Sound more like you are working with distributor? Like Zuellig or DKSH or apex ?

Can post for expat position or not?

I am currently working in Qatar, got a 2 yrs contract, but not direct hire (i.e. Through an agency)

Yes Bro. You can share.

here goes

Job Title : Contracts Engineer
Job Desciption : administer contracts, claims, correspondences, etc. manage tender activities
Age : 42
Years spent in company : 2 months +
Company : one of the Q companies
Industry : O & G
Tenure : contracted for 2 years
Employment Level : huh, what??
Experience before joining (years) : 15 yrs
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Engineering degree
Location : Qatar
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 60 (6 day work week)

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : USD 250 per day worked (no work no pay) and USD 4000/mo for allowances
Contractual Bonus (months): in my dreams only
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : see above, only applicable at nights, or during daydreams

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : medical card, which covers hospitalization, and life insurance under company's umbrella insurance
Transport Benefits : lumped in above allowance
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : zero - it's bring your own and pay your own
Flexi Working Hours : sort of, though officially it's non flexy
Other Benefits : 2 weeks off every 12 weeks worked, flight ticket to home paid by company (economy only, but at least they have to use Qatar Airways here, no LCC)

side note:
being in my position, I get access to some sensitive info... and I can say with absolute certainty, that what I got is far from a "good" rate here... it's just unfortunate that I joined after the global oil price crash... three years ago, I could have had much higher rate - maybe more than double.
but nevermind, to each their own... everyone's fate had been written... and besides, I can't really I complain with this much. Imagine, I made 13000 gross working in KL before this. so it's a big jump already, for which I am thankful.

Good sharing bro. Thanks.
I believe you are considered as rotation 12 weeks ON 2 weeks OFF and the above is for single package.

Basically if we consider 22 working days in a month, you're getting $ 5500 + $4000 allowance, which makes $9500. Is it really worth it to go there from RM 13k? From the looks of it, your contract role has no benefits whatsoever.

Am curious, what is the living cost in Qatar like? Transport, food, rent?

Spot on .

As far as I understand the deviation isn’t so much in the basic but the car allownce is where the difference is.

For example: From my understanding , Distributor type sales rep (DKSH/Zuelig) car allowance = RM500-800 whereas Principal MNC (Roche/J&J/Pfizer and the likes ) = RM900 - RM1200

Thanks for sharing!

do u mind to share cost of living such as foods(breakfast/lunch/dinner), transport, monthly rental room/house and etc? searching for house at first, is it agency help u to find a room or studio or u do it by ur own from Malaysia? anyway u live with family or alone? i really keen to know and thinking to get a job in middle east in future ..

last year i got an interview offer with local Insurance Company as software eng .. thru agency not direct with them ... interview is good discussion on package but dint work out due to Qatar politic issue with Saudi, UAE and US that time got conflicts .. so they freeze the hiring can proceed further afraid the sanction getting worst .. that time also Qatar airplane need to re-route cant use the UAE or Bahrain airway ... maybe not my time yet God knows better

This post has been edited by fhatz: Mar 14 2018, 12:28 PM

Happy working in Bxxxr company bro! Nice seeing someone here with the same working field as me

Well, cost of living is quite bearable here.

I made a choice to live in Al Khor, much closer to work than Doha. This saves me about 120km of travel daily. I estimate maybe around 400-500 riyals per month on fuel.

I drive (just got it yesterday, second hand) an Accord, so I don't expect maintenance would be too expensive. Could've gone with volvo s60 (under same company & workshop as Honda) but I'm sure maintenance would be higher.

Fuel is currently 1.95 for ron 95, and 1.85 for ron 91

I spend around 150-200 riyals per week on food n drinks. This could be 50% highere, were it not for free lunch at the office (6 out of 7 days per week, that is)

I don't pay for air api & net, as it comes with the accommodation, which is a partitioned villa (1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 1 living room, n 1 small kitchen area). I rent this for 2700 per month. There are cheaper alternatives, but I didn't have enough time to search for it, then. They only gave me hotel accommodation for up to 2 weeks.

I don't go for entertainment, too. I have a laptop with 1050ti, so my old steam games keep me entertained. Otherwise, there is YouTube and all that.

But mobile internet is expensive. I can only get weekly package, which is 20 riyals per 1GB per week. Instant messaging eats thru that quite quickly, never mind youtube.

I came here without my family, a conscious decision since schooling is very, very expensive. An average international school would be around 30,000 per child per year up to year 6...and it gets more expensive from there. There are schools that charge North of 50k...

This post has been edited by abu.shofwan: Mar 14 2018, 01:32 PM

Haha thanks! , where do you work and what centres do you cover? We could have bumped into each other along the way but never recognised each other haha. Indeed it’s nice to find people in the same line

I’m working in Nxxxxxxs next to your previous company building .. haha., covering gp and some institutions

What about you?

Wow , one of the big boys as well it seems . I cover mainly hospitals and 1 government centre atm. Our product manager used to be from Nxxxxxxs if I am not wrong. She is in J&J now tho.

Wish you best of luck with your targets! *Month end coming*

Job Title : Sales Marketing Executive
Job Desciption : feel like waiter, take order and supply.
Age : 24
Years spent in company : 1 1/2
Company : Copper Company
Industry : Copper, Manufacturing
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : ?
Experience before joining (years) : 0
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Higher National Diploma in Business Marketing
Location : Shah Alam
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 30 (no ot, no weekend, now work whatsapp group, always punch in out on time. 9-6)

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM 2500 (no fix allowance)
Contractual Bonus (months): meh
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : 1 mth

Benefits (where relevant) : Hostel free. Bujang so don't care. Got nice apartment. one person/room.
Health Benefits : 800/year.
Transport Benefits : Claimable 55c/km
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : Phone and internet provided
Flexi Working Hours : nope.
Other Benefits : Environment is good. no politic. work is easy. Breakfast provided.

I don't feel like changing job just yet. Maybe gonna stay until 3-5 years and jump to senior position somewhere else. And also depends on how my UT funds performs. If good, might start selling UT full time. Already have FIMM license. Now doing part time closing close friends and family. every 3 months got 3k-4k extra.

This is a stressful quarter for me and I’m trying hard to close the gap. I wish you best of luck too in hitting your quarter budget 💪🏼💪🏼

Guys, what's a fair salary for someone around 24-25 years old? Is ~RM4k monthly gross pay (basic + pro-rated bonus) considered OK? Is it low/lower-mid/middle/upper-mid/high range?We're talking about local financial institution here.

TQ!

Fresh grad under union with contractual bonus?

Eh, none of those. 1 yr working experience, no union.

What kind of salary is RM4k gross per month considered for that age range? Hard for me to find info on this.

This post has been edited by contestchris: Mar 15 2018, 11:27 PM

Suppose it is alright. Normal I believe. Normally, banks have 2 months or more for bonus. So tasking 2 or 3 months, a basic of 3 to 3.5k is okay.