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British Expats (https://britishexpats.com/forum/)
-   The Sand Pit (https://britishexpats.com/forum/sand-pit-116/)
-   -   know anyone leaving? (https://britishexpats.com/forum/sand-pit-116/know-anyone-leaving-908779/)

DXBtoDOH Feb 4th 2018 8:50 pm
Re: know anyone leaving?
 
Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 12435065)
...or contribute to the huge influx of people to the UK before they leave the EU?
EU migration numbers are down.

weasel decentral Feb 4th 2018 8:50 pm
Re: know anyone leaving?
 
Originally Posted by Arnold S (Post 12435055)
That side of thing doesn't bother me, it's more having to move the wife, kids, dog and cat into a one bed flat. Also, they're a lot less keen to go than I am. Not sure about the cat, she's sitting on the fence at the moment.
This will cheer you up. (unless you are French)

https://i.imgur.com/E03guvS.jpg

scrubbedexpat141 Feb 4th 2018 8:55 pm
Re: know anyone leaving?
 
Originally Posted by Arnold S (Post 12435055)
That side of thing doesn't bother me, it's more having to move the wife, kids, dog and cat into a one bed flat. Also, they're a lot less keen to go than I am. Not sure about the cat, she's sitting on the fence at the moment.
Bin the cat and then you've got a decision made: stay.

Originally Posted by DXBtoDOH (Post 12435067)
EU migration numbers are down.
Really?

Guess those smart Europeans don't want to board a sinking ship then.

Arnold S Feb 4th 2018 8:57 pm
Re: know anyone leaving?
 
Originally Posted by DXBtoDOH (Post 12435066)
If you abandon the cat to the streets of Dubai may the demons from the 9th circle of hell raise out of the ground and drag you down to spend eternity frozen in ice.
I'd rather dump the family, take the pets and go live in the flat we can't get a respectable offer on.

scrubbedexpat141 Feb 4th 2018 8:59 pm
Re: know anyone leaving?
 
Originally Posted by weasel decentral (Post 12435068)
This will cheer you up. (unless you are French)

https://i.imgur.com/E03guvS.jpg
What a strike that was. :thumbup:

DXBtoDOH Feb 4th 2018 9:05 pm
Re: know anyone leaving?
 
Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 12435074)
Really?
Guess those smart Europeans don't want to board a sinking ship then.
Ah well, time will tell, not these leagues of armchair economists :sarcasm: with amazing insight into the future. :cool:

scrubbedexpat141 Feb 4th 2018 9:12 pm
Re: know anyone leaving?
 
Originally Posted by DXBtoDOH (Post 12435086)
Ah well, time will tell, not these leagues of armchair economists :sarcasm: with amazing insight into the future. :cool:
Let's hope it ends up successful for everyone. If the UK is booming that would be fantastic.

littlejimmy Feb 4th 2018 9:20 pm
Re: know anyone leaving?
 
Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 12435090)
Let's hope it ends up successful for everyone. If the UK is booming that would be fantastic.
It's not. Everywhere else in the world might be, but the UK has got very low growth right now. As alluded to above, it may be that jobs are coming free because EU nationals are leaving.

scrubbedexpat141 Feb 4th 2018 9:26 pm
Re: know anyone leaving?
 
Originally Posted by littlejimmy (Post 12435098)
It's not. Everywhere else in the world might be, but the UK has got very low growth right now. As alluded to above, it may be that jobs are coming free because EU nationals are leaving.
Of course it's not.
I just can't be arsed to argue with DXBtoDOH in every thread.

littlejimmy Feb 4th 2018 9:29 pm
Re: know anyone leaving?
 
Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 12435102)
Of course it's not.
I just can't be arsed to argue with DXBtoDOH in every thread.
OK, sorry. You carry on... ;):lol:

Millhouse Feb 4th 2018 9:34 pm
Re: know anyone leaving?
 
Originally Posted by DXBtoDOH (Post 12435066)
If you abandon the cat to the streets of Dubai may the demons from the 9th circle of hell raise out of the ground and drag you down to spend eternity frozen in ice.
Had to explain to Ollie that come Friday, following your advice, he might be off to Dr Zim to be put down. His life may have been short but it was fun. He looked at me with those heart melting bug eyes and agreed.

Millhouse Feb 4th 2018 9:35 pm
Re: know anyone leaving?
 
Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 12435065)
...or contribute to the huge influx of people to the UK before they leave the EU?
I'm more like to be going the other way... invest in the EU and get my golden visa.

DXBtoDOH Feb 4th 2018 9:36 pm
Re: know anyone leaving?
 
Originally Posted by Millhouse (Post 12435111)
Oh grow up. Had to explain to Ollie that come Friday, following your advice, he might be off to Dr Zim to be put down. His life may have been short but it was fun. He looked at me with those heart melting bug eyes and agreed.
Better than starving to death or being hit by a driver after being dumped along 611. Which is what happens to 99% of the abandoned dogs.

I can talk and banter about many things but I draw the line at animal welfare.

mission Feb 4th 2018 9:43 pm
Re: know anyone leaving?
 
my company globally made huge cuts over the last 12-18 months (including getting rid of people, and in some instances liquidating companies that were making significant losses with no or very little scope to turn them around) .....now almost every subsidiary within the parent company is down to the bare bones, in terms of manpower.
There was a complete hold on capex expenditure during 2017 and now in 2018 - unless the capex was needed to brought exclusively for a long term project/contract.
Our budgets for 2018 are nowhere near the growth that we were expected to achieve in past years.
But Alhumdulillaah, we've secured a fairly big contract with a company in Abu Dhabi and so that will keep us going, with smaller contracts in other regions.

Millhouse Feb 4th 2018 9:46 pm
Re: know anyone leaving?
 
Originally Posted by mission (Post 12435117)
my company globally made huge cuts over the last 12-18 months (including getting rid of people, and in some instances liquidating companies that were making significant losses with no or very little scope to turn them around) .....now almost every subsidiary within the parent company is down to the bare bones, in terms of manpower.
There was a complete hold on capex expenditure during 2017 and now in 2018 - unless the capex was needed to brought exclusively for a long term project/contract.
Our budgets for 2018 are nowhere near the growth that we were expected to achieve in past years.
But Alhumdulillaah, we've secured a fairly big contract with a company in Abu Dhabi and so that will keep us going, with smaller contracts in other regions.
when you say globally, do you mean across the region or actually globally? I ask as globally things are better than regionally.


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