Is the dream dead?
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We do little/no work in Dubai and use it as a hub for MENA only. In this regard, we are winding down our Dubai office and ramping up Jordan. Total disaster operationally in my opinion but Dubai is just too expensive. Hopefully, I'll be the one to turn the lights off as I'm not going to Jordan... would make a case to camp in the Lebanon office over that.
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We do little/no work in Dubai and use it as a hub for MENA only. In this regard, we are winding down our Dubai office and ramping up Jordan. Total disaster operationally in my opinion but Dubai is just too expensive. Hopefully, I'll be the one to turn the lights off as I'm not going to Jordan... would make a case to camp in the Lebanon office over that.
In my field Southeast Asia, and to a smaller extent, Central Asia, though neither to the extreme that the Gulf was at 10-15 years ago.
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From what I've seen in the construction world, the next or current gravy trains are in medical related and data centre construction and trains themselves (HS, viaduct and underground). Oil and gas maintenance is coming back but exploration still seems a dead duck
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It's getting a refurb in the summer im told so it might be the pre clear out .
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Thing about being an expat. You get used to it and don’t really want to go home.
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I live in small town Saudi. It's okay and Riyadh is only three hours away, but KSA does attract more than it's fair share of oddballs. Lot of Walter Mitty types too. Currently working with a guy who's done more in his life than that guy out of Catch Me If You Can.
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Saudi is changing at breakneck speed but as far as the economy goes I'm not so sure. Unemployment is still running over 12%.
I just take it one year at a time,, can't plan for longer than that. But the important thing is to be ready to go.
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KSA - I did 17 years in spells of 1,2, and 6 years at a time. Always regard it as "one paycheck at a time"
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Is there still a pay rise to be expected by those moving from UAE to KSA?
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From what I've seen in the construction world, the next or current gravy trains are in medical related and data centre construction and trains themselves (HS, viaduct and underground). Oil and gas maintenance is coming back but exploration still seems a dead duck
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In my field KSA pays less than the UAE.
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land of opportunity for what though? The past couple of years have seen loads of westerners having to leave.
Saudi is changing at breakneck speed but as far as the economy goes I'm not so sure. Unemployment is still running over 12%.
I just take it one year at a time,, can't plan for longer than that. But the important thing is to be ready to go.
Saudi is changing at breakneck speed but as far as the economy goes I'm not so sure. Unemployment is still running over 12%.
I just take it one year at a time,, can't plan for longer than that. But the important thing is to be ready to go.
THat being said, it ties in with Saudi progressing, so MBS needs to keep forging new ideas from the foundries of conservative-tolerant-but-still-appealing-globally-tourism.
Yeah. We pay 20% on the basic + retention bonuses for most. It's not getting ***** to go there, it's making them ****ing stay.
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You pay 20% more to UAE expats to come to KSA? Is that all?
What field of work?
What field of work?