Pay Package: Will it be enough?
By wanderlust •
I've received an offer from Qatar.
It is a marketing position and here's the breakdown
$6000 QR - Basic Wage
$2500 QR - Housing Allowance
$600 QR - Transport Allowance
I understand that the prices of housing has increased dramatically since the onset of the Asian Games and I'm worried that it will not be enough.
The other concern I have is transportation within Doha. I am not able to drive, so I will be using taxis quite a fair bit until I either learn how to drive or find an alternative mode of transport (car-pool)
My uncle had no need to drive in N.Y. Mass transportation is very effective. He never left the State of N.Y. That is not new to me.
Respectfully
David
"Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?"
Gal. 4:16
Tyler: This may be a dumb american style question, but how is it that not only you but quite a few women who post to this sit say they cannot drive? I am not trying to be insulting. I may be naive but how do you possibly get to be over age 20 and not have learned this skill?
Imagine, Tyler, there are countries, where to drink a cup of coffee or to buy a newspaper, you don't have to get into your car and drive 20 min to the next "plaza". You just go downstairs, and may be walk half a block. Imagine countries, where public transport is cheap efficient and everybody is using it. Not only a woman, even a man can live the whole life and never need a car. I use a car at home only if I go out of the city for some reason. Not even to go to a supermarket, since they deliver your purchases. Your question is not dumb at all but it shows how you guys see the whole world through an american prism.
i hate to break it to you, but your package sucks 9,000 QR is not going to get you any where here.
2 bed room will cost you 6,000 QR
fOOD will be around 3,000QR
and you still have to pay phone,electricity,water,internet bills.
And probablly not gonna save a penny
iF THEY ACTUALLY ENFORCED TRAFFIC LAWS THEN DRIVING HERE WOULD NOT BE ANY FUN. pART OF THE JOY OF DRIVING IN dOHA IS THE LACK OF ENFORCED REGULATIONS AND THE IDIOCY OF OTHER DRIVERS. tHESE THINGS KEEP THE EXCITEMENT I THE AIR AND MAKE IT PLEASURABLE TO COMMUTE.
Darn caps lock
I used to think driving in Dade county was hilarious. Old people in huge old Caddies and Buicks drifting from lane to lane on I95. Signalling that they were turning left and instead turning right, pulling out without looking etc. Compared to Doha though, they were pretty good. Also the cops here could learn a bit from the Highway patrol in Alachua county and Marion county those guys really know how to catch speeders.
I am from rural FL. Notice I said Learners License (permit) at age 15. In fact I had a real license at 15 for farm use. And some states issue a hardship license at 15 if a child must support/drive the parent.
Driving here is a blast. I compare it to a very bad oval track race back home. He who can take the corner the best seems to win since the drivers here know how to go real fast in a straight line but cannot take a corner nor stay in thei lane while doing so.
I was born in New York and raised in Ct and Fla. Drivers license at age 15. I think NYC is the only city in the US where you can by without a car. Doha seems to be designed on a US model. If you can't drive here it is a big problem. My wife is French and learned to drive at age 27. Driving for her here is a major headache she is just too scared to do it.
As for every American I know, being from a rural area, it is almost a birthright and certainly a necessity to begin driving as soon as possible. For most that meant learning prior to age 15 when you can legally get a "learners license".
Not having a license or knowing how to drive is just something I had not encountered before.
Dumb style question...I didnt' get to learn to drive till I was past 20...
a) I was at university and I couldnt afford the lessons.
b) I didn't need a car till I started work.
c) My father wasn't supportive of me learning so he could control where I went.
That is how it was possible for me to get to be over 20 and not be able to drive.
This may be a dumb american style question, but how is it that not only you but quite a few women who post to this sit say they cannot drive? I am not trying to be insulting. I may be naive but how do you possibly get to be over age 20 and not have learned this skill?
i'm single. i can live in an apartment as long as its fully furnished. and in fairly safe/central part of town.
housing is going to be stable after the games, and it depends on you , do u have family or not ? u need Villa or appartment ??
and for transportation your can make contract with transportation company or with some one to dirve or pick u from home with less than 600$