Job offer from Dubia

[KAYCEE]

I'm job hunting at the moment and got a call over the weekend offering me a position in Dubia.

I haven't had a face to face interview, so they have no idea what I'm like and more importantly I've no idea what the company offering the job is like.

Is this the normal way of doing things in Dubia?

There seems to be a a fair amount of work on offer over there, however the "recruitment agencies" are beginning to sound like "time share" salesmen, offering jobs with good packages (tax free salaries/free accommodation/car/health ins etc.).

Is the "grass greener" in Dubia?
What are the pitfalls?

Does anyone have any good/bad experiences of working out there that they what to share?

Kaycee

PS I'm in the construction industry, which is going through a bad patch in the UK, is Dubia going to suffer the "global downturn" in the near future? (I'd hate to up-root the family and move out there if it wasn't going to last)

 

[hk14]

Hi Kaycee,

I was in Dubai 2001-2002 and recently in Saudi, 2004-2008... Not in construction but in the oil and gas business. Construction is booming right now and turover is very high.

One word of advise is to make sure that your employment papers are in order ie contract terms, benefits ie schooling for kids, housing, medical insurance etc. All, these are very expensive right now. Dubai has no legal proper legal framework from what I know (therefore Labbour laws subjective) but a series of decrees signed by the ruler...

PM me if you want to chat.

Hatta

 

[Decster]

read this

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/05/middleeast.gender

" Most remarkably of all the remarkable things about Dubai is that it's occupied almost entirely by foreigners: native Emiratis make up barely 20 per cent of the population. They're a minority in their own country."


would not be on list of places to live. bit of an air conditioned aquariam like existance from what i can gather.....

 

[Steve]

If you're thinking of working there, I'd start off by spelling it right.