Does offer change per nationality

Just wondering if offers are still being issues on the legacy payrolls, or every new hire now goes on a single global payroll.

Hi Azraeil & Vpainter,
I have been scheduled to interview for a position in the Unconventional Resource Division of Saudi Aramco. I hold a permanent resident status in the United States and hold passport from one of the Tier 3 countries. My understanding is that my permanent resident status would no longer qualify me to be placed on US payroll system under the Global Payroll Tier system. I have the following clarifications to make:

(1) Is there any exception to this policy, considering the fact that I have not visited my home country in decades, I no longer have any tie there, I received my masters and PhD from United States, I have been working for years in the United States, and finally, my wife and children are all US citizens?
(2) While I understand that Tier 1 receives Standard Overbase of 40% of base salary, do you know the % for Tier 2 and Tier 3?
(3) Is the % fixed for each Tier or it is a range within a Tier, depending on whether one is being hired on family or single status?
(4) Does the % overbase also depend on the size (number of dependents following employee to KSA) of the family?
(5) I understand the % overbase is higher for Tier 1 than Tier 3. However, I am obligated to pay taxes to the US government as a permanent resident of the United States and NOT to my Tier 3 country. How is Saudi Aramco addressing this disparity in overbase for tax purposes for someone in my situation?
(5) Under the new policy of global payroll, can I still make United States my primary point of origin for repatriation purpose (based on my permanent resident status) or it has to be the Tier 3 country?

Hi Vijay19,

I got an offer just after I submitted my UK naturalisation application (was an Indian passport holder). I spoke to the recruiter explaining my situation and they waited for me till I got my British passport. Once I send a copy of the new passport they made me a revised offer which I accepted. The initial offer was made in January 2014 and the revised offer came through in October.
Hope this helps.

Nationality has a direct impact on the Payroll you are put in. And in fact I've just come to know the BIG difference in RAA allowances between the Global Payroll and the Eastern Payroll (In my case the difference of RAA is 5 times less than that of Global Payroll)
I wonder what is the policy for Remote Area Allowance and the Overtime eligibility between the two payrolls. I am on GC12 in Eastern Payroll hired for Jazan. I wonder if I would get the remote area allowance and overtime :roll:

andyzou

you will be offered global payroll. Need to be US passport holder to receive US payroll