I have many Qatari friends who work hard and are motivated. But this is because they are in the government (or affiliated) organisations where some are earning 17,000 basic with no university degree, fresh from school. I know a number wouldn't get out of bed for less than 12,000 basic, and none of them have done anything other than a couple of computer courses at New Horizons.
I'm all for having more Qataris and fewer expatriates in the local workforce. When Qatari friends curse at the bad drivers on the roads, I politely remind them that there is a reason there are so many bad drivers ('rubbish people', he calls them) in this country. If more Qataris were willing to work for realistic salaries 'they' (the Qataris) would feel less like they are losing their own country to unskilled migrants.
I have many Qatari friends who work hard and are motivated. But this is because they are in the government (or affiliated) organisations where some are earning 17,000 basic with no university degree, fresh from school. I know a number wouldn't get out of bed for less than 12,000 basic, and none of them have done anything other than a couple of computer courses at New Horizons.
I'm all for having more Qataris and fewer expatriates in the local workforce. When Qatari friends curse at the bad drivers on the roads, I politely remind them that there is a reason there are so many bad drivers ('rubbish people', he calls them) in this country. If more Qataris were willing to work for realistic salaries 'they' (the Qataris) would feel less like they are losing their own country to unskilled migrants.