a345xx - thats' a good point - I must admit that I never thought that joining on local terms was an option for an expatriate, and I would hazard a guess, that in the way past, the financial gap from expat to local was greater. But since the removal of the CPF and SPF ( I think that was the company provident fund) in the expat package the gap has narrowed considerably. I still do not know if one has the "option" to join on local terms.
Chimbudzi - I think you going to have Cargojocks frothing at the mouth in flabbergasted disbelief - good for you to say it!!!
Last edited by CDRW; 12th Feb 2009 at 03:47.