Sooooo - you want to work for Emirates ???
If you want to fly shiny new jets, then Dubai is just the place for you.
Or is it ??
PLEASE - consider carefully the following:
- Rostered 90 plus hours long haul (mostly east west) per month.
- Minimum days off, particularly on the A330.
- Long term fatigue issues.
- The AUD/NZ equivalent salary has decreased effectively by around 30 % since the USD fell into the abyss.
- Uncertain promotion prospects with unannounced changes possible to policies.
- Contracts that will be altered at any time without any discussion with you.
- No union representation.
- Ineffective, sycophantic management that has little regard for your welfare. The one and only good manager we have is leaving soon.
- Housing is luck of the draw - you get what's allotted by the housing mafia.
- Cost of living in Dubai is NO LONGER the value for money paradise it used to be. Plan on AT LEAST what you spend in AUS/NZ.
- Inflation is becoming a significant component of daily life here. Salaries are way behind in buying power compared to 2 years ago.
- There is NO POSSIBILITY of commuting with the rosters as they are and indeed into the future as relative pilot numbers fall against increasing numbers of destinations.
- You will be working with people who 2 years ago would never have got a look in. Standards are a real issue that you should consider.
- Ask yourself why so many people are LEAVING rather than joining. Resignation rates are at levels NEVER seen before with this company.
- The traffic situation and driving in Dubai is horrific.
- What value do you place on lifestyle ? As one who has moved from your region, can I say that the grass is VERY DEFINITELY greener where you are.
If you are working for
VB, QF, JQ, JetConnect, Pacific Blue (or indeed any other established operator) please think very seriously before you resign and make a move that may well be regretted very soon after arriving. This is all the more relevant when you are facing a
USD 36,000 bond from the moment you do your final check to the line.
Ask specific questions to the Emirates people at the open day and insist on answers, rather than vague responses. They must not be allowed to give you false impressions and false hopes of what life and work in Dubai is all about.
In conclusion, this is the stark reality about Emirates - so think very carefully about your career aspirations and your family and how they will handle such a move.