OriginalSunshine

That's normally Omanis who take low level Emirate salaries... Still double what they earn in Oman.

As for OP, I've given you a fairly specific salary expectation for western expats in a specific company and industry. If you choose to ignore that and go for your reality, that is your choice.

scrubbedexpat141

She's accepted it. She has the family book, passport, the works.

shiva

in 10 years I've seen a few low paid Emiratis in the private sector, probably less than 20 in total but they do exist.

They are as rare as rocking horse shit but there are a few who actually see rising up the ranks in a professional organisation to an eventually decent salary as something to aspire to. I'm not sure whether to admire them or think they are mental. Maybe a bit of both.

On the other side I know one guy poached from a national oil company for a massive US company in Abu Dhabi, brought in on a mega salary, sent to the US for fast track board and management training etc and flat out told he would be the local MD inside 3 years who quit after 8 weeks because he actually had to do some work.