Originally Posted by
havick
Just out of curiosity, why the citizenship requirement?
Just a wild guess.
Probably a company requirement and not a contract requirement.
Easier to co-ordinate the Saudi medicals and visas if they hire locally.
Maybe an equity issue on pay. If they hire locally they can tax everyone under the same regime. If they put aliens in the mix then they won't be liable for US income taxes and thus give rise to a disparity in take-home pay.
If they do initial competency training in the US it's cheaper for them not to hire aliens.
Etc etc etc.....