This country's plague and our pain is the soaring inflation.
Inflation can't be effectively fought only but rising the income at least not in Qatar since the market is pure monopoly. The moment expats have a pay rise everything shoots up, you name, it housing, utilities, grocery etc. Average costs of living is about 20000 QAR at the moment. It looks like a vicious circuit without a chance of a break through, doesn't it? It's an issue which has and eventually will be addressed on the statutory level. There's no other way but either to drop the peg to US $ or strengthen the QAR like Kuwait or China. Highly sensitive topic and can't nor won't it be done without approval from DC.
All other mediocre attempts like rising the depository pledge with CBQ to take the cash out of the market or limiting the rent hikes seemed to be in vain. Should the appreciation of QAR happen that's equates to a pay rise in a way. I bet that's what the management is places their bid on.
Nonetheless it'd be nice if the housing issue was addressed to start with.
Why isn't marital status taken into account? Why didn't senior people get the chance to bid for the company accommodation but have simply been offered left overs? How come a young f/o being bachelor gets a three bed room apartment and a senior FO with two kids gets a two bed room one?
Why do some captains stay in the apartments and some f/o in a villa?
Our welfare isn't taken care of whatsoever.
Provident fund wouldn't that be nice? How long was it now 3 years?
Don't take it personally take it on the rocks!!!
