(assuming employees actually take pride in doing a good job and are not just there to collect a salary, while some ex-pat does the heavy lifting) at the current rates of operation, Qatar is developing itself to host 1.5-3 million people long term. Since the Qatari population, with its strict rules about who can get married and who qualifies for citizenship, is never going to make up more than 15-20% of the total population at most, they can continue to offer 100% Qatari employment. However, they will still be overly reliant on foreign employees.
I have never understood why they are planning for such a permanent population disproportion between citizens and expats, especially since it has caused so much tension and growing ill will.
(assuming employees actually take pride in doing a good job and are not just there to collect a salary, while some ex-pat does the heavy lifting) at the current rates of operation, Qatar is developing itself to host 1.5-3 million people long term. Since the Qatari population, with its strict rules about who can get married and who qualifies for citizenship, is never going to make up more than 15-20% of the total population at most, they can continue to offer 100% Qatari employment. However, they will still be overly reliant on foreign employees.
I have never understood why they are planning for such a permanent population disproportion between citizens and expats, especially since it has caused so much tension and growing ill will.