Just one thing to say...
Happy people usually do not post on anonymous sites like PPrune...
Unhappy people on the contrary will do nothing else but post (In general anyway, Myself I try to reflect both sides of being a QR pilot)
Many pilots are happy at QR....
This does not mean all is swell and no problems remain to be adressed....Hell NO!
But not all is bad overhere.
And I certainly would not say EK or EY are any better as far as the companies are concerned. They all have their own and very typical problems.
Countrywise...well...thats a personal choice I would say.
Dubai.....Too busy and too fast paced
Abu Dhabi....somewhere in between two worlds, without a clear strategy and without ANY housing available.
Qatar.....well euhhhh what can I say! Nothing to do with a local population living a wild west mickey mouse dream of short lived wealth and superficial prsoperity.
But all three have their advantages as well and once you settle in (this goes for all three), many people stay for many years...