There is a tax that only you can measure it once you leave the kingdom, I called the Saudi invisible tax, employees could be comfortable at work, certainly some departments take care of their expats but family, your wife and kids are taking a huge impact that you notice it only when you leave.
- if your wife was working before join Aramco, regardless how successful she adapt to the camp life, she would regret that decision, add this is a point for divorce if situation growth to the worst.
- Education, Saudi schools are not recognized in most of the countries and Aramco school quality decreases every year. Boarding benefit is not for all and some kids actually had really bad time.
- Mental health, returning to the west requires certain transicion time, most of times a psicologyst would help on this.
- Health issues especially with ENT system and skin due to air and water quality, alas is a undercover KPI that Aramco doesn't want to highlight or take care, if an expat employee develop a critical disease in this areas most likely will be fired.
- if you were working under toxic manager and direct supervisors, your mental health will be compromised as well. Every time I see photos of my past colleagues I'm surprised how they look more agy, less healthy.
- More you work in Saudi, you are achieving an experience that even Saudi doesn't value, if you resign and think of return you will face a ban due to your resignation and then you will see how hard is back to work.