I recently drew the attention of the editors of 7DAYS to the following situation:
- new telecom startup DU is recruiting UAE nationals as customer service agents (i.e. call centre agents) offering Dhs. 8,000 per month; officially, DU has a very ambitious "emirisation" programme
- however, as they cannot or will not absorb such comparatively high salaries, they are outsourcing the majority of their call centre work to Emirates Bank, who are recruiting expat (essentially means Indian) staff, offering them Dhs 3,000 a month for essentially the same job.
I thought this would give them some background on coverage of why the offically promoted line of getting more Emiratis into the job market will not work - unless everybody is prepared to pay MUCH more for everything.
They never followed up.