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Old 10th Sep 2007, 08:52
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divingduck
 
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The figures are ok up to a point.
The bonus that we receive each year is based on the salary component of the package, currently 16,000 dirhams and change. I assume it is the same with the gratuity.
However, as has been said before, these numbers are guaranteed and the bonus is a minimum This year past we received 2 months "salary" in April.
As for saying that Muscat housing prices are 75% of Abu Dhabi not sure about those numbers. Compare apples to apples. If you try getting a 5 bed villa near the waterfront in Ab Dab, it will set you back between 260 and 450,000 dirhams per year, payable in advance. I live in one of the cheapest places available...note that word, available...and it costs 155,000 per year.
School fees are marginally cheaper, but you have to be able to get your kid into school...wating lists everywhere here.
All that said, the GCAA contract is WAY better than being offered in Muscat, why do you think we are all here?
verci, cheery,yakkity, tweeter and pms et al, stop talking to yourselves

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