Abh Dhabi Boom!

[MPwannadecentincome]

Cool. You could train it to flob on your agent when he comes to visit.

[Mich the Tester]

or a camel

Cool. You could train it to flob on your agent when he comes to visit.

[MPwannadecentincome]

Why not live in one of those Bedouin tents in the desert? Cheap and cheerful, and you just need a Land Rover to get to work.

or a camel

[Mich the Tester]

Yep - My brother is in Dubai, although he works in Abu Dhabi - he and his g/f rent a 1 bed Apt - it works out at about €40k

Why not live in one of those Bedouin tents in the desert? Cheap and cheerful, and you just need a Land Rover to get to work.

[cailin maith]

I've heard accommodation is scarce and very expensive, £50K plus just to rent an apartment!

And for a contractor the rate is only tax free if you have a long term contract so that you can be out of the UK long enough to not pay UK tax, assuming this will work on the ltd co aspect etc.

Yep - My brother is in Dubai, although he works in Abu Dhabi - he and his g/f rent a 1 bed Apt - it works out at about €40k

[MPwannadecentincome]

Salary on offer was £120k I beleive of which £50k is for living expenses and 70k tax free. Not bad - but Id want more for the upheavel.

I've heard accommodation is scarce and very expensive, £50K plus just to rent an apartment!

And for a contractor the rate is only tax free if you have a long term contract so that you can be out of the UK long enough to not pay UK tax, assuming this will work on the ltd co aspect etc.

[lilelvis2000]

One of my cousin's lives there...he wants to come here. I told him he's better off there!

[Liability]

any links or pointers for applying for roles when they start recruiting?

Monster has alot of them.

Any of the agencies dealing in the Middle East - but there arent many right now - but watch them all spring up lol

[Liability]

So, will they hire you or an Indian chappie on 20% of your rate.

Let me see..........

Apparently not - they arent touching India with a barge pole - probably due to potential backlash from the community [Hindu etc]

To quote an agent this morning "they have hired ex Barclays and ex-Accenture" at the top level.

Salary on offer was £120k I beleive of which £50k is for living expenses and 70k tax free. Not bad - but Id want more for the upheavel.

[DimPrawn]

So, will they hire you or an Indian chappie on 20% of your rate.

Let me see..........

[NetwkSupport]

any links or pointers for applying for roles when they start recruiting?

[Liability]

This place is on BOOM now

30 year development programme to get Global Companies there - a heck of alot of Infrastructure work and above all loads of IT work

Government has just set up a company to oversee the projects and tax free salaries cant be bad!.

Sadly I would imagine they will start looking for Management Consultants to manage the whole thing Waste a good amount then get a bit of reality and get real people in.