same kind of deal, working for a telecom company. 2 year contract for $200k/yr, company car, 2 months offs, round trip ticket anywhere in the world every year, townhouse in the American compound. And I had no college, just technical background and security clearance.I was all set to go over. They wanted a minimum of 2 years or I'd be liable for the course they were gonna put me on (fiber optic and eurofighter)
Then I had to have surgery, and while I was laid up the news broke about that khalsoggi murder and I thought and I decided fuck em I don't wanna work for them. Then I got threatening emails because I'd signed up already.
Only way I'll step foot in Saudi Arabia is to shoot the fuckers.
Of course, this was in 2000, so I would have been in Saudi Arabia on 9-11.