Beware of making a career decision based on ANYTHING you read on Pprune. My opinions of life at Emirates are approximately 180 degrees different from Pintofstella's. That doesn't mean he's not being honest, but rather he's simply expressing his opinion from his unique perspective. No one can make that judgement for you. And the only ablsolute, surefire way to do that is to come here and see it for yourself.
Good luck!
The Yardman
P.S. I'm just a lowly F/O with no aspirations whatsoever of going into management.