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Salaries in Abu Dhabi
Steven Bisig, Photographer
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Seattle | WA | USA | Posted: 9:59 PM on 10.16.09 |
| ->> Wow! |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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102 Yards From The Beach | CT | | Posted: 10:31 PM on 10.16.09 |
| ->> I think I just felt the urge to update the portfolio and send off a resume |
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Brian Dowling, Photographer
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Philadelphia | PA | USA | Posted: 10:46 PM on 10.16.09 |
| ->> وجواز السفر. وسوف يسافر |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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102 Yards From The Beach | CT | | Posted: 11:03 PM on 10.16.09 |
| ->> لدي جواز سفر وتأشيرة دخول صالحة. بالطبع سنقوم جميعا تقديم استئناف لدينا الآن |
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Chuck Liddy, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 11:27 PM on 10.16.09 |
| ->> I so didn't need to know this.........8( |
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Nick Adams, Photographer
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Houston | TX | | Posted: 11:39 PM on 10.16.09 |
->> everyone is forgetting about the cost of living...
la la google translation isn't that great for arabic. |
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Jim Colburn, Photo Editor, Photographer
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McAllen | TX | USA | Posted: 2:30 PM on 10.17.09 |
| ->> And a beer will cost you $15... |
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Jim Colburn, Photo Editor, Photographer
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McAllen | TX | USA | Posted: 11:53 PM on 10.17.09 |
->> "Am I reading this correct..."
No, since those salaries are being quoted (presumably) in the local currency (the dirham) so a photo editor's 22000 dirham monthly wage would work out to be around US$6000 a month or $96000/year.
Tax free? Not if you're an American citizen. You'd have to pay US income tax on anything over $87600/year.
Also don't forget that the article quoted is Australian and so it's probably quoting things is A$. |
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Michael Fischer, Photographer
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Spencer | Ia | USA | Posted: 10:38 AM on 10.18.09 |
->> Ummm... the US. Government recently advertised for a photographer for a position that paid anywhere from $45K to $150K a year. It depended on overtime and some other issues.
Like shooting in a combat zone. The location was Aghanistan. Don't automatically assume there is no catch.
There's always a catch. The fact there are 17 openings should tell you something. |
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Chuck Liddy, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 10:49 AM on 10.18.09 |
| ->> ahh come on guys...it's Sunday morning. The next thing you'll be saying is nothing is free and there's no such thing as the Easter Bunny! |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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102 Yards From The Beach | CT | | Posted: 7:48 PM on 10.18.09 |
->> Chuck,
I met Santa Claus today. He walked right up to me one of my Son's at Yankee Candle in Western Massachusetts and shook our hands.
Hell...I'm Jewish, but I know Santa Lives in South Deerfield, Massachusetts!
...for those of you in Abu Dhabi...
التقيت Santa بابا اليوم. وتجول المقرر الخاص وصولا إلي أحد ابني/البرلمانان في غرب ولاية ماساتشوستس, وفي الشمعة الشرعي هزت أيدينا. الجحيم... وانا اليهود منذ/البرلمانان, ولكني أعلم سانتا يعيش في الجنوب Deerfield ماساتشوستس! |
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Mark Perlstein, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Plano | TX | USA | Posted: 10:36 PM on 10.18.09 |
| ->> Link to the salaries has been removed. |
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Jim Colburn, Photo Editor, Photographer
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McAllen | TX | USA | Posted: 6:12 AM on 10.19.09 |
->> "The next thing you'll be saying is nothing is free and there's no such thing as the Easter Bunny!"
The Swedes are burning Easter Bunnies for fuel:
http://tinyurl.com/yzgrolt |
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Steve Russell, Photographer
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Toronto | ON | Canada | Posted: 7:51 PM on 10.19.09 |
->> I know the photo editor at the National, he was a picture editor at the Globe and Mail in Toronto before being hired for the start up. He also hired a good number of his freelancers to go over with him.
I also know quite a few people that work at the paper.
A lot of the reporter interns that have come through my paper have also found themselves out there.
Seems like a fun atmosphere, a great place to be if you are young!
They tell me that rent is super expensive in Abu Dhabi. One friend of mine pays 9000 dirhams (US$2500) a month for a one-bedroom apartment, with no balcony, or appliances (they had to buy their own).
And yes the housing allowance was included in those numbers we saw in that leaked document.
In fact, many of the staffers at the paper have moved to Dubai, a one-hour commute away. The economic downturn has not affected the housing market in Abu Dhabi that much, but Dubai has seen rents slashed by about 70 percent.
And for the most important commodity, beer, about US$7 on average! |
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David G. McIntyre, Photographer
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Beijing | . | CHINA | Posted: 12:34 AM on 10.20.09 |
->> My friend that works there said this was old news, released at least 6 months ago.
The salaries are in local currency, and they have to pay for their own housing.
I also know one photographer that was there with his family, and has since moved away. His family didn't like it very much there. |
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Konstandinos Goumenidis, Photographer
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Bay Area | CA | USA | Posted: 2:46 AM on 10.20.09 |
| ->> wow! well I got things to say about the IRS but I wont... I just dont understand why we would get taxes on wages... its a wage not a capital gain... people are not working for you to make money for you but instead you are working for some one to make money for them... idk just talking out loud some one forwarded a good documentary about it... so stuff was a bit extreme but some had very valid points and good research into it |
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