How will things play out?

Nice to see Saudi Aramco getting top spot among peers as best employer as documented by a recent Forbes survey. Also has a very good overall rank among all global companies. The company must be doing something right! I know not everyone will agree... — read more 

This is everywhere in Aramco with management. Is it some kind of national personality disorder or consciously adopted as a mechanism for personal advancement? I’m curious as I’ve seen some badly run company’s in my time, but the calibre of people... — read more 

I'm glad that someone here mentioned that issue in one of the threads, because I've been facing it lately. My boss constantly delegates work at the last minute and thus creates a huge amount of stress and panic. Is it just bad planning or is it... — read more 

Pro tip: Half of them really are incompetent. The other half are just pretending, because they discovered that once they demonstrate more than the minimal level of competence management will never stop demanding things. Also, competence is almost... — read more 

Not something to be proud of, but such an atmosphere has been created at Aramco that now hardly anyone takes their job here seriously anymore. Am I wrong? I have been working here for a long time and it is impossible not to notice how the employees... — read more 

Work shouldn’t suck. Work shouldn’t create emptiness in us. Work shouldn’t destroy our confidence or self esteem. Work shouldn’t make us feel excluded and isolated. Work should add value to our lives. It should add connection. It should add... — read more 

It may sound ugly, but I have never worked with such mediocrity. What is happening here? I used to have the privilege of working with people who were top experts in their field and from whom I could learn a lot. Now, unfortunately, there... — read more 

I have been working here for a long time and I notice that there is less and less enthusiasm and motivation both working hard and advancing one's career. Some new hires are literally lost, some of them don't even know what to do. No one has ambition... — read more 

Was contacted by a friend who is a teacher. It seems that Aramco is making a big push to hire more teachers for it's schools. I didn't know what to tell him because I've been gone for several years. When I was there, the schools seemed pretty good... — read more 

I am mentally unchallenged and my brain is rotting, working for this excuse of a company. I spend day after day dealing with arrogant imbeciles and doing paperwork just like an intern. He do you old timers keep things going? Any pearls of wisdom? ... — read more 

This is becoming VERY common now. Aramco has 334 open positions for Expats. From what I have seen, Aramco is having a hard time filling any of the positions, mostly because of bad word of mouth from former employees. Still, some of these jobs are... — read more 

In October will arrive a new big batch of recent hires, ready to cover locals enjoying Fifa World Cup but will be December the next ELP for expats?, there is a lot close to 10 year during first half of 2023.

Hey everyone, I am having my 2nd interview with SA. Looking to see what the typical expat benefits are? I am young married and no kids. Is aramco a good long term company? 20+ years? I would be leaving Texas to Dhahran. Any other tips?

Be aware this is what's happening with outsourcing of business lines. VP's & SVP's are colluding with each other to inflate the running costs of business lines before they are outsourced, look at the $100m overspend in Community Services, which was... — read more 

My supervisor doesn't approved my vacation because all unit is going also and I'm the only expat and with children.

Lots more yellow death skips have appeared in my camp neighbourhood… Not seen many new faces except for the Saudi families moving in the street. How long before there are zero expats?

Be aware that this can happen. The department that interviews you, and offers you a position, is not always the one that you wind up in once your arrive. Sounds crazy but it happened to me. Original poster @3omu+1hI76BIM ... — read more 

Hi, I live in US and I have received an offer to work in Dhahran. Offer is good, at SC 15 and position is interesting: Engineering / Technology development. I have a pretty good job now, with over 10 years with current employer, but Aramco role... — read more 

In order to retain talent, some companies in the UAE are looking at mid-term increments and increasing allowances. This included fuel stipends since prices have jumped nearly 75% since January 2022. In order to retain talent, on average companies... — read more 

Now we have two years of last 5% expat cut during COVID pandemic but every three years they are firing people as per their schedule policy of ELP. So next batch will be so agressive as last one, another 5% or higher?, western people will continue... — read more 

Maybe not everyone will agree with me but I believe that attrition will increase in the coming period. That is my personal impression. If it comes to that, what will Aramco do to keep people? Will the company do anything at all?

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Is-Saudi-Arabia-Exaggerating-Its-Oil-Production-Potential.html which is why he claims Saudi Arabia did not produce to oil because it could not... then there is the recent $65 oil prediction with a looming... — read more 

How effective is the manpower and strategic planning at Saudi Aramco when on July 2, 2022, there were over 300+ expat vacancies advertised and yet Saudi Aramco was cutting expats in 2021 and 2020? It's quite bizarre. Have people been resigning en... — read more 

If Saudi Aramco is such a cr---y place to work as so many expats working here are trying to paint it as being, what are you still doing here? Why don't you pack your bags and head back home where I'm sure O&G companies will welcome you with open arms... — read more 

What do you think will happen to SA if there is a global recession?

A lot of people are deciding to resign. It doesn’t affect me much for now, but I guess for those who stay here it might start having a huge impact on their work eventually?

Missiles, bullying claims, a tragic death: what’s going on at Saudi Aramco? When Alwyn Whitcher took a job with Saudi Aramco in 2017, he believed he was joining a company with a history of valuing the expatriate engineers who helped build and run... — read more 

Expatriate Executives Flee Saudi Arabia’s Bad Bosses In the summer of 2020, two videogame companies canceled sponsorship deals with Saudi Arabia’s planned city-state of Neom following fan complaints about the country’s human-rights record. Neom... — read more 

Is it possible that there are those who got laid off during the COVID pandemic and have not yet found an adequate job? Someone told me that there are such cases, but I'm having a hard time believing it.

Outsourcing of non-productive, inefficient departments are currently scheduled for mass layoffs. Those elements of some key organizations will be retained and moved to other areas of the Company. Layoffs of costly U.S. expats will occur.

Departing employees can either be your company's ambassadors or reputation killers. It all depends on how you treat them on the way out the door. Share your experience.

I have been here for a very long time and I loved working here, but there is less and less professionalism. It's as if professionalism is no longer important to anyone here? It is sometimes shocking which roles are given to the greatest... — read more 

it looks like new layoffs are happening after Ramadan

Stop worrying and enjoy the good times while they last. Saudi Aramco net revenues double to $110bn on surging oil demand Saudi Aramco has reported its highest annual earnings since an initial public offering in 2019, as the world’s biggest oil... — read more 

Under current market where bigest oil consumers are looking to deal in their own currency, If SAR leaves their constant 3.75 rate to let's said 3, you will se how expats will abandon the ship. I can't imagine better Saudization program.

Never worked in a place where I’ve been hired to give specific advice, yet when producing my findings was told to “look online” and see what I could download!!?? WTF!? Only been in this space 20 years and worked at a number of majors, I’m an expert... — read more 

When quitting this place the best & only reason to give is "family". To avoid what kind of trouble? Why you can't say "I found another opportunity" or "I need a change from this environment" or simply "no reason" ? What kind of retribution are the... — read more