overseas

[Turion]

Mr brother-in-law is contracting in Dubai. Earns £600 per day tax free and has a 3-bed apartment on the Palm and a fully expensed Toyota Landruiser thrown in. He says its great fun.

600pd I'd want a lot more to go work in that shiithole and as for paying tax there . There was a time when one could earn significantly more in these middle east dumps than you could get in the UK/EU. Now, if that's anything to go by, it's the opposite.

[KentPhilip]

Mr brother-in-law is contracting in Dubai. Earns £600 per day tax free and has a 3-bed apartment on the Palm and a fully expensed Toyota Landruiser thrown in. He says its great fun.

Sounds tempting. What Skillset?

[Gonzo]

£600 pd tax free + an apartment + a car. I'd do it for that.









Only for a year mind. That's about as long as I think I could put up with Dubai.

And you do feel like you are taking your life in your hands when you take a taxi you get from a taxi rank there. The ones provided by the hotels I thought were fine though.

[Alan @ BroomeAffinity]

600pd I'd want a lot more to go work in that shiithole and as for paying tax there . There was a time when one could earn significantly more in these middle east dumps than you could get in the UK/EU. Now, if that's anything to go by, it's the opposite.

£600 per day for every day he is there. That's £18,600 for a month (if its got 31 days) and AFAIK he only works half the week but gets paid for the whole week.

As for skillset, I have no idea. Sorry.

[MrMark]

As for skillset, I have no idea. Sorry.

Are you a recruitment consultant by any chance?

[SandyDown]

Then you've never seen the mentalist UAE taxi drivers.

Even Italians daren't drive in the UAE.

(Bimbling along one of the strips of tarmac they call roads, it is strange being overtaken by petrol tankers and laden buses that are driving on the desert alongside you. Outside them is the taxis going hell for leather.)

Why do some of you feel the need to BS and pretend they know $hit about everything, obviously RC never been in the UAE - which is has a 5 lane motorway going anywhere you want.... mate stop BSing!! The Taxi drivers are lovely too - not like the London bastward taxies!!

[expat]

Why do some of you feel the need to BS and pretend they know $hit about everything, obviously RC never been in the UAE - which is has a 5 lane motorway going anywhere you want.... mate stop BSing!! The Taxi drivers are lovely too - not like the London bastward taxies!!

It doesn't take much of a 5-lane motorway to go everywhere I want to go in the UAE. Oh sorry, probably get blown up for that

[mailric]

If nice means good skiing, then try Switzerland during winter. Unless you do SAP, in which case go somewhere else.

Modis and RMIT are not bad (Payment 1 day after invoice received!). Hays and Elan operate in Switzerland too - their Swiss offices seem to be better than their UK counterparts. K2 is a fairly large player - but they'd be my last resort. Read any contract with K2 very very carefully - they like to prevent you from working in CH through anyone else.

now thats a great idea. will definately be following this up...

[wurzel]

Try charlesoakes.com - got me a 12 monther with the EU in Alicante. They're still on the look out for Java / .Net / C++. Money's c**p though!

[ChimpMaster]

So which agencies place contractors in Dubai?