Expatriate Forums in India

superk8 · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:43 pm Post subject: Expatriate package offer - fair?

Hi...
My husband has been offered a 2 year expatriate assignment to Chennai, and we are trying to determine if it is a typical/ fair offer. Here are the basics:

housing: 135,000 inr/month
cost of schooling for our children will be covered
one home trip (to US) will be covered per year
basically all relocation fees will be covered

Is this a fair amount for housing? Also, they would be taking about $1300/month out of his salary to cover part of the housing costs, then giving us the 135,000 inr each month. Is this typical?

My other concern is that drivers and cars are not mentioned in the offer at all. From doing a bit of research, it's clear that these things are a necessity. What is reasonable to ask for? Keeping in mind that we have a family of 5, so we would need a decent sized vehicle.

Any information would be helpful. Thanks in advance!!