White Knight,
I see you have your usual constructive comments posted.
Bound for Dubai
All the comments on this thread are correct, because everyone has a different measuring stick.
You asked about the mood at EK, not about the lifestyle in Dubai.
White Knite et al, seem to think that because the sun always shines, then it doesn't matter that management continually lie to us and change the goal posts. Good for him. I on the other hand would rather see less sunshine and better management.
I can say with some degree of confidence that the sun will continue to shine, and white knight will continue to enjoy EK more than i will.
All that I want to make you aware of is that we dont have a contract, our conditions continually change without consultation (almost always for the worse), and the conditions you see when you get here will probably be the best they will ever be.
In 5 years time you may well be writing on Pprune advising potential new joiners of the pitfalls, along with the benefits of moving to the sandpit in search of a great job/lifestyle.
The important thing is that you wont be able to say nobody warned you.