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Post by oilsand on Mar 11, 2013 15:54:11 GMT
o,
I am an Electrical Engineer, currently being interview by Aramco. I am wondering what is the normal package that Aramco offer to engineers? what would be consider as a good package salary and benefit wise for people from North America?
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Post by vpainter on Mar 11, 2013 17:14:33 GMT
If you work directly for Aramco, your benefits will be spelled out in your offer. Salaries are offered according to your experience and their needs. Only you can decide if a salary and benefit package is good for you and your family. No one else can tell you if it's good for you.
Apply, receive your offer and decide if its good for you and your family. You can always say no if its not what you want or need.
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Post by Thyssenkrupp on Mar 12, 2013 14:05:02 GMT
Dear Oilsand please email me at "rsn21273@gmail.com". I am electrical engineer too and going to join Aramco on March 31 as I did go through all this process in 5 months. I can answer your question and give you idea if you need some more details.
ThyssenKrupp
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Post by oilsand on Mar 12, 2013 18:46:50 GMT
The reason I was asking this is because, I don't know what kind expenses will I be facing there in terms of rent, bills, transportation, food... so what is the reasonable offer which will make sure I have enjoy decent living with some saving. I hope you understand what I mean.
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Post by vpainter on Mar 12, 2013 22:09:14 GMT
Rent: example 3 BR townhouse = $495/month includes local phone, all utilities and all maintenance. Smaller houses = less per month.
DSL = $45/month
Groceries to us is our most expensive bill - most things are imported so you pay for that. I do not look at price any longer, if I want it, I buy it. We spend about 1000 to 2500 SR/month ($266 - $700/month). We eat out 1 - 2 times a week, included. Many people eat out the majority of the time.
transportation - Aramco provides free bus service throughout the camp and shopping buses into the local communities and the malls. Taxi companies on camp 10SR anywhere on camp, 55SR round trip to Khobar with 30SR waiting time/hour. Private drivers anywhere from 30SR/hour to 50SR/hour. Purchase a vehicle: 30,000 - 250000SR - you can do a search on the forum and see vehicle prices listed.
Gas = cheap!
car insurance about 2800SR/year depends of course on type/year of vehicle.
Renter's insurance depending on contents insured about 2600SR/year.
A skype, Vonage, or other broadband phone bill.
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Post by UmmRiyam on Mar 13, 2013 9:02:29 GMT
I think the rent is based on the size of the house, and I think rents have increased in the past couple of years (at least in UDH). Our 2 bedroom was about 1550 SAR per month. We just moved to a 3 bedroom and I think the rent is just over 2500 Riyals per month. It's bigger than the regular 3 bedroom townhome. When we were on the bidding list for the 3 bedroom, we looked at the 3 BR townhomes, and they were running just over 2000 SAR per month rent.
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Post by oilsand on Mar 13, 2013 13:21:20 GMT
Thank you so much, that helps alot
I thought you get free living if you live in the Aramco camp?
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Post by GroveWanderer on Mar 13, 2013 16:12:32 GMT
A lot of things are free - all utilities, maintenance, local phone calls, schooling for your kids, transport to work etc, but you do pay rent for your accommodation.
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Post by oilsand on Mar 13, 2013 16:24:14 GMT
that is nice to know, just wondering do we have an option to live off camp? is there any bus service for people living off campus?
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Post by gbhatia on Mar 13, 2013 18:04:17 GMT
Many (most) of your questions will be answered by the recruiter once the offer is made and then again at the orientation session you will be required to attend. My recruiter spent over an hour with me and my wife on the phone answering every one of our questions (and even some that we hadn't anticipated). I would say its better to have the offer in hand before speculating whether its a good one or not  |
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Post by GroveWanderer on Mar 13, 2013 20:10:16 GMT
I dare say you could live off camp if you really wanted to but I'm just wondering - why would you want to? I can't see that there would be any advantage to it. You wouldn't be gaining monetarily or in terms of facilities, or any other way that I can think of.
There are bus services from some local communities like Saihat, Qatif etc - but none from any of the western-style compounds (at least not company-provided).
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Post by oilsand on Mar 13, 2013 21:17:44 GMT
I guess gbhatia is right, I should wait for an offer to come then think too much... I have not even clear the interview  but its fun to day dream lol GroveWanderer: DARE ha ha, I guess living outside the camp is really bad and have no advantages... so lets see I will update you guys as soon I get any update! |
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Post by GroveWanderer on Mar 14, 2013 5:55:15 GMT
Well, I wouldn't go so far as to say that living off camp is really bad, I lived in Al Khobar in the past when I was a contractor and it was OK-ish, I just don't see any major advantages to it, as compared to living on camp.
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Post by GroveWanderer on Mar 14, 2013 6:06:24 GMT
I should just add one proviso to this - I was talking about living off camp locally, in Saudi Arabia. There are some employees who choose to live in Bahrain, which could be seen as having various advantages in terms of life style. Set against that of course, is a commute to and from work which, depending on traffic, could take over 2 hours to go in one direction, at least in the evenings. Travelling across in the morning would not normally take that long but could still be up to an hour or more.
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but its fun to day dream lol