Your opinion please

Andy_mi
By Andy_mi

Ciao everybody

I'm about to move to Doha where I was offered to be the chairman of a brand new small size company

My job will be 50% technical (interior design + building site management) and 50% commercial (high end building materials selling)

I've agreed the following side benefits:

house (1 BR or large studio)
car (petrol & maintenance inclusive)
2 air ticket home per annum
first class medical insurance (except dentist)
fitness center membership

Salary will be 40.000 US $ net/annum + succes fee commisions

I'm an italian architect of 49 yo with 22 years experience

What do you think about ?

Thanks for your help

By arc736• 30 Dec 2012 23:46
arc736

dear sir considering your years of experience the offered salary is too low...please do negotiate more or just drop it and wait for something better..

good luck

By Andy_mi• 30 Dec 2012 22:21
Andy_mi

UkEngQatar thank you very much

cracydutch dank'u wel

tahsinmim आपको धन्यवाद देता हूं।

I'm aware that my base salary will be on the lower side of the scale but the company I will manage is too brand new (and about small) to afford high salaries at beginning

Anyhow I find the challenge very exciting because premises of business are very good and hopefully succes fees will be much bigger than base salary

I'll drop you a line if and when arriving in Doha

Andy

By cracydutch• 30 Dec 2012 14:15
cracydutch

thats on the realy low site coming from eu with 22y experience.. at atleast 50% or dont take the job

By GodFather.• 30 Dec 2012 12:10
GodFather.

Andy-mi the salary looks like on the lower side. You said $40k per annum that's about QR130K which is just over QR10500 per month. Not enough in my opinion.

By Andy_mi• 30 Dec 2012 11:24
Andy_mi

@ Bachus

1) no wife and daughter will stay home at least for the first 6/8 months

2) really don't know but I was told "no dental care inclusive"

@ Bachus

@ Absaraftab

@ Molten Metal

I was somehowe thinking that the base part of the salary was low but the interesting part is the "no upper limit" for succes fee

@ qdclover

in Italy we say "la prima gallina che canta ha fatto l'uovo" (more or less "the first hen singing is the one doing an egg") If you tell someone to be gay maybe you've got a lot of secrers to keep well hidden :-) don't you ? :-)

By Molten Metal• 30 Dec 2012 08:35
Molten Metal

not enough.

By anonymous• 30 Dec 2012 07:01
anonymous

Az nothing to do with Nationality but I would bet you a 100 QR I'm right.

By absaraftab• 30 Dec 2012 02:53
absaraftab

not enough.

By Bachus• 30 Dec 2012 00:38
Bachus

1. Do you have family coming with you? If so, what benefits extend to them?

2. What constitutes first class medical insurance. Most first class insurance includes dental.

3. The salary seems low considering your experience. However, as a general rule you should expect 1.5 times whatever the equivalent job would receive in Italy.

By azilana7037• 30 Dec 2012 00:13
azilana7037

that the OP is gay?

Because he's Italian?

By anonymous• 29 Dec 2012 22:42
anonymous

yes he Def takes it from the behind.

By anonymous• 29 Dec 2012 22:28
anonymous

You are gay aren't you. Not a critism just a statement of fact

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