Being a Single Expat Man in Saudi Arabia | Expats Everywhere
Вставка
- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- ExpatsEverywhere sits down with Michael Paul from the USA to talk about life and working in Saudi Arabia. He discusses different job opportunities, daily routine, saving money, traveling, buying things, safety and so much more. Watch as he shares his experience.
Questions? E-mail us at ExpatsEverywhere@gmail.com
Want more? Go to www.ExpatsEverywhere.com
Follow us on Facebook: ExpatsEverywhere
Follow us on Instagram: ExpatsEverywhere
Follow us on Twitter: @expert_expat
#ExpatsEverywhere
Want an expat life strategist? Visit the services tab on www.ExpatsEverywhere.com to learn more!
ExpatsEverywhere has partnered with 4InShip to help you receive your packages outside of the USA. 4InShip states that their mission "is to provide top-notch customer service with low-cost shipping to customers all around the globe. Our goal is to simplify buying and shipping from the USA. 4InShip helps customers save money, by offering package forwarding and consolidation services.” The reason we back 4InShip is because they have successfully shipped for customers all around the world while keeping costs low and giving you one-on-one attention the whole way through. Explore more using this code: www.4inship.com/4InShip-Membe...
you can save a lot of money in Saudi,tax free salary,free airfare ticket,free housing,free transportation ,free paid 1 month vacation to your home country..
That's true. 1 month of paid vacation, white people can never get that in America or anywhere else.
@@centralcal209 Teachers in the States get 3 months. I have some friends who work state gov jobs and they get up to 1-2 months a year. (states like Oregon for example)
@@centralcal209 A month paid vacation is normal in Europe.
Thanks for the clip. Wish everybody happiness wherever they might end up being.
here is all kind of sports, Coffee shops, Restaurants, Malls, camps. the only missing is Bars, Discos, Movie theaters. But, you can do all that in privet with friends. and that's what we are doing.
Indomi Soup
ليش ماعزمتوني ؟
Mr.mp 😍 the best teacher ever 😍👌
The perfect interview! Spot on questions and legit answers. Exactly what I came here for! Thanks guys!
Hi Jasmine, thank you so much for watching and encouraging us here at ExpatsEverywhere. I want to share two other videos that you might not have seen. We ask questions in the same format in our interviews so I hope you find these beneficial.
ua-cam.com/video/u_p34yJeP2w/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/U3Ir_CuC2Ns/v-deo.html
Expats Everywhere Thank you again. I did check out being a single woman., I don't have any little ones yet. 😊 I love your interviews. I'm also an expat living in Vietnam for the past year, teaching ESL. If I could help out some way, feel free to connect with me.
Brilliant, thanks for the offer and thanks for watching. Where in Vietnam are you right now? There's a group of us making a trip there in March.
Expats Everywhere I have been living in Hoi An. Will you stop by here?
Bummer, no we'll be in HCMC and Hanoi/Halong Bay. We debated on Hoi An. It looks so beautiful there but we don't have enough time.
Very true👏
Glad to hear you're having a good time in our country. Your comments are fair and true unlike those who never being here and say all sort of things that are not true.
Hussain Najmi hi I'm moving to Saudi to work for my father's company in KSA. I'm a white British male from london. I grew up in Muscat Oman but just wondered if you had any advice. f.y.i. I dont drink smoke or take drugs.
I just wondered about locals views on westerners.
cherwell Hi Cherwell, locals are friendly with expats and used to work and deal with them for a long time. I know some British and Americans who are working here for many years without any problems. Smoking is not an issue unlike alcohole & drugs tht are illegal. We are not that much different than Oman in term of society. You will love it here. Just try to make good friends and do not hesitate to live your life in Saudi normally. I wish you the best and good luck.
Hussain Najmi I appreciate you taking the time to reply. all the best.
thanks for ur effort to come to my country and contribute to our educational system :)
+Oily Desert Awesome comment!
