Husband-Wife Decision Making

The wife's wrote:

Remember these past 2 days that my husband has accepted an offer from M***? The offer was too good to pass up. However, there was one problem. What about me? 

Well, we have discussed about it yesterday.

My husband need to know that I'm behind him when he's making choices for the both of us

How my husband convince me?

I let my husband express his opinions, concerns, and ideas about his plan. This process can help me develop a mutually-agreeable plan and then support his need for ongoing success. 

It was all planned out.

There was a lot to consider. First of all we have to decide how many years we want to spend in Saudi Arabia. 3 years? 10 years? Is it was long enough to see the country, visit neighbouring countries, and save up money?

Quit Job.

According to Saudi Law, womens are NOT allowed to work if living there as part of their husband’s visa. So, I have to quit my job in order to follow my husband.

Rent out the house

Then, we decided to rent out the house instead of selling it and have someone to take care of our furniture while we were away. ''kena cari penyewa yg lembut2 lah, tak rosak brg umah aku". That way we would return to our life when we came back.

Selling Cars

We need to sell 2 out of 3 cars that we have. "simpan satu yg dh nak abes byr". 

Sponsorship
My husband need to pay all my commitments with bank. Because, I will be unemployed for a very long time. "hehe..tak byk pun". 

InsyaAllah, dipermudahkan :)
 

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Faktor Penting Sebelum Buat Keputusan Kerja Di Luar Negara / Crucial Criteria Before Decide To Work Oversea

Sekadar perkongsian FAKTOR atau aspek atau kriteria aku sebelum buat keputusan untuk kerja di luar negara. Lain orang mungkin ada kelainan dari segi keutamaannya (priority). Kriterianya adalah:


1. Gaji kalau setakat lebih 10%-50% dari gaji sekarang, baik tak payah. Paling kurang dapatkan 2 kali ganda dari gaji semasa di Malaysia. Itu pendapat aku lah. Sebab yang dapat kerja ini seorang shj. Pasangan anda mungkin kena berhenti kerja. Fikir-fikirkan. 

2. Gaji - bersih ke ada cukai. Kalau bebas cukai memang terbaik lah. Kalau ada cukai tengok pulak berapa gaji bersih selepas tolak cukai. Ada negara 30% cukai pendapatan bagi orang asing, ada sampai 40%, ada juga yang lebih tinggi lagi. Subhanallah... Kalau kurang dari situasi no.1 di atas baik tak payah. 2 kali ganda. Ingat tu!

3. Gaji - berapa target minimum saving? Sebab kat Malaysia korang ada KWSP. Caruman dan simpanan untuk hari tua. Majikan korang bayar caruman . Secara tak lgsung gaji korang lagi besar dari gaji pokok tu. Majikan kena contribute minimum 12% dari basic. Klu setakat dapat keje luar gaji mcm situasi no.1 gak baik tak payah. 2 kali ganda. Ingat tu!

4. Pakej (single@family) & Elaun2 lain (rumah, kereta, hardship, telefon, kelab rekreasi dll)

5. Tiket balik tahunan. Berapa kali dorang bagi utk 1thn? Berapa org boleh tanggung? Ada bagi duit poket balik bercuti tak?

6. Yuran sekolah anak. Berapa org yg ditanggung? Ada limit ke tak? Setakat mana yg ditanggung sampai universiti ke sampai sekolah tadika je.

7. Medical, hospitalization, dental ada optical gk lagi terbaik.

8. Lokasi negara tersebut. Sbb klu nak balik byr sendiri harga tiket mungkin mahal. Contoh: Kalau dapat yang dekat dgn capital city lebih bagus seban byk flight yg ada. Tapi kalau smaller city yg kena transit biasanya tiket mahal. 

Contoh: 

a. Jeddah-KLIA-Jeddah dlm SR1500/pax dah boleh dapat. 

Tapi kalau Dammam kena transit dulu. Jadi perjalanannya Dammam-transit-KLIA-transit-Dammam plg murah SR1900/pax tapi normal time dlm SR3000/pax. Raya beli last min mau smpai SR7000/pax.

b. Muscat-KLIA-Muscat dlm OR160/ pax senang2 boleh dapat. 

Tapi kalau Salalah kena transit dulu kat mana2 airport sebab takde direct flight ke KLIA. Jadi route nya Salalah-transit-KLIA-transit-Salalah yang paling murah dalam OR300/pax.

9. Job security. Berapa lama dorang bagi kontrak? 1thn? 2thn? Tetap? 

10. Pengalaman yang tak boleh dibeli dgn wang ringgit. Priceless.

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The day just arrived!

The husband's wrote:

This is it! Today is my face to face interview (2nd interview) with Saudi Arabia Company. The M***. Again! I've got butterflies in my stomach. At 10.20 am, starts the engine and drove to JW Marriot Hotel, Kuala Lumpur where the interview was conducted. Need to go earlier to avoid traffic jammed. "taula kan KL punya traffic jammed pagi2". My interview's schedule was at 1.45pm to 2.20pm. Reached JW Marriot at 11.06 am. It's too early, and I've met a few candidates from morning session which is came for an instrument engineer position. "diorg ni ada dtg dr TNB, Aker Solutions, Petronas dll."

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At 12.30 pm, the morning session interviews already done. The candidates are waiting for the results. As far as I know, M*** will give the offer letter to the successful candidates on the spot. From 7 candidates, there are 4 who is successful in these interview (for morning session). But, not all accept the offer. Some of them reject the offer due to some reasons. "mungkin sbb low pay offer atau tak meet diorg punya exepectations".

At 2.30 pm, the afternoon session has started. I am the first candidates to be interviewed in the afternoon session. There are 3 interviewer, one of them is Mr. Franck (represent Jerry Varghese company) from France. He introduced the company background and told that they have 4 years balance JV with M****** and M***. But, they already applied 8 years extension with these 2 companies. "Kalo ada rezeki boleh la duk Arab Saudi 12 tahun, InsyaAllah". Overall, the interview went well. They want to know what are my 5 years and 10 years goal in the future. 

At 5.50 pm the results session begin and guess what?? ALHAMDULILLAH! I'VE GOT AN OFFER!! But, the salary did not meet my expectation. The benefits was okay. They gave me a family package "sng nak bawak keluarga", inclusive of A+ coverage, tuition fee for 2 childrens, return flight to hometown, 22 days annual vacation and other normal benefits. I told them, the salary was too low and I'm trying to negotiate with them. At 6.15pm I was then asked to wait outside, to allow them to discuss about it.

At 6.22 pm, they called me and offer the salary which is higher than before. ACCEPT & SIGN! "aku pn terus je la sign, tak ckp byk dah..hehe ALHAMDULILLAH. 

I am expected to report duty on 15 MAC 2016. But, it depends on approval of my VISA application. Maybe it takes 2 months from today. 

Yanbu, here I come!! :)

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