Best country for high paying contruction roles???
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Due to the lull in the housing market and imminent redundacies I'm seriously considering working overseas for a year or two to ensure the mortgage is covered and to hopefully bag a chunk of savings.
I work as a technical manager in residential construction so there is demand in Dubai and Abu Dabi etc, but the take home isn't much better than I earn here so would rather go somewhere less hospitable for more money. The question is where?
Iraq and Afganistan pay very well, but you work pretty much in a bunker. This isn't really a problem if it's ultimately safe, but I understand that the problem is getting to and from a safe place. I could be completely wrong though.
I'd ideally like an unsavoury location in a high-pressure role where my time is consumed by work and is rewarded with a fat cheque each month. If I'm going to be away from my family it needs to be really worthwhile.
So, does anyone have any advice on the locations and/or companies/agencies to try or good websites?
Cheers
I work as a technical manager in residential construction so there is demand in Dubai and Abu Dabi etc, but the take home isn't much better than I earn here so would rather go somewhere less hospitable for more money. The question is where?
Iraq and Afganistan pay very well, but you work pretty much in a bunker. This isn't really a problem if it's ultimately safe, but I understand that the problem is getting to and from a safe place. I could be completely wrong though.
I'd ideally like an unsavoury location in a high-pressure role where my time is consumed by work and is rewarded with a fat cheque each month. If I'm going to be away from my family it needs to be really worthwhile.
So, does anyone have any advice on the locations and/or companies/agencies to try or good websites?
Cheers
Listen mate i'm for one minute trying to put you off (ok maybe just a little) but we sell broadcast stuff all the time to Afganistan and Iraq. Anyway a customer came to us who was basically an installer and buying these and selling them to the british goverment.
He went to Iraq for a few days and when he came back he said 'never again!' it was such a scary place it was untrue. the bodyguards cannot be there 24/7. he made a pile of money out of it though but for the risks involved he wouldn't do it again.
Sorry if i'm lecturing you a bit but i wouldn't go that place for all the tea in China, however that is only from what i've been told. there might be other people on here that have had a different experience.
He went to Iraq for a few days and when he came back he said 'never again!' it was such a scary place it was untrue. the bodyguards cannot be there 24/7. he made a pile of money out of it though but for the risks involved he wouldn't do it again.
Sorry if i'm lecturing you a bit but i wouldn't go that place for all the tea in China, however that is only from what i've been told. there might be other people on here that have had a different experience.
Cheers Chief 
I've heard mixed reviews. Some are very harsh involviing regular kidnappings and others had a great time and didn't now what all the fuss was about.
I suppose it really does depend on the area.
There's no point going if I come back in a bag so I will weigh it up very carefully.
Other options are desolate but safe corners of the planet, but I'm not sure where to start.
I've heard mixed reviews. Some are very harsh involviing regular kidnappings and others had a great time and didn't now what all the fuss was about.
I suppose it really does depend on the area.
There's no point going if I come back in a bag so I will weigh it up very carefully.
Other options are desolate but safe corners of the planet, but I'm not sure where to start.
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