Thank u for trying to spread a good image about us
5:40 "The healthcare system is very cheap in comparison to the US". I believe that affordable healthcare isn't unique to Saudi, but astronomically expensive healthcare is unique to the US.
Go forward
Did you get your teaching job through a recruiter, or contact the schools directly? Also, is a TEFL or TESOL necessary? I have a bachelors degree in journalism from a US school and have worked in news for the past five years.
+headquarters25 Hi, there's no easy or direct answer to your question. We aim to tailor things for each person that we work with. We aren't a recruiter but we work with some around the world and only recommend people to them after getting to know them and what they're looking for. We aren't trying to sell anyone on any particular thing. Does that make sense? Write us at expatseverywhere@gmail.com if you have any other questions so we can chat more. (PS-It depends on what you want to do and where as far as needing a TEFL or TESOL. Having a degree in anything is a start for ESL work)
If you have a choice between a TEFL and CELTA, get the CELTA to teach in Saudi.
Nice video :) i am from Australia and iam 35 years old male. I wish to expat in Saudi arabia.
Did you do it?
some people think Saudis are Extremely rich. well, Nope. if Saudi nationals are as they say 20 MM Man & wife + kids . then only 1,000 are extremely rich, 5000 rich, 5000 Mid rich, the remaining 19,989,000 are between middle class income, poor, very poor, and unemployed. No whatsoever compensation for the unemployed or the elderly except a few Saudi Riyals ($300). and it is very expensive for the none westerns. 80% rent homes, pay expensive utilities. we'd rather pay taxes to live a better life like in Canada, Germany or USA.
Good interview. Saudi sounds soul crushing though.
+Misha Knierim If you're a Westerner you shouldn't worry about that. You don't have a soul to start with !
+MrFrotier The internet is so interesting. You know nothing about me and insult me and throw insults. I'm happy to open a discussion on Saudi culture and Saudi governing. interested?
Misha Knierim After more than one year I hope you have realized that he/she was just trolling :)
Misha Knierim
C'mon, it's not soul crushing... it's only soul bone-sawing.
Hello,
I am an online, ESL teacher from the states. I would love to come to KSA and teach ESL. Who may I contact to enquire about this possibility? May I speak with you please?
+Aaron Richmond Hi Aaron, you can write us at ExpatsEverywhere@gmail.com and we will chat with you about this job prospect.
+Expats Everywhere Thank you. I just emailed you.
Saudi Arabia is great for making money and saving. Tons of it. Especially tax free. I have seen Americans save there and buy real estate in the US. Living there for 30 or 40 years easily. It's not so great for entertainment especially for a Westerners. Then again you can always drive to nearby countries and have fun there.
That's so true.
Do you need to speak Arabic to work there.??
Hi Italy Love, no you do not need to speak Arabic to work in Saudi Arabia. Saudis have a pretty good standard of English globally speaking.
The country here has changed since the arrival of mbs
I really want to teach in Saudi Arabia but I'm afraid of making a cultural mistake and getting murdered on the street...
Like if a Saudi approaches me and asks what my religion is and I say I'm agnostic he might then and there start cursing my name, spitting on me, etc...
The likelihood of a Saudi or anyone else in Saudi for that matter asking you about your religion is extremely low to nonexistent. If you want to teach there, go for it!
Tell them you're Christian or Buddist or whatevers true for your culture. Even people who are atheist in Europe and America live in a culture which is heavily influenced by Christianity, in so many 'non religious' ways that often people don't realise.
Okay your comment made laugh 😂😂😂😂
I swear there’s at least 100k christians in here. And others who don’t even identify as religious. Ain’t nothing gonna happen to u.
Also we don’t approach people and ask them what religion they follow wtf 😭😭😭😭😭
That's better than what any liberal arts adjunct makes in the US.
If you feel boring come visit us in Kuwait or Bahrain & Dubai
Anyway Saudi it's good for saving money than spend a lot of money on weekends parties ;$
You are teaching English in a foreign country so you are teaching EFL and not ESL. I know because I spent over twenty years teaching EFL abroad.
