King Faisal Hospital

• overseas work (Saudi Arabia, Dubai) - bin_swanson
  • well, they don't offer $80,000 anymore; it's more like..... - David
  • Haven't heard in years. Supposedly making it harder to get money - tax-free. Not worth it, in many respects.
  • 2003 compound bombings - anon
  • What was that recent movie ... - anon
  • King Faisal Hospital - bin_swanson
  • I remember those days - anon
    • My friend went not once, but twice. sm - Anon
      • Clarification - Anon
        • Nell - jayne
    • when was it ever $80,000/year! Every interview I had with them - deb
      • back in the mid 1980s it was 80K a year.(sm) - SP
    • Do you have to wear those ugly black burkas? - EEeewwwww! ;p - nm
      • Think about never shaving your legs ever again. - bin_swanson
        • Gain 100 pounds! That's pretty sad that anyone - t
          • Not ALL MTs - I lost 50 lbs 12 yrs ago and - am at the weight I was at age 18!!...sm
        • Nope, not me. I'd rather shave my legs, stay at a - fit weight, etc. Burkas are HIDEOUS.
          • know what's under them? Western clothing.SM - yep, leather skirts, etc. only for family view..

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in Riyadh?  I seriously have been thinking about it.  They pay big bucks from what I've heard, no taxes, free housing, air-fare, vacation, medical, etc.  Don't know how safe it is anymore since the war. 

I was out there from early 80s to 2000.   You live by their rules, you will LOVE it...the experiences you acquire, the people you meet are like NOTHING you will experience in the states.  Money is not as good as in the past, but opportunities for travel and exotic shopping still abound.   Faisal is run better than some hospitals in the Kingdom.  Believe me the ordinary Saudi is nothing like you hear on the news.  They are just like the rest of us.  Riyadh is no less safe then New York.  I had to retire there, but if I was not retirement age, I would still be there in a heartbeat.   Go, and enjoy yourself.  If you could get on at Aramco in Dhahran, life would be even better for you as an expat.

Also, is it a large teaching hospital? If so you have to consider there will be A LOT of different residents dictating, usually a lot of ESLs at teaching hospitals, and the residents rotate out and new ones rotate in every summer. So you can't expect to get the same dictators and build up your macros because the dictators change all the time.

I would say 9 cpl would be a pretty good offer for a small to medium community hospital where you will be doing the same dictators on a daily basis.  But for bigger, urban or teaching hospitals I would want at least 12 to 15 cpl. 

While she was in poor health since having her heart attack and stroke a few months ago it's still sad to see a legend pass away.  I'm sure that her kids fighting over whether or not they should try to get the government to buy the King Center and 2 kids stealing money from the center didn't help any.  

May she rest in peace.

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but no O/T.  But you could get on there and do BONUS MINUTES at 6/cents a line all you wanted.

I always felt like that should have been illegal.  If I'm working, then I'm working.  If I'm an hourly employee - then anytime I'm working!!!!! I should be an employee and thus paid HOURLY WAGES.  But they got away with it.  Sort of a hybrid deal.

They screw us any way they can.

  (good little screws all in a row)

 (Medical Records Supervisor yucking it up drinking coffee, practicing snapping her whip)

(Me at the end of the day saying WHY AM I HERE?????)

At least with the hospitals out here in the west, they always have posted salary ranges and you can usually always exept with decent experience to start in the middle somewhere and reach the top in 5 years.  Worked in HR in a large hospital for a bit.  They always post the salary ranges here with positions and with that you go in with a bit of knowledge.   I never did see one start at the top though.  Good luck. 

That's good pay and bennies to boot!!! I would die for that.

I worked for a hospital as an IC for many years at home. That's the only way the hospital bigwigs would allow it, not employee status.  Never ran out of work except in the first few weeks in a new year. Never had "just the junk" as some suggested. I did the same work as everyone else. I tried to get my employee status back (which I was once) but no luck. I was at home. Some rule about that, but I was happy.

I'd go back to my hospital in a flash. My buddies want me back. The boss wants me back. For some reason, they still won't give me employee status. That sucks. ('scuse my French).

Don't even THINK about what to do, DO IT. You'll never be sorry.

I work full-time from home for a local hospital and am paid per hour.  I also work an IC on a part-time basis.  I would say if you need the benefits and steady paycheck and can handle working possibly rotating weekends and holidays, yes.  The only good thing with working with some nationals is having the flexibility with your schedule but you will NOT make a steady income.  You will constantly run of out work, loose money and find yourself clocking in and out all day long just to make 8 hours.  With a hospital, you know that the work will be there everyday and if you have downtime, you will still get paid.  Also, having that security in knowing that you can speak to management face to face or over the phone. Go for the hospital, because I know a lot of MTs wished they could have that opportunity.  Go luck to you!!!