Coral,
If your definition of 'reasonable' costs 240-300k you must be a hard person to please. 200k is enough to find somewhere VERY nice (size dependent obviously) for your average family of four and with a little more legwork you can find somewhere inside the budget. They hold a few villas and apartments but availabilty can be poor. Especially now as I think the flow of staff is going to be more one way!
Working conditions are ok but the fun starts when you walk out the door and start spending your hard earned fils.
Roster m,m,a,a,n,n,s,ooo. No major problem getting leave.
Facilities and equipment lacking but you get by.
Locals? You will be working with highly trained professionals of various race, religion and nationality.
Overtime 2500Dhs for nightshift but rarely offered and optional.
I'm sure you will find some improvements on where you are working and some things that are worse but from my experience so far the Dubai experience is what you make it and I believe you get out what you put in.
Best advice as always.... Come have a THOROUGH look around and see if you like it.
Cheers, CR.
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