Are You Paid According To Your Skin Colour?
Mar 24th 2013, 9:38 am
#1
Forum Regular
Thread Starter
Joined: Jun 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 103
Are You Paid According To Your Skin Colour?
Mar 24th 2013, 9:41 am
#2
Nothing doin' here
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 3,508
Re: Are You Paid According To Your Skin Colour?
The average monthly salary for a Western expatriate in the UAE is $11,936.
AVERAGE????? thats best part of AED44,000!
I don't think so.
AVERAGE????? thats best part of AED44,000!
I don't think so.
Mar 24th 2013, 9:49 am
#3
Account Closed
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 0
Re: Are You Paid According To Your Skin Colour?
The Gulf Business Salary Survey 2013 surveyed the average remuneration for 20 roles, including finance, real estate and media, across the six Gulf countries.
Mar 24th 2013, 10:06 am
#4
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Oct 2009
Location: Dubai
Posts: 1,291
Re: Are You Paid According To Your Skin Colour?
I used to be when I worked for the government. I was on a Grade 2 salary, whereas my two Indian colleagues were on respectively Grade 3 salary (Northern Inda) and Grade 4 salary (Southern India). We all did the same job.
Now I work for an international company and we are all paid according to our qualifications and experience, which is how it should be
Now I work for an international company and we are all paid according to our qualifications and experience, which is how it should be
Mar 24th 2013, 10:09 am
#5
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 2,578
Re: Are You Paid According To Your Skin Colour?
Sad but true? I certainly don't think so. I'm sure that there are plenty of Asian expats who would love to be earning their "average" salary of USD8,853 ( over Dhs32,500)! Where do they invent these figures?
Last edited by mentalist; Mar 24th 2013 at 10:32 am.
Mar 24th 2013, 10:24 am
#6
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 4,641
Re: Are You Paid According To Your Skin Colour?
I used to be when I worked for the government. I was on a Grade 2 salary, whereas my two Indian colleagues were on respectively Grade 3 salary (Northern Inda) and Grade 4 salary (Southern India). We all did the same job.
Now I work for an international company and we are all paid according to our qualifications and experience, which is how it should be
Now I work for an international company and we are all paid according to our qualifications and experience, which is how it should be
Mar 24th 2013, 10:59 am
#7
Account Closed
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 0
Re: Are You Paid According To Your Skin Colour?
Mar 24th 2013, 2:47 pm
#9
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 4,641
Re: Are You Paid According To Your Skin Colour?
Pardon my confusion; you mean that as Human Resources / Recruiter you try to find work for S.Indians in Northern India but S.Indians do not want to move north?
Mar 24th 2013, 2:50 pm
#10
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 4,641
Re: Are You Paid According To Your Skin Colour?
So they pay Northern Indians and I assume Pakistanis more for the same job than Southern Indians? How do they possibly determine who is Northern and who is Southern 
Am curious;do Pathans get treated the same as Grade 3 salary types? When I was in AD, Pathans were most visible in the construction, landscaping and taxi driver industry , the first 2 were about the worst jobs with the possible exception of housemaid, depending on how human the employer was.
Am curious;do Pathans get treated the same as Grade 3 salary types? When I was in AD, Pathans were most visible in the construction, landscaping and taxi driver industry , the first 2 were about the worst jobs with the possible exception of housemaid, depending on how human the employer was.
Last edited by Boomhauer; Mar 24th 2013 at 2:56 pm.
Mar 24th 2013, 3:34 pm
#11
womble
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 2,675
Re: Are You Paid According To Your Skin Colour?
I get paid according to my passport which is "Western". Those with "Eastern" passports get paid less, simply because the company thinks that they will accept less based on what they would get paid after tax in their home countries. And... the company is correct in that assumption, as there are far more Eastern engineers than Western engineers, so obviously there is not a shortage of takers.
Mar 24th 2013, 3:43 pm
#12
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 4,641
Re: Are You Paid According To Your Skin Colour?
That's about education, not race.
I get paid according to my passport which is "Western". Those with "Eastern" passports get paid less, simply because the company thinks that they will accept less based on what they would get paid after tax in their home countries. And... the company is correct in that assumption, as there are far more Eastern engineers than Western engineers, so obviously there is not a shortage of takers.
I get paid according to my passport which is "Western". Those with "Eastern" passports get paid less, simply because the company thinks that they will accept less based on what they would get paid after tax in their home countries. And... the company is correct in that assumption, as there are far more Eastern engineers than Western engineers, so obviously there is not a shortage of takers.
Are you referring to the case of Pathans?
LLL mentioned N.Indians were in a higher salary category than S.Indians for doing the same job, so it isn't nationality or education .
Mar 24th 2013, 5:18 pm
#13
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Aug 2009
Location: Disneyland, Dubai
Posts: 15,887
Re: Are You Paid According To Your Skin Colour?
Drink from the teat while the cream still flows, western fat cats.
Mar 24th 2013, 5:37 pm
#15
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Aug 2009
Location: Disneyland, Dubai
Posts: 15,887