Hi Concerned,
I think this subject as been done many times.
For your interest I have many friends who have done there MEIR in spain and all of them are now flying commercially with UK operators.
None of them have had a problem getting employment nor keeping employed!
It's a case of how longs a piece of string really! I have been to many Schools in my training UK/Spain/USA and all of them have been relaxed in one thing or another. It's really impossible to say that " theres only one way to do this ".
In the past numerous people have tried to generate rumours of poor quality training abroad because they are involved with training in the UK. I can understand why they do this, all there custom is leaving them. Unfortunately, it will only get worse because of rising costs in the UK.