Dubai Job Offer Comparator

Move beyond the monthly headline

Two offers with the same headline salary can produce very different household outcomes. Housing, school support, dependent insurance, annual flights, transport, bonus conditions and one-off relocation payments need consistent treatment before comparison.

The spreadsheet records who receives each benefit, when it becomes available, whether it is contractual, whether it is reimbursed and which evidence confirms it. Variable or discretionary income stays separate from dependable monthly pay.

Capture conditions and dependencies

The question log covers the written offer, contract, probation, notice, start date, work permit and residence process, benefit eligibility, reimbursement timing and what happens if the move is delayed. It does not interpret a contract or decide whether a term is lawful.

Use the official MOHRE inquiry route where it applies and obtain qualified advice when a legal or employment decision depends on the wording. The pack helps you preserve questions and answers without presenting itself as that advice.

• Contractual versus discretionary amounts
• Employee-only versus household benefits
• Payment and reimbursement dates
• Probation and notice questions
• Residence and joining dependencies

Stress-test the move

The downside sheet removes uncertain income, delays reimbursements and adds the landing costs that are often omitted from a salary conversation. It then records which assumption would change the decision.

No universal salary is labelled sufficient. Housing, school, travel, debt, savings and household choices remain your inputs, and the free budget planner can provide a separate monthly and landing-cash view.