Similar thing happened to us. We put our stuff in storage, rented out our house and moved in with my parents "for just one week" since we already had our departure date arranged with the company. One week turned into a month, then we ran into an Eid so everyone in Qatar went on vacation (not that they told us this, we had to figure it out). Eventually we got here but it taught us something important: never make major life changes until you have everything you need IN HAND. They mean well, but written or verbal promises don't mean much. Keep this in mind when you start working too... We also were told we had a furniture allowance, so finally after 6 weeks of sleeping on the floor and hearing "next week you will get money for furniture", we finally sucked it up and put it all on the credit card, assuming we would eventually get the allowance. Nope, we're still paying it off, no furniture allowance (and to be honest, I would have shopped at the souqs instead of the mall if I had know I was going to pay it all out of pocket)... So, be careful. Unfortunately, one often has to make decisions based on insufficient information here. I can't tell you how many times I have looked back on a decision and said "if only I knew this... when I made that decision". Oh well. Life in Qatar. Challenging but interesting.
Similar thing happened to us. We put our stuff in storage, rented out our house and moved in with my parents "for just one week" since we already had our departure date arranged with the company. One week turned into a month, then we ran into an Eid so everyone in Qatar went on vacation (not that they told us this, we had to figure it out). Eventually we got here but it taught us something important: never make major life changes until you have everything you need IN HAND. They mean well, but written or verbal promises don't mean much. Keep this in mind when you start working too... We also were told we had a furniture allowance, so finally after 6 weeks of sleeping on the floor and hearing "next week you will get money for furniture", we finally sucked it up and put it all on the credit card, assuming we would eventually get the allowance. Nope, we're still paying it off, no furniture allowance (and to be honest, I would have shopped at the souqs instead of the mall if I had know I was going to pay it all out of pocket)... So, be careful. Unfortunately, one often has to make decisions based on insufficient information here. I can't tell you how many times I have looked back on a decision and said "if only I knew this... when I made that decision". Oh well. Life in Qatar. Challenging but interesting.