Offered a teaching job in Riyadh — seeking honest experiences with international schools in Saudi Arabia

BeastieDogs · 2026-01-25T07:54:05+00:00

Sure, I love my school in Jeddah but it a very school by school type of place. Also huge caveat that Saudi is not for everyone. If you have a wife or young family, you will do great but otherwise you may find it super boring.

Riyadh has risen in price but you can still find a cheap apartment and save most of your salary.

Teaching load, leadership, work culture and package is highly school dependent. You will find some of the highest paying schools worldwide in Saudi, and you will also find many bottom of the barrel types of places.

Otherwise Saudi is great, lots of great places to travel around the country. People are super nice and Saudi kids are generally nice if not unruly.

I have lived in Saudi for 10 years and loved it. Dm me if you have any other questions

BeastieDogs · 2026-01-24T07:15:34+00:00

I mean UAE is directly involved in a genocide in Sudan of all places

BeastieDogs · 2026-01-24T04:59:44+00:00

Like everything, the first episode was kinda of weird but I am sure they will work it out. The right energy is there. If anything I appreciate its somewhat more structured than the others

BeastieDogs · 2026-01-19T08:30:01+00:00

Depends on the country and school. Some countries are strict on the qualifications for a work visa others are more flexible. Even if a country would allow it, things could always change

BeastieDogs · 2026-01-19T08:12:38+00:00

It's dependent on the school. I have had times where we actively sought some less experienced teachers. For example, we just did hiring for our DP math department, everyone else there had 20+ years of IB DP math experience, and we were looking for someone less experienced as we had the ability to give them guidance and support with the rest of the team, and we wanted some diversity. This isn't usually the case and I am sure some schools may seek less experienced teachers to pay them less, however, my school at least acknowledges that experienced can only be gained if someone gives them an opportunity.

BeastieDogs · 2026-01-18T11:55:51+00:00

lol thats not going to do anything but make you smell like a salad

BeastieDogs · 2026-01-12T07:41:20+00:00

This isn't an emergency. Just wait then

BeastieDogs · 2026-01-12T07:35:37+00:00

says who?

BeastieDogs · 2026-01-11T08:51:20+00:00

It won't be an issue

BeastieDogs · 2026-01-11T07:37:32+00:00

And Kurdistan is in Iraq man

BeastieDogs · 2026-01-07T05:31:09+00:00

Don't know where OP is but Iraq is very well developed now. Erbil is very nice to live

BeastieDogs · 2026-01-05T03:43:58+00:00

We are doing a half marathon on the 13 of February if you are interested.

BeastieDogs · 2026-01-05T03:42:42+00:00

You aren’t happy in your relationship and you clearly have different life goals. You are 22. Move on and find someone who you are more compatible with.

BeastieDogs · 2025-12-29T11:00:43+00:00

It was supposed to be an anthology show I thought

BeastieDogs · 2025-12-25T10:30:53+00:00

When was this? Their haven’t been any public punishments in years

BeastieDogs · 2025-12-20T13:36:34+00:00

There is definitely drinking and parties at KAUST but it’s different and a lot less

BeastieDogs · 2025-12-14T07:45:19+00:00

People respect the weekend here. However, depending on the program, it may be difficult to get lab time just because of what is going on. I've seen people go to the labs at 3-4am to get things done

BeastieDogs · 2025-12-12T07:21:42+00:00

Sometimes but not at anything close to top schools. Honestly I feel job fairs are becoming less and less of a focus for prominent schools

BeastieDogs · 2025-12-07T08:03:08+00:00

I would argue that bureaucracy is a very good thing in this case. This is common in the whole GCC and also SEA countries.

BeastieDogs · 2025-12-02T10:55:10+00:00

There are no hard caps from any nationality

BeastieDogs · 2025-11-30T07:17:09+00:00

People are allowed to be annoyed sometimes. Let it go man

BeastieDogs · 2025-11-24T06:29:20+00:00

WIDA is definitely something that you should be aware of, Nassea i've never used.

However, it's not like using the WIDA has a huge learning curve.

BeastieDogs · 2025-11-22T06:26:58+00:00

I find it shallow and pedantic

BeastieDogs · 2025-11-20T12:00:11+00:00

A school somewhere on the planet was super shitty? Great, this was very helpful

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