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Post by Eng-smile on Apr 22, 2013 4:15:10 GMT
I am new on this forum. I m currently waiting for an offer. I heard that spouse are invited in the orientation and medical. I was wondering how about kids. I am assuming if time comes I'll have to take my kids as well as I would have no arrangement for them. Can someone put some light on this plz.
I was also wondering about the offices and housing of the Berri gas plant eng division employees. Plz if you know anything...
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Post by Hadia on Apr 22, 2013 7:00:36 GMT
Sometimes the orientation is done via web video conference, so the spouse does not go to ASC. If you have child care issues, I encoue you to request a remote orientation from your relocation specialist. This topic has been described elsewhere in the forum, if you want to check it out.
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Post by texas2rt on Apr 25, 2013 12:35:56 GMT
On April 1st my wife and I were in houston for the orientation and it was the best experience of our life time, until the orientation my wife was kinda unsure about all the relocation, kids situation, job and more, but after she went to the Aramco Services center in Houston all her doubts were cleared. I would highly recommend anyone to go and attend the orientation on site instead of doing it online or remotely and after all Aramco will refund you any expense related to the contingencies for the job. Needless to say, they will cover you and your spouse's air fair, food, taxi and put you in a very good hotel.
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Post by Hadia on Apr 25, 2013 17:56:23 GMT
They don't always invite the wife to attend in person. Sometimes these things are conducted remotely at Aramco's preference. I brought up the idea of doing it remotely if it's a problem to leave kids unattended at home. If you can attend in person and get your medical stuff done in Houston, yeah, that's a great thing. It doesn't always work that way for everyone though.
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Post by justthe4ofus on Apr 26, 2013 2:57:22 GMT
If you are all able to go, go. Don't worry about a thing (unless you have extremely rambunctious kids, lol). I went with my husband and had my blood work done there. I took our then 3 month old. I sat in the back and nursed her when she needed. If she started getting fussy, I took her out so I wouldn't disturb the others. But we had a small group. 8 people including us and including spouses. I left my 4 year old with my mom at home, but I could have brought him and let him use the iPad with headphones. There was a couple from Canada with their two kids. They sat in the little tv area right outside of the orientation room and the mom was in and out checking on them. They were not a distraction at all.
But like hadia said, if you don't think your kids would do well, or you know they can't sit for that long, then you can always ask for other options.
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Post by Eng-smile on Apr 26, 2013 19:00:12 GMT
Justthe4ofus, thanks for sharing your experience. If they pay for kids travelling fare, I would prefer to take them with me and drop them in Houston to my in laws for the orientation.
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