Originally Posted by
Seaman Staynes
sunchasermia - middle management is same same but different. A friend who works in the office does his job plus a lot of his superiors job (a local). He's expected to travel around the network then go straight into the office on his return - weekends / days off when working are not credited. He worked extremely long hours then was constantly being phoned at home, as a lot of people refuse to make decisions and prefer to pass the buck!. His health was being affected and so he now leaves the office and turns his phone off. To protect his health he is now effectively working to rule so that he gets down time to recover.
While I'm sure other airline companies work their staff hard, there is no union protection in the UAE so you're on your own.
Think very hard before coming out here!
Thank you for this insight. I might really have to look into it further before I make a decision. Especially as my current airline is a great employer. Perfect work-life balance, good and friendly working culture and very good benefits. Always confirmed business class for duty travel, and even for leisure a C/J class listing usually is safe if you do your homework. Heard that might also be different at EK.
As my main idea is to just get out of Switzerland at some point, I just might look out for an assignment within my current employer. Besides that I was looking out to UA or SQ which might also be options.