It is safe but I was a working mum and I found these diffciulties....I had a business visa and could not sponsor a nnanny therefore I was left with maids who had company visas and or were illegal or not experienced but immediately looking foir the next jobs. I tested three but found none to satisfactory - my children were 2 and 4 so I kept them home as the fees for school a driver and the time the kids would have to get up were crazy I had a one hour commute each way so my days was wasted driving not with my kids. The nearest park to my home could be reached by car only, and the traffic sometimes made it a two hour exercise just in driving. The hospitals were OK but the public ones were accessible for appointments during work hours and the private ones expensive. I had a contract that allowed no unpaid leave and had penalties for missed work even if your kids were sick. Needless to say when my husabnd wanted to return home and resume his work and I had been unable to hire help and my son had an epileptic seizure - i gave notice and came home. As an expatriate worker with family I have found much friendly countries to work in where larger percentages of your pay stay with you and are not absorbed by high rents school fees and food prices. You need a good salary if you want to do all you want. in your contract get a vila provided and education for kids and a vihicle rent allowance and you can have an OK expat lifestyle. It depends on your salary - a labourer might be conned into coming for 280 Riyal a month - god knows how they survive. I got 14,000 + and I decided I was better taking 40,000 aud per annum salary cut and working somewhere costs were cheaper and lifestyle more family friendly
I still don't have a job but I am very happy with my decision to prioritse my kids and leave Qatar for the Qataris- mostly I found people with families where the women or both parents worked less then satisfied with the cost access to care and quality of care for their kids - People on huge salaries who can afford to join the intercontinental beach club and the wife and kids spent every after schoool moment there seemed satisfied - live in a compound with play facilities and you may be OK . Good luck.
It is safe but I was a working mum and I found these diffciulties....I had a business visa and could not sponsor a nnanny therefore I was left with maids who had company visas and or were illegal or not experienced but immediately looking foir the next jobs. I tested three but found none to satisfactory - my children were 2 and 4 so I kept them home as the fees for school a driver and the time the kids would have to get up were crazy I had a one hour commute each way so my days was wasted driving not with my kids. The nearest park to my home could be reached by car only, and the traffic sometimes made it a two hour exercise just in driving. The hospitals were OK but the public ones were accessible for appointments during work hours and the private ones expensive. I had a contract that allowed no unpaid leave and had penalties for missed work even if your kids were sick. Needless to say when my husabnd wanted to return home and resume his work and I had been unable to hire help and my son had an epileptic seizure - i gave notice and came home. As an expatriate worker with family I have found much friendly countries to work in where larger percentages of your pay stay with you and are not absorbed by high rents school fees and food prices. You need a good salary if you want to do all you want. in your contract get a vila provided and education for kids and a vihicle rent allowance and you can have an OK expat lifestyle. It depends on your salary - a labourer might be conned into coming for 280 Riyal a month - god knows how they survive. I got 14,000 + and I decided I was better taking 40,000 aud per annum salary cut and working somewhere costs were cheaper and lifestyle more family friendly
I still don't have a job but I am very happy with my decision to prioritse my kids and leave Qatar for the Qataris- mostly I found people with families where the women or both parents worked less then satisfied with the cost access to care and quality of care for their kids - People on huge salaries who can afford to join the intercontinental beach club and the wife and kids spent every after schoool moment there seemed satisfied - live in a compound with play facilities and you may be OK . Good luck.