Vercing, Therat, Jonny Cash etc.....take your petty little squabble elsewhere. This isn't what this forum is for. Take it up in Expatwomen.com
mhk77,
The catches are what has to come out of that lump sum. The Serco pay plus benefits means that rent, schooling, medical, flghts home, travel etc are add ons. With a lump sum you are responsible for paying them and keeping up with increases in each.
As a guide:
Rent in Dubai will cost you around 2000GBP a month
Schooling - 2000-3000GBP per term per child.
Medical - don't know but figure on around 1000GBP per year for a family of four.
Utilities - around 2500GBP per year.
Plus flights home and travel expenses.
So as you can see, anyone with 2 or more kids is left with between 3500 - 4000 per month. And remember its expensive to live here. Sure, single guys will be better off, but historically don't stay as long as those with kids.
Is it really worth uprooting from home and possibly leaving a lucrative pension scheme for that? Those at near top of scale at a band 5 unit in UK would be making around the same money after tax.