Originally Posted by
OMAAbound
@xhamster
I do agree that guys don't come into it without their eyes open and not having done any research on it before, and for many westerners the lure of "tax-free" & "shiny jet syndrome" suck many in. They'll look at the money and go "WOW, I could save loads of that!" Sadly those days of a quick cash fix have gone, it damn well isn't possible, especially if one has a family. We've been out here coming up to 4 years and we've maybe save around 20k AED. But, again, money wasn't the reason we moved.
Am I reading this right? You have been here 4 years and only saved 20,000 aed, we have no pension! The end of service benefit won't pay for your retirement!