Good offer or not?

Salary + bonus = 25,000 ( it makes 4350 GBP)
travel = 1500 (please note that you will have to buy a car, there is no public transportation)
housing = 3750 (45K per year, you can find a 3 bedroom flat in a new building, but forget about compound).
cost of living = 1250 (we spend around 3000 every month for a family of two adults and an infant).
education = 9750 (if this money is per month, your kid may go to a British school).

Summary: Offer is not attractive. Proposed salary is not even more than what you already have.
Living in a flat (not compound) for a westerner is a big challenge. It will be a triple challenge for your family.
If you are interested in the job, bargain your salary to increase at least for 70%. Plus, demand an apartment in a compound instead of housing allowance money.

Hello Shace,

Welcome on board and congratulation for your 1st post!

Can  you please give us more precision, is there a region in Saudi Arabia you are moving, these little details can help us direct you the best way.  Also you can have a look on the Cost of living in Saudi Arabia Forum where maybe the same subject has already been discussed.

Thank you,

Marjorie

Thank you for your comments, that was very helpful, I will be having another call next week with the employer and I will try my best to push my pay a little bit more.

Shace

Hey,
I don’t usually like to comment when the thread is about a job offer since it’s really hard to make a judgment with the very few information people share about their offers alnd their background (I commented few times before but it never felt like right).Also what good for someone will not be for someone else.

One general comment. If the offer is not at least double to triple of what you are making back in your country, then it’s not worth to move.

Another thing regarding the bounce, bounce is not a guarantee thing even if the recruiter told you otherwise; it’s even something that you can’t take to labor court if things reached to that point for one reason or another. I personally worked before for an international company with a bounce schema for about 9 years, out of those years, I only got bounce in three.   

Note:I agree with all what Kom340 said