Post by bluecheeze on Oct 4, 2013 3:10:16 GMT
Just wanted to give some information to those of you who may be waiting on an offer or considering- I know I frequently visited this site for information and help during my LONG process and wanted to try and repay the favors.
(US Expat)
I was initially offered a position as Engineer II with a base salary less then what I am currently making working in Dhahran. I was notified by email that I would be receiving an offer shortly and did not get it for 6 weeks (I bugged the contact about every 2 weeks).
I initially rejected the first offer and asked for at minimum what I was making now (as I had seen others on the forum successfully accomplish). I did write a justification letter for why I felt this was an acceptable increase. The next day I received a revised offer which was actually 60% higher then what I had asked for- didn't understand that but I am not complaining.
They also changed my le from "Engineer II" to "Engineer III" (still GC 12) which I was told is a promotion but I am not too sure from reading this forum- again I really don't care- all that matters to me is the $$$.
We were also told that I would be staying in Rakkah (just wife and I).
I was initially contacted by a recruiter in March and my first interview was June. I had a total of 3 skype and 2 phone interviews over the course of 2 months before I was notified that I was getting an offer in August. Letter received in October. Offer letter signed October. Estimated 1Q13 arrival (pending acceptable BI/medical).
Looking forward to the new chapter of our lives and getting to travel the world (super excited about the insane amount of vacation days Aramco gives- I have had 10days/year for the past 5 years).
Civil engineer with 5 years of experience going into the pipeline department.
Good luck to those of you who are currently going through the process and feel free to ask questions.
(US Expat)
I was initially offered a position as Engineer II with a base salary less then what I am currently making working in Dhahran. I was notified by email that I would be receiving an offer shortly and did not get it for 6 weeks (I bugged the contact about every 2 weeks).
I initially rejected the first offer and asked for at minimum what I was making now (as I had seen others on the forum successfully accomplish). I did write a justification letter for why I felt this was an acceptable increase. The next day I received a revised offer which was actually 60% higher then what I had asked for- didn't understand that but I am not complaining.
They also changed my le from "Engineer II" to "Engineer III" (still GC 12) which I was told is a promotion but I am not too sure from reading this forum- again I really don't care- all that matters to me is the $$$.
We were also told that I would be staying in Rakkah (just wife and I).
I was initially contacted by a recruiter in March and my first interview was June. I had a total of 3 skype and 2 phone interviews over the course of 2 months before I was notified that I was getting an offer in August. Letter received in October. Offer letter signed October. Estimated 1Q13 arrival (pending acceptable BI/medical).
Looking forward to the new chapter of our lives and getting to travel the world (super excited about the insane amount of vacation days Aramco gives- I have had 10days/year for the past 5 years).
Civil engineer with 5 years of experience going into the pipeline department.
Good luck to those of you who are currently going through the process and feel free to ask questions.