AC330
Good post.
What I've found is that it appears to be mostly expat mentality of trying to be pro-active and not re-active.
In my company there appears, and are a lot of changes that can be made to improve productivity and efficiancy-but no matter how hard an individual, or group tries they get thwarted at most turns.Over the years it gets less and less and the enthusiasm and drive either gets beaten out of you or you loose interest in trying to help.A very sad and sorry state of affairs but true.I would like to think that I'm a professional but now after 3 years I'm sad to admit-I do the job(as best as I can) but then i go home and collect the pay.The days of trying to improve things or get things changed for all,not just myself,have long gone.
Why is it.....it's not for a lack of funding,not for a lack of experience but an empathy that surrounds the region. No - its not any different anywhere else away from home-the grass is NOT greener-just different courses for different horses.Long gone are the days of having a great lifestyle and putting abit of cash away.Most people out in this region are here now for the quality of life-not the job.There are fundamental issues here that NEED to be addressed by the government and companies to keep people here.Once the quality of life gets erroded then the exodus will be huge-and believe me it is starting.this place will end up as a transient town if not already.
For me it is a great place to live in with a lot of pros but the time is coming when enough will be enough.I'm lucky that I have fallback options in housing and work but a lot of people will have to grin and bear it thru the rough times.No i dont think the decline has bottomed out-there is still a long way to go-if some one doesn't wake up and smell the coffee then Dubai will go the same way as Saudi.
My 2 pence worth.My opinions.
chinny
VTSP