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Increase in school fee allowance
Can anyone please tell me the new school fee allowance for primary and secondary at Grade 9? Also, are the transportation and stationary covered?
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The 10% you quote has been going on year after year. The government even reports the figures annually. It is almost always double digit. If not very close. Meaning after 3 years your cost of living will have gone up 32%. This is my point to new hires. EK will not magically change its stance from the past 8 years. Also the transport allowance was stolen 3 years ago. The education allowance increase never covers the actual increase. So every year more and more of your paycheck goes there. I know of one pilot who puts 2 months of his pay into schooling costs alone. I think for most it's about 2-3 weeks, but that is still a 5-7% pay cut. And your contribution will also only increase year on year. Boiling the frog. These are a few, very few, of the reasons your pay will be slowly and quickly deminished year over year. It has been this way for almost a decade. It will not change. IMHO. I politely stand to be corrected.
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Is stationary covered? You are kidding, right?
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No, just asking. By stationary I meant text books. But I need to know the allowance for schooling for secondary and primary both as I am applying for a position in Dnata (Grade 9).
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Hey Quinny ...
Just a thought, and this isn't meant to be argumentative or aggressive...
You're asking anonymous people on an internet forum for info. on schooling allowances etc regarding a contract you're considering signing up for.
My question simply is, isn't this all being answered for you by the amazing HR people of Dnata/EK? Surely the efficiency of such dynamic companies like these should be able to answer these simple contract/renumeration related questions?
Or....are you attempting to solicit the "facts" from guys/gals who have been in the fold of the Emirates Group for some time...and therefore have most probably been "affected" by their lack of transparency?
If the latter is the case.....Caveat Emptor
Best of luck with your decision.
Just a thought, and this isn't meant to be argumentative or aggressive...
You're asking anonymous people on an internet forum for info. on schooling allowances etc regarding a contract you're considering signing up for.
My question simply is, isn't this all being answered for you by the amazing HR people of Dnata/EK? Surely the efficiency of such dynamic companies like these should be able to answer these simple contract/renumeration related questions?
Or....are you attempting to solicit the "facts" from guys/gals who have been in the fold of the Emirates Group for some time...and therefore have most probably been "affected" by their lack of transparency?
If the latter is the case.....Caveat Emptor
Best of luck with your decision.
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I was informed by the HR that the allowance for primary kids is AED 40,000/y AED AED 60,000/y for secondary. However I came to know from a friend that there has been a recent pay review and it has now been increased to AED 76,000/y for both primary and secondary. When I asked my HR coordinator, she was very vague about it and neither confirmed nor denied it, hence I asked on this forum.
and I haven't signed the contract yet, still negotiating the base pay.
and I haven't signed the contract yet, still negotiating the base pay.
That would be more than what flight deck get paid as an allowance. So you may want to recheck those numbers.
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Might be prudent to note that Q is negotiating his salary and from that stand point seems way ahead of the Pilot body , instead of apparently assuming that Pilots have a more generous allowance .
Never really gave much credence to "grade " nomenclature , however he mentioned grade 9 , is it comparable to pilot grade ? Higher , lower or same,same ?
Never really gave much credence to "grade " nomenclature , however he mentioned grade 9 , is it comparable to pilot grade ? Higher , lower or same,same ?
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Pilots do have a higher allowance for housing and education than a grade 9.
Pilots do have a higher allowance for housing and education than a grade 9.
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When I asked my HR coordinator, she was very vague about it and neither confirmed nor denied it, hence I asked on this forum.
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Your HR coordinator was vague? Are you getting the hint yet?
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My HR coordinator was vague as well when I asked how many pilots have resigned this year or since the (lack of) Bonus. She would not give me a #. I asked if she knew the number and she said yes so she was obviously instructed under penalty of death or being shipped back not to give out any information.
