Hmmm .. that's an extremely subjective question. The money in itself is good but .... you earn good money anyway.
Have you checked there are places available at the American School? Places are not easy to come by.
Your accomodation allowance will not get you a villa, there are also long waiting lists for the better maintained compounds with facilities. For the standard of comfort you will be used to and access to outdoors at all you will be paying 15-20k QR pcm for accomodation. Low end for unfurnished high otherwise. The really posh compounds are 25k+ but you'll wait a year + for availability. Will you be gaining a rental income in the states on top of your salaries here? or is rent money going down a black hole?
Cars - rental for one car is going to set you back nigh on $700 for something "compact". Have you seen the driving here? Has your wife seen the driving here? Will you want to get a driver?
Will your spouse want to work? Depending on what she does and what she is earning it can be next to impossible to find local hire jobs. If she is going to stop working, what proportion of your US income are you losing in this respect? For many wives who are used to careers of their own it can be a very difficult transition. There's not really a whole lot to do here but meet friends in coffee bars and take kids to afterschool activities.
Have you all been out to the ME before? Have either of you lived abroad at all? What are your lifestyles like and what do you do for entertainment? How old is the little one?
Weighed up we dont much like this place but certainly the best can be made of it in a lot of circumstances if the money is worth it and only you can know how much being here is going to net you. If you're comfortable where you are and the family has not done a look see I would seriously recommend you try and get one done.
What are your expectations of this place?
My honest opinion is the net gain has got to be pretty god dam high to warrant coming out here .. you're going to be taxed on over 100K of your package ... particularly if it's purely a financial move and not an experience related decision.
Hmmm .. that's an extremely subjective question. The money in itself is good but .... you earn good money anyway.
Have you checked there are places available at the American School? Places are not easy to come by.
Your accomodation allowance will not get you a villa, there are also long waiting lists for the better maintained compounds with facilities. For the standard of comfort you will be used to and access to outdoors at all you will be paying 15-20k QR pcm for accomodation. Low end for unfurnished high otherwise. The really posh compounds are 25k+ but you'll wait a year + for availability. Will you be gaining a rental income in the states on top of your salaries here? or is rent money going down a black hole?
Cars - rental for one car is going to set you back nigh on $700 for something "compact". Have you seen the driving here? Has your wife seen the driving here? Will you want to get a driver?
Will your spouse want to work? Depending on what she does and what she is earning it can be next to impossible to find local hire jobs. If she is going to stop working, what proportion of your US income are you losing in this respect? For many wives who are used to careers of their own it can be a very difficult transition. There's not really a whole lot to do here but meet friends in coffee bars and take kids to afterschool activities.
Have you all been out to the ME before? Have either of you lived abroad at all? What are your lifestyles like and what do you do for entertainment? How old is the little one?
Weighed up we dont much like this place but certainly the best can be made of it in a lot of circumstances if the money is worth it and only you can know how much being here is going to net you. If you're comfortable where you are and the family has not done a look see I would seriously recommend you try and get one done.
What are your expectations of this place?
My honest opinion is the net gain has got to be pretty god dam high to warrant coming out here .. you're going to be taxed on over 100K of your package ... particularly if it's purely a financial move and not an experience related decision.