QF Offer, good enough ?
I'm an Indian national, UK resident and top tier MBA with 6 years of exp ( 2 years GCC ), QF made me an offer 16500 base, 1200 transport, QF Housing. Is that good enough considering my exp and QF reputation ? (I obviously think it is not, just wanna get educated opinions :)
Apart from this, leave,end of service,medical,car purchase etc is there.
Any comments would immensely help.
Mmm, palatable. The rule of thumb is a competitive salary for that position in your home country plus 25% plus housing, schooling and all the perks.
Mandi
:) .. i would consider giving some discount ;)
Your two pence is too costly, mate ;)
if you can give me half of ur first month salary ..i would give u some comment/suggestion :P :)
On refusal, QF revised the offer to make it 20K and added a furnishing allowence of 30K, any comments folks ?
Finally, decided against it, not worth making such a life style change for peanuts. A bit pissed with QF but may be some other time. Bye for now the good folks at Qatar Living !
Thanks for the responses folks, seems QF approached me for a job that doesn't need my skill level or academic level, strange but bit shameful on QF scouting team. They said its a grad15 level role, don't know what that means exactly but assuming it must be junior payscale of somekind.
The job is something I'd like to do, have done before as expert. In terms of money , compared to my current monthly savings in UK, I guess I'd save few thousands QR more. In exchange there would be a significant change in the lifestyle. So still pondering.....
Mandi, as always i agree with you. It depends on your position, not on your years of experience or education. If one with MBA and 10 years of experience as a top manager one day accepts an Office Boy job, he cannot expect manager's salary.
Orpheus80....they are flexible to bergaining....but not too much. It is worth trying.
Is it better than you are making now? Is it a job you like and want to do? QF will pay for the job, not for your years of experience in another position. So, I'd say if you like the job, go for it. If it isn't enough money, wait until a job comes along in QF that more meets your credentials.
Mandi
A rather foolish question, do you folks think that they would bargain ? Some Arab companies specifically don't, is QF one of them ? :)
This salary is too low considering your experience. I work in QF, and I know they have a tier system of salary, and probably you fall short from the next category by only a small percent. Try bargaining with them...the housing and health package is good..as far my opinion..
If that helps, I am supposed to report to the director of a department and whose salary I came to know would be in the range of 55-65K QR per month. I'd be the specialist and there would be a manager as well.
QF has a standardized classification level that ties in with pay. The pay level depends upon the needs of the job, not on your qualifications. $25K QR plus benefits is actually a really high classification level, i think as a Senior Manager / Director type of position. $16,000 QR is more than many teachers make in Doha, so I would think that is probably a good salary, but again it depends on the job. The Housing and transport allowance makes up for any salary discrepancies you might encounter. QF is pretty fair about pay, and is an employer of choice in Qatar.
Too low.. say NO
Nope ...Guess u are under paid ... min is 25K
Considering your profile and experience, this is way way too less. You should get minimum 25,000 basic plus housing plus transport.