Spugsy

....who took me on 4 months ago wanted me to train some of the staff up, I said ok but then early on got one of the biggest accounts to work on, the brochures and artwork is literally twice as good as it is, we make millions from this client and they love my work.

thing is I haven't been able to do any training, I explained to my boss and he said I should do it, I asked for help but got none and also I have no job description whatsoever, so I'm working 10 hour days and usually later on the client,

he now tells me today that because I'm not doing what I was employed for, even though I constantly told him I had no time, and I couldn't fit it on and could we do something about it.....has now told me that I must take a paycut or when my 6 months probation period is up in 6 weeks they'll let me go.

Man I love this country sometimes.....:curse:

Madam Medusa

omg spugsy, that is really bad news...have you got anything in writing to your boss where you were telling him all this stuff??

MM, xx

Spugsy

oh aye, emails, the lot - but I'm ona 6 month probation period, so they can what they want.

What worries me, is if I get another job, which should be easy enough, is how you go about paying back the cash I got for the tenancy, I got AED 70k from them and will need to pay quite a bit of that back, so I'm hoping if I do leave they will wait a few months until the new HR people sort me out?

Inselaffen

nah theywill want it all back when u leave. Companies here are B@stards.
not sure what your situation will be regarding a labour ban either.

Spugsy

so they'll want the lot the day I leave?? how the ***** can I pay that then??

I'm sure it'll be ok as I'm on probation, surely they can't ban me as well?

shakh your bootie

Could be that they're just trying it on & looking for any excuse to drop his pay......

Unfortunately, they do have him by the short and curlies somewhat....

Is it Local management, Arab, Indian, Western - what?????

Spugsy

one of the biggest dubai companies there is mate, starts with al....

shakh your bootie

Hmm. Can you go up the chain & bypass this manager???

FWIW - this is the UAE labour law:

http://www.mol.gov.ae/Pages-EN/docum...-labour.HTML#p

Can't see anything on there about repaying your rent.

soukie

Sorry to hear this and I hope it works out for you - I have to say that this sort of thing is not a surprise to me as my husband has worked for many years in the construction industry in UAE - many companies are cheap skates and in our experience the British Companies are no different to others. The best way to survive here is to work on the basis that everything is temporary and it could all change tomorrow.

littlejimmy

That's seriously bad craic, mate. Have you moved over to Dubai lock, stock and barrel and all that?

arbroath_abroad

they care and it shows.......

sorry about this spugsy....


get the CV fired out...

Spugsy

oh aye, AED 120,000 villa, bought all the furniture, got a cat....that sort of thing.

Oh and just got tickets home for august for £530 as well. Today.

Spugsy

aye will do, got a few contacts, and by all accounts there's tonnes of work out there.

scarletfan

Spugsy, if you looked for another job, I'm curious as to whether or not the new company would help you out with the rental situation? If not, then maybe it would be better to take the wage cut, and look for another job in 12 months when the rent is due for renewal. That would depend though on your personal circumstances and how much of a wage cut they will make you take.

arbroath_abroad

thats the spirit, wouldnt work for a local company again if they paid me
something better will come out of this, youll see!!