Originally Posted by
HOVIS
Why would anyone volunteer to work and live in such a country? Is the money really that good?
Because it's not as bad as some people here describe. It is possible to live a happy life as an expat in the ME. The place has some rules written on paper but most people won't experience any situations where they even have to remember such rules exist. The day to day life is comfortable. You get to save more money than you could anywhere else. The work is ok (tiring as is long haul anywhere) and the package includes a lot more than just money.
But there are people who just aren't compatible with expat life and they value the safety that an "old country's" contract and laws give them, even if it means to work less comfortably or for less money. It's as simple as that. The ME isn't for everybody. Some people love it and some hate it. The reality is that more of the people who hate it write on here. The colleagues who are happy in Dubai don't usually come to pprune to tell us about it.