We don't disagree with you but it seems that ESL is the common term for any English language learning regardless of what country it's being taught in. Thanks for the comment. Are you interested in moving to Saudi or have you worked there?
I've actually retired from teaching now; I worked mainly in Spain, Thailand and Turkey. I now spend my time writing my memoirs and travelling abroad when money allows. I wish you continued success in your work.
Thank you and all the best to you too!
Please send us a link to your memoirs if they're posted online. I'm sure they're a fascinating read.
Take care.
Hi - glad you're well; here are the Amazon Kindle links to two completed books which are also available in paperback. I'm working on the third one at the moment.
www.amazon.com/dp/B06XF5KDHY
www.amazon.com/dp/B01MUFGV4G
PS Hope that you've got good weather as here in England we are braced for a major snow storm - yuk!
Great! Thanks, Philip. Several of us live in Singapore and it's generally the same hot and humid here. Only difference is rain or no rain.
can you eat camel burgers?
Yes, you can.
wht about the tattoo.. r they legal there
Tattoo shops or having them? Plenty of expats we've seen have them, even one of our staff members have them.
Speaking from Saudi Arabian (living in Jeddah) perspective, tattoos are 100% legal to have, but illegal to get one, no one will look at you weird or look down at you or think of you any less, if you caught some eyes at you, it might be because people are just curious.
Sorry that you had rugh times here in Ksa
What rough times? They have great salaries, lots of perks, live in 'compounds', lots of parties at weekends with home-brewed wines and beers! They also got to meet single foreign women, as well. No shortage of that.Thing is, many Whites think they're so f**king special and want White-Man's Privilege everywhere they go (which usually don't get in these parts of the World)!
@@jayjayjay4788 O I didnt know about that 🙄😊
can you buy bacon there?
Not in Saudi but I'm not saying you can't find it there. If you do, it's been smuggled illegally and packaged inaccurately.
Any products derived from pigs are illegal, you can have turkey bacon or beef bacon though. And if you really miss bacon or alcohol you can go to Bahrain or UAE, but be sure not to bring any Saudi:)
Saudi of India...there is no Arab in Saudia...it's founded by British and British brought million of indians to work in oil ..and now it's 5th generations
ههههههه كب العشاء الله المستعان
what's with the beard?
I'm not sure how to answer that. Some expats grow beards to fit in, other do it because they've always wanted to and it's acceptable, and then others don't. Does that help?
I had a lot of Saudi teachers who didn't grow their beard, plus so many people don't grow their beard(even though they are physical able to), yes! Having a beard is acceptable and ever so slightly preferable, but that doesn't mean if someone is beardless that he will be treated differently. From my own experience, I don't shave because the weather can get fairly hot(35c-43c) and shaving+ hot weather makes my skin irritate. If you have any questions feel free to ask :)
Petty theft could= Hand being chopped off.
I get a lot of matches on Tinder in Saudi with Local women. I know what's going on with expats
Yeah right!!
Visit the desert, and you'll find corpses of foreign men who dared to mess with local tribal women (and about 95% of Saudis are tribal!)
Not a good idea to do anything more than a "like" on Tinder/instigram etc.
This guy doesn't know what he's talking about. I lived in Saudi Arabia for 4 years working as a software engineer for the Royal Saudi Air Force. The Saudis are good decent people but some of them are lazy. They use foreign labor to get work done. Some Saudis do work hard but it seems many are slackers. This is good for Americans who work over there. We were well paid and lived on great western style compounds. I never argued with the citizens about their culture or form of government. It's not my business. I was there to do a job and make money. At the time all earnings up to $96K were Federal income tax free. I still paid payroll taxes because I worked for an American company. Here's some advice: If you are filling out information about your religion to get a work visa in Saudi Arabia and you're not Muslim, just say you're Christian. They prefer that to being an atheist or any other religion besides Islam.
