Working in Dubai

[krissovo]

She works for one of the major banks in account security services / fund manager.
Any advice would be appreciated.

She should be fine, I worked last year in Dubai but could not stand the heat etc so came home.

Lots of women work normally over there and Dubai is very relaxed. The best advice I can give is to is to get your company to source and even pay for the accommodation as its expensive and hard to find.

 

[Nutso]

I've read online recently that Dubai is going through some of the same issues as we are here - credit crunch hitting them as a lot of foreigners have been purchasing apartments out there.

The expatwoman.com site has a lot of stories about new contracts being reneged on, projects that haven't started not due to be completed, huge redundancies etc etc - does anyone have any first-hand experience of this as it was an avenue my hubby and I were considering for next year.

 

[Pope John 11]

A previous college friend of mine working in the consulting engineering business is thinking going to Dubai. Work for him is getting slower & slower, day by day.

However he does not have any experience in multi-storey construction.

He would have over 7-8 years in the engineering sector.

Has anyone any experience in travelling to Dubai or seeking out work prior to leaving.

Is the construction industry in Dubai, Abu-Dhabi etc still as good as a few years ago.

Any information is of a help.