Anyone will work/working as Trainer for NITI project

Hi dawnbreaker,

I'm not in Saudi yet was told the following;

I got an offer for a finance position with NITI project. I was told that intially I would be in temporary accommodation a furnished flat in Al Khobar. Have you also been recruited by Al-Hoty?

Al-Hoty will process the following residence permit, Aramco ID card, your Saudi driving license, etc. However, if you want to drive straight away then bring your international driving license. To hire a car is 3000SR a month (About £500). I think it's worth hiring a car because you can't walk around like we do in UK because of heat and while it takes some time to process your paperwork you can get around. Mini holiday. lol lol

While the documents are being processed, Al-Hoty will hook you up with one of their employees working in the Aramco Training Center in Abqaiq where you will be working from 6 to 12 months from April 2014 until the permanent National Industrial Training Insute (NITI) facilities are completed which I think is in Al-Hasa (1 hrs drive from Abqaiq). Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

You will be paid a maximum of 10-day processing time from your arrival. So make sure you bring some money with you.

Also, you will receive 3 flights a year (economy class) to your home destination which will span 2 weeks, 3 times a year.

That's all I know mate.

Did they say when your going out to Saudi?

If you need to get in touch e-mail me on businesskam@yahoo.co.uk.

Hi Dawnbreaker,

I have been told the following for myself;

You will start receiving your salary as soon as you report to work on site which is expected to be February 2014. Although the start of the courses is expected in April 2014, NITI will give you orientation and probably familiarization sessions from Feb until April 2014.

I hope this helps.

dawnbreaker.

No, my agent hasn't done anything yet. Still waiting to hear.

Just a bit nervous about going to Abqaiq. Don't know what to expect?

I contacted another contractor at Aramco. He told me that working as a contractor isn't that bad and Al-Hoty recruitment agency isn't that bad either. So some positive info there.

However, reading other reviews on this website, some people say that you meet alot of good people at Aramco. Very helpful people. Anyway, I heard NITI were recruiting 160 people. Don't know how true that is but we'll all be in the same boat.

We just have to accept things take time.

Hi Dawnbreaker,

I don't think we will be able to live in Abqaiq. There is not much there from finding out from a few people. We are not given accommodation on compound too and probably will have to travel from Al-Khobar to Abqaiq everyday. Do you know how far is it and how long does it take?