nonthaburi

I've only been in KSA 7 months but I went to the local Carrefour in Riyadh today and there are now women working behind the checkout in family only lanes . Apparently this happened a week or so ago . Is this happening in other places ?

dragonladyoz

Women have been serving in the family lanes in Danube / Panda / Manuel supermarkets in Jeddah for at least a year now.

nonthaburi

Must have just started in Riyadh then . Wonder how long before it happens in Panda and other stores .

HOOD_KSA

It's been running in supermarkets in other cities for the last 3-4 years. Ministry of Labor is pushing for employment of women across many categories.

Slower to reach Riyadh since it's more conservative than other cities.

MaserMan

Avoid the women in Debenhams, don't speak english and don't give a damn.

nonthaburi

I avoid Debenhams full stop .

scot47

Female checkout opraetors in family section stared in Carrefour in khobar 3 or 4 years ago. Shocking !

nonthaburi

It was shocking .

scot47

I remember a few years back check-out operators in KSA were all non-saudi males. Then almost overnight the posts were Saudi-ised. The moaners said, "This will never work. You can't trust Saudi shebab to turn up and do a job like this !" It took time but the jobs were Saudi-ised. Now Saudi women are getting the chance to do it.

KSA, unlike some other states in the region, has a large population and many of those are low income. This is not UAE or Kuwait. There are actually quite a lot of Saudis who do ordinary jobs for a living.

Bored_in_Riyadh

Yep I regularly chat to the Saudi women on the check-outs in Carrefour, super friendly and generally speak excellent English. One lady I chatted to said she had learnt English entirely from watching Grays anatomy on OSN.

I agree with the sentiments about Debenhams staff they really are an obnoxious bunch ..

nonthaburi

it's good that they're there because it means less time waiting at the checkout to pay .