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Working in Dubai

  • 14-01-2010 6:20pm
    #1
    suitseir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 887 ✭✭✭


    I know this discussion came up before but just want to know update on the economy there. My niece has been offered a job there... is at interview stage but by all accounts it is done and dusted. Basically, she will be working for a government department.

    What are the pros and cons?

    I have heard of some pleasant as well as not so pleasant stories regarding ex-pats working there?

    What does she need to look out for?

    I would be interested in hearing from people who have worked there with particular emphasis indigenous organisations/companies.

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    Nody
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    Female and state company don't sound as a good mix in general from what I know but beyond that dress code and not having any debt (bank accounts frozen if let go etc.).


  • #3
    suitseir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 887 ✭✭✭suitseir


    Msafi wrote: »
    If your niece is taking children out of school to move them with her, it will be very important to help them settle in to a new school as seamlessly and as effortlessly as possible, therefore for her it will be very important to find a school following the same curriculum or national guidelines as her child has been used to. Moreover if she is likely to repatriate or re-relocate again in the future, making sure her child is in an international school environment will be very important.

    [font=&quot]Other than that I would like to say that life for many expats still thrives in [/font][font=&quot]Dubai[/font][font=&quot]. Check out the site <snip> to find out more[/font]

    Thanks for that but she is very much single - no children! I did more research and by and large I have heard of two teachers who went out there and got on fine. They very much stay with the ex-pats and have a life within that community. However, by and large they are glad they are now home. The feel more free.

    While the money there is great and she is going to get an unbelievable salary, I still think money should not be the governing factor, even though if she stays, she will have no employment here for the foreseable future.

    Any other stories will be greatly appreciated.


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