Opinions on working and living in Qatar please?

[FlatToTheMat]

Hello chaps,

It seems we are in the move again, this time to Qatar, we were in Kuwait for 2 years and apart from the obvious drawbacks we were really rather happy there.

Story so far, my wife has been offered a senior physio role, package is agreeable and extremely easy for us, accommodation, travel, renumeration, maternity, insurances, transport, everything is covered. They want her out there before the end of the year and will cover my insurance, travel and costs etc

Me, I don't have a degree. This was a major issue in Kuwait. They say Amy wife can sponsor me on her visa (unlike Kuwait). How possible is it for a hard working, well presented and eager westerner to find work without a Degree? My background is sales predominantly.

Lastly, would anyone do it?

Hoping to hear from Rob on this and thanks to everyone in advance.

[craigdub]

Is it the best time to move to Qatar? The dispute between the Gulf states is certainly not showing any signs of letting up at the minute.

[dxbtiger]

craigdub said:

Is it the best time to move to Qatar?

Nope!

[FlatToTheMat]

craigdub said:

Is it the best time to move to Qatar? The dispute between the Gulf states is certainly not showing any signs of letting up at the minute.

Maybe not, but it wasn't a great time to move to Kuwait when we did. Unless I'm being ignorant, we can also leave anytime we like? We'd hope it to be less of a smash and grab than Kuwait was with regards to how long we were there etc. We'd be sacrifing nothing by going anyway.

At the moment we both have decent ish jobs, however she is on a covering contract and I can take a years sabbatical etc if the worst comes to the worst. We could establish ourselves easily again.

Do you think it's unsafe there?

[GT03ROB]

FlatToTheMat said:

Hoping to hear from Rob on this and thanks to everyone in advance.

LOL, when I was in Qatar for 3 years all them years ago, Doha was no bigger than a small town, they didn't have an airline & they didn't serve alcohol anywhere. The liquor licence was however very generous. How the current situation pans out there is anyones guess, but Saudi tanks rolling across the border towards Doha is fairly unlikely. As you survived Kuwait, you'll easily survive Qatar.

I'm bailing out from Kuwait next Thursday, next stop Kazakhstan

[FlatToTheMat]

GT03ROB said:

LOL, when I was in Qatar for 3 years all them years ago, Doha was no bigger than a small town, they didn't have an airline & they didn't serve alcohol anywhere. The liquor licence was however very generous. How the current situation pans out there is anyones guess, but Saudi tanks rolling across the border towards Doha is fairly unlikely. As you survived Kuwait, you'll easily survive Qatar.

I'm bailing out from Kuwait next Thursday, next stop Kazakhstan

Cheers Rob, I was hoping for a comparison to Kuwait, so thanks for the reassurance. I felt like changing my username, im the weird fella who wanted to look in the back of your Prado dunno if I ever updated you on that but we did indeed sleep in the car in the desert for a night, in a Yukon Denali, and it was horrific, never again!

Enjoy Kazakstan! 'Very Nice, Great success' // Borat Voice

Edited by FlatToTheMat on Sunday 23 July 14:31

[FlatToTheMat]

Mini update: My wife has accepted the job after a little negotiating and all going to plan we should be there in about 3 months.

Does anyone know what I could do out there? I've been in sales and customer/technical support my whole life but I don't posses a degree sadly. I'm really quite open to do almost anything as I want to just get on the ladder especially as we plan to do 5+ years there.

Does anyone know of any jobs or opportunities?

[IanUAE]

I have been put forward for a 5 year project starting later on this year in Doha. Might mate for some interesting "salary, accommodation package updates" if the current condition continues.