am here now for quite some time (6+) and i never saw such a joke of pay raise. yes spirit1 it sounds only good for new joiners,
Well actually the new joiners have to pay out of their own pocket the big bond. So looking at the glass half full, the new joiners are lucky because they pay 1/2 of the bond with the pay-raise. And it could have been worse without the raise ... especially with kids and high maintenance wife!
But looking at the glass half empty, the new joiners have to deduct from the pre-payraise basic 1/2 of the remaining bond which is still a big chunk of chips.
medical system terrible - 3rd world country like
the public health system works quite fine ... but if you want to go private you can work the system a bit better and changing country is still a purchasable option.
9% inflation every year, unrealistic housing costs, school system a joke and if you have 2 or more children, you end up paying from your own pocket
Unfortunately all correct but they have to do something about it because the western world is getting slowly but surely out of these bs economic ... they will have to raise the offer in the expat pilot market or ... !
Pay raise better than nothing and hopefully just the beginning!
Hope for the best and expect the worse... with a solid back-up plan!