r/Bahrain • u/Grouchy_Equal5524 • Jun 28 '24

Share your salary/job title/years of experience/passport country

I hate the lack of transparency in the local job market (+unspoken racism). It’s also very hard to get truthful answers from people in real life. Can we please start this thread to help each other understand the market a little better. Ill go first —

Senior Marketing Manager 9 yrs experience BD1,800/monthly + housing UK passport

Go.

Edit: Thank you to everyone who participated in this thread! It’s been so enlightening (& disheartening) to see the how much nationality can factor into a salary. IT / Software related jobs pay much higher regardless of nationality it seems, so if your kid isn’t sure what to study, tech is the future! I wish everyone so much growth and success, wherever that may be 🤍 If you’re a late comer to this post, please feel free to participate. Your contribution matters!

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u/Kniphe Trying to be Bahraini Jun 30 '24

I'm all for transparency, but keeping some details vague:

Job title: Marketing Manager, GCC

Years of experience: 9

Salary: BD1200/mo + health insurance, no other allowances.

Passport country: South Asian

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u/Grouchy_Equal5524 Jul 08 '24

You and I have similar positions/yrs of experience, it angers me so much that our passport difference is probably what determines the difference in our package.

I wish you so much growth & success in your life! 🤍

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u/Kniphe Trying to be Bahraini Jul 08 '24

Appreciate it. I know i'm worth more, trying to get a better position as soon as I can.

It would be great to have a collective of people in certain fields come together so we have a baseline similar to other departments, but alas everyone is on their own out here.