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I know one Consultancy that went from 247 staff down to 42 Yes I know quite a few but I guess we are trying to update this thread as "official" news. Or are we? Sometimes it's difficult to get official news as you put it, for some reason so many people/companies are simply denying that th...

Take that BBC, you ain't got nothing on Sheikh Mo UAE least affected by crisis - Sheikh Mohammed by Joanna HartleyThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it on Wednesday, 01 April 2009 CRISIS OPPORTUNITY: Sheikh Mohammed sees great opportunities for...

I thought Mr miss_lolly was banned a while ago.

Could someone please help Mr. miss_lolly get a blog?
Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In all honesty, I am having trouble 'feeling' the recession here. Maybe all the Europeans quit 'New Dubai' and of course traffic has gone down slightly, which could partly be attirbuted to Salik. But I still know only two guys who lost their jobs, and another who lost it and got another in a month....

Emirates airline offers staff unpaid leave Staff Report Published: April 01, 2009, 23:20 Dubai: Emirates airline yesterday announced that it has decided to offer unpaid leave to its cabin crew. "After a careful review of our operational requirements, we have decided to offer our cabin crew staf...

Now the schools are falling victims. I suspect some will not survive. Dubai schools owed 'millions in unpaid fees' By Anjana Sankar Senior Reporter Published: April 01, 2009, 23:45 Dubai: Parents owe Dubai schools millions as overdue fees, Gulf News has learnt. School managements say that staggerin...

After the gold rush: Getting paid in Dubai 27 March 2009 By Roxane McMeeken It is claimed that the average contractor is owed £50m, while some consultants’ fees are being slashed in half. Roxane McMeeken finds out just how bad Dubai’s payment problems have become Dubai is looking more and more like ...

And the above story is not some opinion piece by Greer or Jenkins. These are cold hard facts. Its truly an ugly situation out there. Some of the world's biggest contractors and consultants will go out of business (at least their ME operations). I know one case already

Palm monorail launch date delayed by Tom ArnoldThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it on Thursday, 02 April 2009 RAIL DELAY: The Palm Monorail, originally slated to open in April, will now start operations later in 2009.Nakheel has delayed the op...

Some very interesting and valid points are raised in this article. When I arrived in Dubai, I was shocked to see how the contractors were being treated by engineers. I am an Engineer worked for the government back home i-e we were the owners. Here I've been working for the Owner (called Employer her...

Or is it just me?

As I said before, the use of shorthand typing or sms text makes messages very difficult to understand and read properly. very true... its annoying sometimes the over use of shortcuts in messages however, I dont find anything wrong with Misery called Life's posts being unreadable... they are fine wi...

As an engineer I can tell you, every contractor I have ever dealt with here has been totally incompetent with the exception of Multiplex. They are the only ines I have seen that know what the heck they are doing. That may have been your experience but I completely disagree. Dubai has some of the Wo...

Chocoholic wrote:Isn't Frankie's somewhere around the Marina? Owned by Frankie Dettori! The food is meant to be very good.

Yup Frankie's

It has nothing to do with age or generation. It has to do with making yourself understood. You make valid points, but it's clear that some of us give up reading your posts, because it's just too much like hard work. How do you think your posts come across to people who's first language isn't necess...

Bump

More Votes Please.

Just kidding. I'll drop it after 77-22 final count and more importantly MCL promising to improve

Why don't you go ahead and apply anyway. There is a 50-50 chance or maybe less but you may get lucky.

Thanks for voting guys. MCL love your rudeboy post, keep it coming dude..........

FBI is a very rewarding, interesting and challenging career. I worked for FBI but the pay wasn't good so I switched careers. CIA always has a demand for linguists especially after 9/11 if you speak Pakhtoon, Arabic, Urdu etc.

I fantasize about it every day! I'd choose the CIA......Just love their political clout world over, intelligance gathering! And I must state that my understanding of world affairs is way better than theirs :D Hey K-Dog you were with the FBI? Wow! What did you do? And if I may beg to ask you, What i...

Misery Called Life wrote:I fantasize about it every day!
I'd choose the CIA......Just love their political clout world over, intelligance gathering!

You fantasize " every day". Wow!! Do you have any special skills? Can you legally work in the US? CIA has some critical positions to fill.

MCL I'm waiting for a sequel bud..............

Bora Bora wrote:Hey, K-Dog, did you ever cross paths with Herve??

(Couldn't help myself)

LOL.
He is out my league.

puppypup wrote:I used to want to be a secret agent. I watched too many Bond films and The Saint and In Like Flint films. Still do.

A Philipino Spy!!!!!!!!!!! Please give me a break. ROTFLMAO

uaekid, don't get all excited. I get your point. RobbyG is odd and I can start a new thread about that. The point is in order to solve a problem you have to accept its exists. The attitude in the UAE is to deny anything thats negative. Nobody is perfect and we all have our own flaws. But by recogniz...

And greetings from the "Entertainment Capital of the World". I'm happy to report that I'm back and have already started my new job. Thank you DF for all the support. I'll be checking in from time to time.

Take care Buddy! Just don't blow all the money you made over here on the blackjack tables on Feeemont St.!! Cheers! 8) 8) Lol. Gambling is only for tourists and we need them desperately right now. I'm a native Nevadan, have gambled maybe a handful of times my entire life. I feel extremely lucky to ...

This is quite possibly one of the dumbest things I've read in some time. +1 BTW who da fug is K.Kaif ? She kinda looks like me and please don't say she looks Filipina. http://www.ballzbollywood.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/katrina-kaif.jpg you really have an issue with filipinas....every time you...

Derek, if you want a conspiracy theory involving real pirates you should look into the fact that: Robert Rubin and Henry Paulson (the two prime movers behind TARP and the bank bailout) are both ex-CEOs at Goldman Sachs. a) Since last November they have conspired to take approx $1 trillion of taxpay...