How are the Qataries
Salaam,
I have got a good job offer in Qatar at the Doha airport though I am still to start all the visa process.
In the meanwhile I came across a site called qatarsucksDOTcom and read a lot of negative things about Qatar and now have become bit skeptical.
I read that the Qataries are a rude, mannerless stock and that they do not respect the other nationalities, especially the Indians, and I read a lot more crap there.
I strongly hope that this is incorrect.
Can someone please let me know whats the exact situation ?
I understand the fact that living in a foreign place has its own implications but the way that website put it was like the moment I land in Qatar I am gonna be treated like an animal or worse.
Also is being employed at a government controlled facility like the airport better than a job at a private firm ?
Whatever you do and in every place you go, there will always be those whom you don't like and also those who don't like you. In other words - it depends on how you handle yourself when you meet such people.
I don't think Qatar is any different then the other countries around. We have the good and the bad - so its just the same. Join our group and you will make great friends and you can meet us once in a while when you are here.
I advice u to proceed coming to Doha because it is a nice place to live and work.
qatar is quite place to leave and work, ive been here for how many years,managing my small bussiness,i didnt encountered any problems with qataris,there is some but tolerable.about the site you are saying,that site is really sucks,im a jews like the american people.in every human kind have different choices with our life.all i can say come and enjoy qatar if you can?be flexible!
rinku and AbuAmerican thanks guys for your valuable feedback.
i think dis is nice country every where there is problem,i m from mumbai dont wory mumbaikers know how to handle
Thank you all guys, you helped a lot in easing my tensions. Also I think that i can make a correct assessment only on experiencing stuff first hand.
Wait until you are lost in the desert or have a puncture. The ONLY people who ever bother to stop are the Qataris. While waiting at the bus stop at Hamad, twice Qatari ladies have stopped and insisted on driving me home to Dukhan. That's at least 3 hours driving as the roads were then, not the mark of a totally bad nation. The worst people here are the other nationalities who shove me out of queues and have no manners whatsoever. I still have a mark where a woman dug her nails in my arm at the Hamad Pharmacy queue and for certain she was not Arabic.
well all I can say for you my friend samix is good luck on your adventure.
there's a saying " What is money after all" i hope you can figure that out for your self to balance your decision
u will b alrite if u r frm mumbai, plenty of mumbaikars here
johnpur, the labor exploitation problem is something that I have read a lot with context to the middle east. but I think that its the same even in India. Do we treat them well here also.
In Mumbai I am appaled by looking at the living conditions of those labours who dig roads and do other civil work they live in sub human conditions and no one seems to care or complaint.
Its just that this has been accepted and everyone turns a blind eye to this.
I cant comment on other countries as I have never been away.
I do understand johnpur, most are still nice to everyone but a minoirty do throw the superiority complex around (and worse) when it comes to Asians...
Locals are nice and so are the others. Don't believe in the web propaganda.
exile - thats because we are not in Saudi, America or where ever. We are in Qatar! Thats why they've blocked the qatarsucks site!
Whatever you vividly imagine, Ardently desire, Sincerely believe and Enthusiastically act upon, Must inevitably come to pass.
you know exile, maybe it's because of our status here. if i was british then maybe they would also be pleasant to me.
I guess the truth speaks for the labours out their who are exploited by not only qataris, but contractors who came here to make a lot of money errespective of the welfare of their workforce
I don't see why they should block it what do they have to be afraid of from it????
Funny they didn't block these sites, discrimination!!
http://saudisucks.blogspot.com/
http://www.justlanded.com/english/Dubai/Forums/Culture/Racism-in-Dubai-against-Expatriates/Dubai-sucks-and-leads-in-Racism
http://americasucks.net/
BTW most of the Qataris I have met have been very pleasant
ya, your right, The site is enough to scare the hell out of the most brave of them all!
I am from mumbai actaully
It's a pretty malicious, vindictive site. Not at all surprised it's blocked.
why did they block that site, is it to cover up the truth?lucky for me to view it
if u r a south indian u wont even feel u have left india.. there will b tons of mallus around 2 giv u company.. if u r frm up north u wud feel weird 4 a while but will settle down fast... haven't come across any discrimination so far......
tried to openthe site and its blocked by governmental censors lol
communist control anyone?
Dont believe EVERYTHING you read!! Come experience it for yourself, then make up your own mind!
Good luck with your new job!
Whatever you vividly imagine, Ardently desire, Sincerely believe and Enthusiastically act upon, Must inevitably come to pass.
"qatarsucksDOTcom and read a lot of negative"
Well go figure!
What were you expecting?
You will probably never meet a Qatari .. most of the 'real' work is done by Indians, Nepalese, Filipinos etc.
checked the site that you mentioned...no comments..goodluck
I was out yesterday and seemed like everyone was being treated equal...Unless you have body odor...
You will be fine...
You can't teach experience...
much better indeed than private sectors