VVIP 225 engineers.
I looked at this and asked a few Q's from someone who knows a bit about the place. The answers I got are;
The salary is just over 36K tax free. Bonus is paid at the end of the contract but you might end up spending some of that in advance setting up and generally living. Don't forget there is no pension scheme so some of that has to be put aside for the future.The cost of living has gone up a lot too.
Booze is very expensive but there is a bar in the club house. Dress codes apply however so no jeans or polo shirts allowed. Described as a throw back to the days of the British military running the place. Officers mess and all that tosh.
The daily allowances when on courses are to cover everything including hotels, food an car hire. The only way to make money is to slum it or get a lot less cash and the company picks up the tab.
Leave flights are business class, 2 per year. If you want to take the cash you can but you get 75% of the cheapest flight the company can get, it is not so good when airlines offer discounts on most routes.
Accomodation is a shabby apartment on a shabby compound and don't expect ground floor accomodation if you have kids. It depends on whats available.
People, place and weather are generally fine but work has lots of politics at play and as an expat you will not be going up the ladder.
The choice is yours.