DesertScorpionKSA You two must have different perspectives. If you’d like to be interviewed and tell your expat experience in Saudi, we’d love to hear from you. It sounds like you had an interesting job. Email us ExpatsEverywhere@gmail.com and we’ll set something up.
he is answering as though he is on trial... very illusive, plenty thought given to each response. Surprise he teaches ESL considering the amount of crutches he uses in his speech.
To be honest, Deon, that's MP's style. He's a super guy though and has done a lot with his time in Saudi Arabia as far as pushing personal projects forward. Thanks for watching and if you want to know any specifics, email us at expatseverywhere@gmail.com
Well, yeah you wanted him to "speak"his mind. Fair enough.
You would be better off back in San Antonio Texas. The adavantages here are greatly outweighed by the oppression, godlessness and emptiness of this desert.
Hi Paul, which part of Saudi do you work in? Would you like to give an interview to give a fresh perspective on life in Saudi? Thanks for the comment on here.
When I worked there we always found Americans most unlikely to adapt to the the Saudi culture, whereas Brits tended to get around the rules...Americans demanded their ''rights'' which of course they had none. Interesting don't you think? Says a lot about our cultures.........
ameritas2 | Indeed. Some cultures very strongly believe in the rights of the individual. Some value the rights of a collective majority voice, regardless what it demands. Astute observation.
When you say Brits would 'get around the rules' that implies they would evade them and find a way to do what they want anyway. Is that what you mean?
@@nataliebutler Brits get on with things, Americans think they can do what they want, because they are American…😂
اذا تريد بيئة عمل ممتازة و تربية الأطفالك أذهب لksa
Forget Saudi, go Morocco or something lol- if you just need to save like crazy - fair dooz - or to study Islam, or just love desert picnics and swimming in the Red sea next to dolphins and rainbow fish!
Probably don't want to settle there forever- but you never know - culture shock - really? It's all American culture there lol
Sadly there IS racism there but isn't there everywhere?
AND - if you are SILENT against racism - i.e you are a coward - don't go - you may well witness racism - do something about it - I did when there. Else you will become like that too.
Islam is NOT responsible for their racism - it is small-minded tribalism and classism - they need to practice their Islam in this area - NO EXCUSES.
Lots of love to my non-racist, cool, Islamic and decent bretheren out there.
Hopefully he is not teaching students his dreaded valley-girl uptalk (i.e. every sentence ends like its a question), or beginning every answer with "Yeah..."
NTXIH he is trying to be careful about what words he should use
Jesus loves you
I was sucked into the idea of living and working in Saudia Arabia , I worked for Saudia Arabian airlines ( Saudia) . Boy where the benefits great , but not worth it in the long run. I got so depressed I had to start taking Prozac. It's a horrible country with horrible people who're horrible to any one who isn't a white foreign and I have witnessed my fair share of women beating in public , but you can't do anything as it allowed in Islam and you will be arrested of you interfere and God forbid you say anything offensive about the country or Islam online or physically. I know live in Dubai and so much happier :)
Don't fool yourself …
wtf, i have been living here all my life and did not see anything of what you said... and its NOT allowed to beat any human being whether a male or a female.
sha6ar6oon Sure sure .....
your obviously lieing.
I have lived all over Saudi for about five years. I have never seen anyone being beaten in public.
Through my 23 years living in Saudi, I have NEVER EVER seen a "woman beating in public", I have heard stories about when the husband gets intoxicated by drugs or alcohol and beat his wife, but from my experience these stories are just fairy tales to encourage kids to stay away from drugs and such.
This man was beheaded after the video.
Nope, he's actually working in Iran now and dating a Kurdish woman.
Expats Everywhere would you make as much money there?
In Iran, I'm not sure. We've not been in touch with him since he moved from Saudi. Would you like us to try to find out? A mutual friend of ours gave me the information I stated above. Thanks for your engagement here.
Expats Everywhere that would be interesting, yes please!
LOL