Good on you 'fart', at last someone at the sharp end who is prepared to use this forum to tell it like it is. Like you said the management 'make it unbearable for you so that you leave out of your own free will', that's why I left; total lack of commitment to the profession, both in safety and standards - just after the money and keeping the client happy (never advise against their decisions, no matter how unsafe, or you may lose the contract). As you so rightly say, they were able to employ someone at a far cheaper cost than myself, so there was no request to reconsider my descision to leave. The now 'retired' manager was the only one in management who was prepared to stand up for us as workers, in the company's relentless persuit of greater profits. DXB will be a poorer place without him. Keep faith, nothing stays the same for long!
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My views are personal and DEFINITELY don't reflect those of my employer!