Salary and allowance breakup
I am new here but I have been reading a lot of forums since a couple of months ago. I have offered a job in Aamal Company as a Chief Accountant and want to know from those who have worked in this Company or from those who have knowledge about the working environment and culture of this company. What is the culture in the organisation?
How would you describe working in the company?
How would you describe the HR department?
Would you consider this a merit based company?
Do they promote and compensate people based on performance or based on tenure?
How is the management attitude towards their employees?
What would you consider a reasonable salary for someone from an Asian country with an MBA from University of Leicester, UK and having 9 years of financial and management accounting experience including budgeting, accounts preparation and IFRS knowledge plus additional 6 years of corporate finance in terms of investment evaluation, investment due diligence, valuation, forecasting and investment report writing?
What would you consider the basic salary and allowance breakup on the total package?
What would you do if the company is not willing to change and gives basic less than 50% of total package?
Would you advise signing th offer letter even though it does not contain hours to work or job description nor career path?
Also, salary depends on which nationality you hold. Culture, HR, Performance Related Bonus depends on the company, the larger organizations have diversity which fair better in these aspects. Mid- size, you are taking your chances, smaller firms, don't bet your life on it.
Dont have answer to your long list of questions but I heard Aamal is a big organization. Hope their policies and procedures will be good too. Being in HR, I would offer Chief Accountant with above qualifications QAR 20,000/- PM, + benefits (medical insurance for self, life insurance for self, annual return ticket for self + wife, 30 days calender days paid annual leave, company BB with SIM, 500QAR fuel limit) Brkdown of salary ( QAR 13,000/- Basic, Housing Allowance QAR 5000/- , Transportation allowance QAR 1000/-, Other allowance QAR 1000/-)
Working hours are 8 per day , 6 day a week as per Qatar Labor Law( some companies work 5 days only, could be Aamal will be one of them) . I can understand the questions are asking, but rarely in GCC a company will always give you such details in offer etc. If you are working in Dubai or a good western country, do not come to Qatar rather work there as you wont find systematic approach to work here. If you are looking for change anyway, Aamal would be a good place to try.