Thursday 3 November 2011

Gulf states struggle to shift jobs to choosy locals - The Economic Times

Ibrahim Hasanain worked as a tour guide at a Dubai tourism company for four years but quit to study law at the University of Dubai, hoping to land a better-paying government job.

All eight United Arab Emirates nationals who worked for the company eventually quit, not only because of disappointingly low wages but also because of difficulties fitting in with their co-workers, who were mostly South Asian and Western, he said.

"We were all hired because the company had to fill their required quota of Emiratis," said Ibrahim, 24, as he walked the aisles of a glitzy shopping mall in Dubai.

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