Working in Qatar

lapua20grain

Hi I don't know if this is the right forum (mods feel free to move it to the right one) I am thinking of accepting a job in Qatar has anybody worked there and has any experience of the life over there for families? any feedback would be appreciated

4zn76tysfajdxp

I hope you're not a labourer.

Magico Gonzalez

Go, on your first day it's custom to kiss all the fellas on the mouth, present everyone with a bottle of whiskey and do comical impressions of their prophet.

Chat away to the women too, they love that.

The King of Moo

Never trust a country that uses a "Q" without a "U."

lapua20grain

cheers folks much appreciated:):):)

lapua20grain

Magico Gonzalez wrote: »

Go, on your first day it's custom to kiss all the fellas on the mouth, present everyone with a bottle of whiskey and do comical impressions of their prophet.

Chat away to the women too, they love that.

i heard that i heard you are supposed to drop the lamh as well

ScumLord

There's no amount of money that would convince me to live and work in a country with Sharia law.

Junkyard Tom

Bring Duct Tape.

suicide_circus

If you are involved in any dispute such as a road traffic accident with a local, you will lose no matter who was in the wrong and they drive like maniacs.

If you are a labourer you will live in slave-like conditions and be worked to the point of despair or death.

If you are managing people from the UAE you are not in fact on charge of them and they will do as they please. You will smile and nod.

You will be a second or third class citizen depending on your skin colour.

Banjo String

ScumLord wrote: »

There's no amount of money that would convince me to live and work in a country with Sharia law.

Not even for

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf7uJDhVZIE

?

ScumLord

Banjo String wrote: »

Not even for

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf7uJDhVZIE

?

If I can't spend it on drugs what's the point?

Banjo String

ScumLord wrote: »

If I can't spend it on drugs what's the point?

You can.

(just don't get caught)

Badly Drunk Boy

About 15 years ago, I went on holidays in the UAE (which I presume would be similar enough to Qatar). Mad drivers, and if you are in the wrong for hurting or killing somebody on the roads, you have to pay the family damages, well, if they are UAE nationals.

One thing that I thought was very strange was seeing young men walking along the streets holding hands.

suicide_circus

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

One thing that I thought was very strange was seeing young men walking along the streets holding hands.

And you know theyre not gay because if they were they would be publicly executed. Nice place.

Odelay

Tis fierce close there too, it would bake ya.

c_man

Game of Thrones fan? I hear Qatar is like that slave city before Daenerys took it over.

genericguy

Wouldn't live in a Muslim country. They don't respect anything at all other than their God and prophet.

Mesrine65

^ Bollocks
I've lived in Algeria, Morocco & spent a lot of time in Mali & you're talking pure shíte.

Nodin

lapua20grain wrote: »

Hi I don't know if this is the right forum (mods feel free to move it to the right one) I am thinking of accepting a job in Qatar has anybody worked there and has any experience of the life over there for families? any feedback would be appreciated

Gulf states are run by conservative wahabi monarchies that look down their noses at other muslims, other races, other people in general. You will be treated better than another sunni Arab from elsewhere, but in any dispute between a local and you, its no contest. Then theres the attitude towards booze and drunkeness, which has become even less tolerant over the last decade or so. And the whole modesty thing, social mores.......

If its a contract for 6 months to a year you might give it a look. I wouldn't, for reasons of the above, and the heat.

Nodin

genericguy wrote: »

Wouldn't live in a Muslim country. They don't respect anything at all other than their God and prophet.

Yep all the same. Its like McDonalds, except with McMuslims. I hear if you poke one, they all jump....

Kermit.de.frog

From my own experience in the UAE, rather than Qatar, for westerners it's a great place so long as you abide by their rules which are not as strict as people who have never been there would have you believe.

And yes you can drink. But you can't carry alcohol visibly in public - it has to be hidden in preferably a black bag which one is provided with upon purchase and you need a special state ID to purchase but you can sort that before hand. There are night clubs too. You can drink in most hotels (but this is expensive - a half pint is somewhere near the equivalent of €5).

What you can not do is walk outside drunk under any circumstances. But other than that it's a very safe place and you can have a really good time there.

Qatar is not that much stricter than the UAE - it's mostly the same.

But the heat is a killer mid summer and realistically you can not go out June, July and August except if your driving or sometimes for a walk at sunrise or sunset.

In the Winter though the temperatures tend to be mid twenties and it's beautiful to be out and about in.

lapua20grain

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

From my own experience in the UAE, rather than Qatar, for westerners it's a great place so long as you abide by their rules which are not as strict as people who have never been there would have you believe.

And yes you can drink. But you can't carry alcohol visibly in public - it has to be hidden in preferably a black bag which one is provided with upon purchase and you need a special state ID to purchase but you can sort that before hand. There are night clubs too. You can drink in most hotels (but this is expensive - a half pint is somewhere near the equivalent of €5).

What you can not do is walk outside drunk under any circumstances. But other than that it's a very safe place and you can have a really good time there.

Qatar is not that much stricter than the UAE - it's mostly the same.

But the heat is a killer mid summer and realistically you can not go out June, July and August except if your driving or sometimes for a walk at sunrise or sunset.

In the Winter though the temperatures tend to be mid twenties and it's beautiful to be out and about in.

Cheers Kermit appreciated:)

Zebra3

ScumLord wrote: »

There's no amount of money that would convince me to live and work in a country with Sharia law.

Which is no way relevant to the OPs question.

biko

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/before-you-go/10053737/Moving-guide-10-things-to-know-before-relocating-to-Qatar.html

mitresize5

I've a sister and brother in law working there at the moment and we visited them 6 months ago.

Its not as strict as some people have said, i.e. you can get alcohol in all of the hotels and there is a tight expat community there.

Its not as westernised as Dubai and to be honest there isn't a huge amount to see and do but the wages are very good, there is no taxes to pay and if you are going for a semi decent salary you will come back home with a few quid in the bank.

It is expensive mind you, everything has a premium of about 30% on prices here. You wont be eating steak at home every night :-)

There are a lot of Western supermarkets in Doha where you will get most of what you could get a home food wise but that little bit more expensive.

Working week is generally Sunday to Thursday, Friday off and most people work a half day on Saturday as far as I could tell.

There are about 300K Qataris who basically do **** all but they are definitely the master race there, fair enough I suppose seen as how they are financing the whole operation. As a white westerner you are next in the food chain, followed by the Phillipinos/Asians and finally the Indians who are treated like muck. It interesting, and eye opening, to actually not be at the top of the race food chain and observe the casual racism you are subjected to as a white person. An eye opener really on how we might treat non nationals whether we are aware of it or not.

To summarise, the family are there for a purpose, work hard and save a lot of money which they are doing. They make the most of it socially and just get on with putting the head down.

RobertKK

I wouldn't go there to work or go there at all, no matter what you paid me.

They are good at corruption, they bought the Fifa World Cup.
They use slave labour.
They fund terrorism.

If you didn't like someone, you might tell them it was a great place to live, but you would have to really hate them to be that mean.

MonkeyTennis

Good at corruption and use slave labour?

Sure you'll feel right at home.