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expatwanabe

Is there anyone on here in this position, its looking like all that glitters isn’t gold. I was over there last week for an interview and now been offered the job, but package is not up to my expectations. It would fund my and families requirements back in UK, but not generate enough cash for savings...

expatwanabe

Thanks for the reply, but if I did travel over alone at first giving that accomadation including utilities and car was included in package, what sort of money a month would you expect I would need to put aside for food and living expense?

expatwanabe

Thanks again for the info, so you reckon under £1,000 will see me through a month for shopping and genral expense. That's great news, makes the maths work better for a move over.

expatwanabe

What’s the scenarios of leaving employment and heading back home (UK) I’m lead to believe that you have to pick the right window of opportunity or you will be liable to pay back tax’s?

expatwanabe

bump, any relevent advice would be much appreciated.

expatwanabe

Only looking in from the outside as I haven’t moved over to the UAE yet, but a question on dept. I have read conflicting reports. Some have said that they end up trapped in the country when they fall in to financial difficulties and the only way to leave is to do a runner. Where on other stories I h...

expatwanabe

The big sites such as Hotmail & Facebook are often carrying out updates and maintenance, so you may way experience problems logging on. Just keep trying & be patient.

expatwanabe

Before I was flown out for an interview, my prospective employer asked for a scaned copy for a transit visa as I remember. Nothing was send in post before my arrival, just had my passport stamped at the airport.

expatwanabe

I’ve read quite a lot of negative comments on this site since I joined from members stating poor salary offers and others with unpopular changes to terms and conditions of their current employment. Along with this there are the posts about the recession hitting the UAE, do you think employers could ...

expatwanabe

After having very little success with recruitment agencies I decided to approach prospective employers myself. Either by clicking on the recruitment button on company websites and forwarding CV or by googling around and find names and email address. Do ae email address have only a small capacity say...

expatwanabe

NooleV wrote:im posting this only because i want to reach 15 so i can post link...
usless rule btw.

Haha

expatwanabe

So thats how you do it.

expatwanabe

This is much easier than having to think of something interesting to say!

expatwanabe

Bugger, still two more :O(

expatwanabe

Wohoooooo, I'm in!

expatwanabe

I have experienced the Sheikh Zayed Road twice now and wasn’t anywhere as manic as I was lead to believe………..mind you it wasn’t Ramadan!

expatwanabe

happy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOHGOwbnvTk

or sad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGK--kAMfak

“When the music changes, so does the dance"

expatwanabe

Electronics can be a nightmare with certain stores selling 'brought back' items as new. I've had two mates buy laptops only to find files and passwords from previous users. Plus in other countries you get all the software as part of the package, here you have to buy it in addition to the hardware. ...

expatwanabe

Hi, do you get any other benefits such as paid utilities bills or fuel allowance?

It doesn’t sound like fortunes for a job that holds managerial responsibilities.

Good luck, hope it all works out for you.

expatwanabe

Furniture allowance? You mean their gona give you a lump sum to go furnish the pad? I was offered this, good idea but beware as you may have to pay a percentage back if you don’t see out your contract which is fair enough I suppose. Are they offering you an end of contract bonus?

expatwanabe

It's really started me thinking about how long I want to stay in Dubai myself, because at the moment I'm starting to consider it wasted time. Surely life’s what you make it, sitting back and setting for the safe options and an easy life is such a waste. But there are no guarantees that you’ll find ...

expatwanabe

Correct me if I’m wrong, but pharmacy must be one of the role reversals jobs. With the renumation packages been lower in the UAE than in Europe?

expatwanabe

To spin it 180deg’s, do you think the current climate is stopping folk coming across. I had to turn an offer down last month because it just wasn’t right for me. But still hope to land the right job by the end of the year. But all the talk about redundancies may well put people off. There’s quite a ...

expatwanabe

From my brief stay there back in September I can think of a lot worst locations to be “stuck in”. Good luck to all those who are thinking about leaving, I hope you find what you’re looking for. What ever life throws at you, remember there are no such things as good and bad experiences. It’s all abou...

expatwanabe

Question for the expats already living in Dubai, as I have already said I’m trying to land the right job for me over there. But it has to work out right so as I can live there plus support a home back in the UK for the first year, as I want to be sure things are going to work out before shipping fam...

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Working in Dubai & supporting family back in UK.

Taxation Question.

Dept

I'm I just been cynical?

Frustrated!

So whats your mood right now?

Re: Do you have friends leaving?

Dubai on the cheap?

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