I'm not sure why the American companies here are so unscrupulous and deceitfull. But here is my experience working on base....The employers are extremely cheap and ungrateful of the sacrifices one makes just to work here. And they tend to be uneducated for some reason. I'm working on base now...the blatant acts of stupidity that i witness on a daily basis is appalling. Ernie it sounds like you worked for Dyn...Of all the companies in Qatar, that has to be the worst of them! This is exactly why i love Qatar. The Q companies respect you better and treat you better overall. The majority of the companies on base require you to live on base, or they pair you up with a total stranger and demand that u live with them. Your required to share a vehicle, accommodation's, you live, work , and your expected to party with people you normally wouldn't socialize with. Yet, if your lucky enough to work for a company like RasGas or Q.P or Q.G, the pay is excellent. Your not required to live with Strangers and the working hours are phenomenal. I'm hoping to get on board with Q.P or RasGas. The people that work for these companies are educated, polite, and well spoken, unlike some of the cretins i find working at my current place of work.