In answer to your question Captain Krunch, i know several members of QR staff (crew and management) who have moved out to Qatar and joined the airline with the promise of lots of things.
In many cases, some individuals have sold up homes in home country to start their new lives in Qatar, and some have bought cars and homes and other home comforts that are all perfectly normal facets of normal life.
Some have taken out loans, etc, and have suddenly - for no apparent reason or with little justification - been terminated and told to leave the country within 48hours. How can anyone feasibly do that?
That is what i meant when I stated that I have friends who's lives have been ruined by a strange management policy.
However, I re-iterate my comments made above. The company is my preferred carrier and WILL go places if there is reasonable degree of authority and autonomy given to the managers.
Deja-vu, yes indeed. But all true, sadly.
Good luck to all the QR boys and girls who daily put in extreme effort.