Lolz, haven't they heard of free market economics ???? (reference to the suggestion of banning re-entry for 5 years).

A better and comprehensive solution is needed. They need to look into the Job Classification system in place in the United States. It would give them a head start to think of another solution.

What about consultants?? No company needs a consultant to continue work for 5 years with them. If they do, that means the consultant hasn't been able to add value :)

Anyways, a genuine solution would include improving hiring practices, introducing employers (sponsors) to the concept of rights of their employees, an affective appraisal system to work in parallel with the qatarisation scheme to find out how much value the expat employee is adding and how much self sufficient the local employees are becoming.

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