Wonders of working in Qatar

Wonder No. 1, "It is all about geography"
Regardless of your education, qualifications, experience etc, the biggest determinate of your salary and professional status will be the place you came from, if you are from an Anglo speaking western country you guarantee a place at the top of the corporate ladder with all its benefits, while if you are from some where in Asia or Africa, then the bottom is your place, even if you are doing a much better job.

Wonder No. 2, "It is all about connections (wasta)"
Got all the right credentials, relevant experience, proper educational etc, but you don't know the right people, then you are in the wrong place and you better forget about getting that deserved position. The Arabs invented the word "wasta" for that very common practice.

Wonder No. 3 "The more you work, the less you get"
People who work in the "best" places such as governmental or semi governmental organizations work the least (by quantitative and qualitative measures) and earn the most, on the other side of the slide the unfortunate ones working in the "worst" private organizations, work very hardly and for endless hours and their earnings will barely make ends meet.

Wonder No. 4 "The more you stay, the less you get"
Yes it is true that as the years go by you are getting more experienced both in your profession and in the local market, but don't be surprised if that far less experienced new colleague who just arrived to Doha yesterday get double your salary. After all, the sponsorship laws will guarantee that you are stuck in your work forever, while your new colleague have the freedom of choice, at least till he arrives to Qatar.

Wonder No. 5 "Labor law"
No body seems to apply, understand, or even care about the labor law, again the "best" places such as governmental or semi governmental organizations create working conditions that can easily be envied by workers in Western Europe, while on the other side many of the private organizations apply their own custom made slavery laws we thought abolished in the 19th century.

Wonder No. 6, "No body seems to wonder or do anything about all the above wonders!"

wonder no. 7, still we all are living here...its a wonder indeed.