I have been offered a job in Dubai as an engineering Senior technical manager. The base salary is AED20,000 per month with a car allowance of AED3,400pm, Utility allowance of 1350pm and rent allowance of AED150000pa. As well as the above theres a one off welcome allowance of AED67,000. Can any of you good people out there tell me whether this is a reasonable offer for Dubai. Any help or comments would be most welcome.

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Joker4186

Elphaba · #2 (**permalink**) 27th March 2008, 05:41 AM

Are you single?

If you compare to other threads and read the comments you will see that it is enough for a single person.

joker4186 · #3 (**permalink**) 27th March 2008, 07:08 AM

Hi thanks for reply. I have read the other threads and I'd be coming over to Dubai on my own. My family would be staying in the UK and I would like to be able to have a reasonable standard of living on my own whilst still sending money home and being able to save a little at the same time.

Geordie Armani · #4 (**permalink**) 27th March 2008, 03:47 PM

why aren't the family coming? I am not a great lover of distance loving if you know what I mean!

joker4186 · #5 (**permalink**) 27th March 2008, 05:25 PM

Hi, we only arrived back in the UK last July after 7 1/2 years working in Moscow and Nairobi. The kids are settled back in school here and I was going to come out for the year. i spent 9 months on my own in Moscow. Is the 20k basic reasonable for my job?/ I'm a mechanical/Electrical engineer on 45K in the Uk. Iseem to be trying to convince myself of the move