Jobs going in Saudi - executioners needed

[Anchor Moy]

No qualifications necessary, but it's not as wellpaid as I would have imagined.

Saudi Arabia is advertising for eight new executioners, recruiting extra staff to carry out an increasing number of death sentences, usually done by public beheading.

No special qualifications are needed for the jobs whose main role is “executing a judgment of death” but also involve performing amputations on those convicted of lesser offences, the advert, posted on the civil service jobs portal, said.

The Islamic kingdom is in the top five countries in the world for putting people to death, rights groups say. It ranked third in 2014, after China and Iran, and ahead of Iraq and the United States, according to Amnesty International figures.
A man beheaded on Sunday was the 85th person this year...

Saudi authorities have not said why the number of executions has increased so rapidly, but diplomats have speculated it may be because more judges have been appointed, allowing a backlog of appeal cases to be heard.

Political analysts say it might also reflect a tough response by the judiciary to regional turbulence.

A downloadable pdf application form for the executioner jobs, available on the website carrying Monday’s date, said the jobs were classified as “religious functionaries” and that they would be at the lower end of the civil service pay scale.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/m ... dings-soar

[General Mackevili]

I might apply.

[Samouth]

This is crazy, glad Cambodia has no capital punishment. I am not sad for not be able to visit those countries.

[Anchor Moy]

I might apply.

I thought you might be tempted; but I think the pay is probably better where you are.
(Or see if they're looking for part-timers and you could do weekends.)

[vladimir]

I think GM could become a Head of Department.

[Barang_doa_slae]

If it is done with an heavy axe, a good way for the general to exercise while getting paid...

[GonzoBobH]

I read something, somewhere about a swing shift.