Living in UAE / Dubai (22 Viewers)

[Ahmed]

@ Rhizoid

I hear you bro, the UAE has double standards for everything, not just the application of the law...just look at the difference in privileges of the nationals and expatriates, who may be working the same job at the same company, but there will be a significant difference in salaries and facilities

 

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[IL Pinturrichio]

@ Rhizoid

I hear you bro, the UAE has double standards for everything, not just the application of the law...just look at the difference in privileges of the nationals and expatriates, who may be working the same job at the same company, but there will be a significant difference in salaries and facilities

Even worse is the defferntiation between different nationalities, some nationalities are favored by companies and even chased. While others have to kiss asses to get a job, and if u don't know someone in HR in some company then u won't find a decent job.
I, for example, searched for five months for a job to no avail. Then, I met a girl whose dad knows someone who knows someone at Etisalat. That's how I got the job. That said, there are some companies which still hold some credibility in recruiting( like etisalat) but they're rare.

 

[Ahmed]

Aah yes, our friend Mr. "Wastaa", right?

 

[IL Pinturrichio]

Exactly

 

[Rhizoid]

Wasta...that's the way it works in all Middle East!

My first job here was in recruitment, and I used to meet HR/Recruitment Managers face to face. They were never shy to tell me which specific nationality they wanted...and didn't want.

There's also a passport thing. If you hold a UK/US/Canada/EU passport then you'll land an excellent salary here. Plus companies like it, because sending you on a business trip becomes less of a hassle (visas are costly).

Middle Eastern / Asian - depends on your experience + educational background. There's a full range here from Millionaires to underpaid.

 

[IL Pinturrichio]

Wasta...that's the way it works in all Middle East!

My first job here was in recruitment, and I used to meet HR/Recruitment Managers face to face. They were never shy to tell me which specific nationality they wanted...and didn't want.

There's also a passport thing. If you hold a UK/US/Canada/EU passport then you'll land an excellent salary here. Plus companies like it, because sending you on a business trip becomes less of a hassle (visas are costly).

Middle Eastern / Asian - depends on your experience + educational background. There's a full range here from Millionaires to underpaid.

Actually it's either millionaires or underpaid. Unless you want to add credit cards abusers to that range.

 

[Lawnchair Bes]

Wasta...that's the way it works in all Middle East!

My first job here was in recruitment, and I used to meet HR/Recruitment Managers face to face. They were never shy to tell me which specific nationality they wanted...and didn't want.

There's also a passport thing. If you hold a UK/US/Canada/EU passport then you'll land an excellent salary here. Plus companies like it, because sending you on a business trip becomes less of a hassle (visas are costly).

Middle Eastern / Asian - depends on your experience + educational background. There's a full range here from Millionaires to underpaid.

i got to start looking into this

 

[Lion]

i got to start looking into this

and you don't have to pay taxes there

you'd still have to pay Canadian taxes though.

 

[swag]

@ DB: they do have lawnchairs in Bermuda, you know.

 

[Lawnchair Bes]

but how's their environmental consulting industry?

 

[Lawnchair Bes]

and you don't have to pay taxes there

you'd still have to pay Canadian taxes though.

considering i can come at any time and use the healthcare system and others, it only seems fair

 

[Alen]

i read today that 30 years old british woman was caught drunk and having sex on jumaira beach , she faces prison from 6 months to 6 years for that.

What happens to the guy she had sex with ? He'll also be convicted ? Or he wasn't drunk so it's ok ?
Or only the women go to jail for having sex ?

 

[Ahmed]

What happens to the guy she had sex with ? He'll also be convicted ? Or he wasn't drunk so it's ok ?
Or only the women go to jail for having sex ?

I dunno what the case exactly is, but the guy will get a harsher sentence than the woman

 

[DelpieroForLife]

Unless he is a native UAE citizen.

 

[Ahmed]

yea, then the double standard mode will kick in, and God knows if he will get punished at all

 

[swag]

but how's their environmental consulting industry?

Who needs it? All you need is some good rum, a sixer of ginger beer, and a lawnchair. It's Dark & Stormy time -- just write your crap novel, ogle the women in bikinis, and collect your cut of being a tax-free offshore front for a U.S. corporation.

This is not rocket science.

What happens to the guy she had sex with ? He'll also be convicted ? Or he wasn't drunk so it's ok ?
Or only the women go to jail for having sex ?

Depends on how ugly and fat the woman was.

 

[Ramin]

What happens to the guy she had sex with ? He'll also be convicted ? Or he wasn't drunk so it's ok ?
Or only the women go to jail for having sex ?

Both, equally.


http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1398204.ece

 

[Bjerknes]

Stupid laws like usual in a place where religion rules the land.

 

[Fred]

Really its like Rhizoid said, if people dont like the laws over here, they can feel free to leave, things like these are unaccepted in our community and rightfully so.

 

[Eddy]

Really its like Rhizoid said, if people dont like the laws over here, they can feel free to leave, things like these are unaccepted in our community and rightfully so.

I sure as hell can't wait.