Does Aramco support dual-career couples?

I am so glad to get some feedback on this, My husband and I also work full-time currently. He has been given offer and excepted with Saudi Aramco as a corporate trainer, I am an RN and would love to continue practicing once there in Saudi Arabia. Can i apply with an international agency( meaning not through Saudi Aramco) ? i am also pursuing my masters degree and will need to have a place to do clinical hours and obtain preceptor-ship eventually. although I am looking forward to not working full time, I would like to know I have the option to work if i wanted to maybe on a prn(as needed) basis, not full time. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

My case is similar, I am an Engineer & my wife is a Teacher. I just got a e-mial from my recruiter informing me SA is working on a offer for me. But I am wondering will SA support if my wife interviews for Teacher roles in Jan 2015 or is there a restriction on Teachers similar to nurses as mentioned by vapainter?

Resurfacing this topic since I haven’t seen recent commentary on it. I’m expecting to soon be offered a position at Aramco. Knowing approximately what the offer will be, it doesn’t quite make financial sense to accept with my wife’s loss of income.

My recruiter suggested my wife could potentially find a position with Aramco in her chosen field, which would make the situation much more attractive to our family and warrant a move from the US. She had an interview months ago, with no follow up and we’re still in the dark about her prospects.

I know she would only be hired as “local” or “casual” but does anyone have a similar experience of attempting to get both spouses hired simultaneously and before moving to KSA? Would she only be considered for a position after landing in KSA? How do I find if her profession is limited for casual hires in KSA?

Ideally I would want assurances of her employment before we move from the States, but not sure if that’s possible. Anyone heard of that happening?

Concur. Additionally, there is no such thing as “causal hire” at Aramco anymore. Spouses either get hired as a regular expat employee salaried w/benefits or hired through Aramco contractor then would be a contract employee for Aramco.

If you’re holding out to see if your wife gets hired on at Aramco or guys will get some package deal, highly unlikely and your offer will expire. If she sees Aramco job postings, that she believes she is compeive for by all means keep applying.
Best to make your decision to come knowing your wife may not get employed but could possibly.

Thanks Kyle and jrs. I thought that was probably the case. Interesting to hear that it’s possible for spouses to be hired with full benefits. Do you know of any cases where this has happened? Would it require transition from a family to work visa for my wife?

We are both interested in making the move, but it has to make sense financially and career-wise. She has a senior role now and a lot of experience, so doesn’t want to give that up to not work for a prolonged period.

Yes, they have hired dual expat roles where both husband and wife get full salary including expat prem & benefits. This just started in recent years but is rare. Before the spouse was hired as a causal, which was just salary & no benefits. They didn’t allow both husband & wife to get benefits & expat premium. The causal hire has gone away. However, most of the spouses I know that work for Aramco are contractors with good salary but no benefits. In all the cases I know of including my wife’s contract job with Aramco, the spouse was hired several months to years after arriving and applying. I personally don’t of any case of couples being hired at the same time or close together outside of school teachers. I’ve been here for nearly seven years.