He has tweeted that he has started a Dubai office, why would Indians or Pakistani's or Filipinos doing so well in GCC come to Canada at all?
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Short answer stability....
Longer answer: In GCC you cannot have the citizenship (or to be more accurate very hard to obtain) and your visa/actual status is almost always linked to your actual job. No more job = you have 30 days to either find another job or leave the country.
To attract people like me who (used to) think we can at least come to Canada to retire after we are unceremoniously kicked out of GCC or having a Canadian Passport will ensure we get paid much higher than Asian Passport for similar positions or we are too broke/cheap to pay the exorbitant property/visa costs that ensures our retirement in the country but nothing for our kids etc etc.
There is still a lot of demand especially amongst Pakistanis because their country is flirting with bankruptcy and there are a lot of high earning pakistanis in GCC. Wouldn't call Phillipines a country near bankruptcy but they get used to making money and a standard of life they just cannot have back home.
The entire situation in the Gulf has changed considerably in the past 5 years. I can speak for the UAE. I don’t know much about Qatar or Saudi Arabia. Expat packages are no longer as lucrative as they were in the mid 2000s or even 10 years back. You currently have a huge influx of educated Indians and Pakistanis competing for fewer jobs and garbage wages. They are okay with living in crappy conditions with the hope of gaining some relevant local experience and eventually climbing the corporate ladder. On top of that, inflation has hit cities like Dubai very hard with rents increasing by 30% within a span of 2 years. Unless someone already has a very lucrative expat package in hand, which also includes housing costs, moving to a city like Dubai from the west or even some third world countries is foolish. They would be looking at a very crappy life.
Yeah, and its going to get worse and worse as oil demand does not recover or cross into triple digits. Qatar and Saudi Arabia aren't too far behind for expats. The 2000s to mid 2010s boom is over.
But it must be said that barring Dubai, life is still affordable, much more affordable in GCC compared to Canada imo.
I feel GCC oil demand should be back, short term at least. The push for EVs are waning as some automakers have quit or don't see a future e.g. Toyota, BMW etc.. Even Tesla has lost share prices and is now lowering vehicle selling prices. Other than Chinese entities none else seem to be innovating in EVs. After Trump becomes POTUS again next year traditional energy will be back in focus in the USA, but how long will be the question for another day. I'm sure it wont be for a very long time. already Toyota is moving to hydrogen Fuel cells. GCC countries are investing in other areas of development, let us wait and watch how all shapes up.
These spurious immigration agents are trying in all kinds of ways, I was surprised when I read this yesterday. What is the urgency for these Indians to acquire Russian citizenship when India seems like a much better place. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-68366861
Gujjus will always find a away to get out of India. They are second to Punjabis in terms of illegal immigrants from India. India is not what you see in the Media. Inflation has hit hard. High unemployment rate, not a lot of jobs. Media hides everything perfectly for the Government.
Outside of tech, salaries are pretty bad in India from my personal experience.
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/here-s-a-breakdown-of-what-the-doug-ford-government-is-changing-for-ontario-universities-and-colleges-1.6784151
Doug ford gonna allow colleges to offer masters programs
Doug ford gonna allow colleges to offer masters programs
I have never been to Punjab but I’ve had several Indians tell me that despite being rich due to agriculture, it’s a drug fuelled corrupt sh*thole and that the Hindi movie, “Udta Punjab”, quite accurately portrays the situation in Punjab. Someone from Punjab told me that there are no jobs in Punjab for people who aren’t interested in agriculture. Of course, this could be wrong as I’ve never been to the State. However, the odds of this information being correct are higher since I can visibly see the desperation of Punjabis. As for Gujarat, have no clue why Gujaratis are so adamant to get the hell out? I assumed that Gujarat was pretty developed.
You mean outside of Western Multinational tech companies based in India, Wages are crap. Unless, I’m mistaken and the Indian ones have started to pay decent wages.
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