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Originally Posted by fotze
Geez JD, shocking no one has taken your company up on that offer.
I know my old company, it was quite lucrative to go to sketchier places. I think you got generous living allowances, pay for everything to move you, automatic 25% bump in salary, income tax leveling, 3ish first class flights for all in the family, and of you flew coach you got a big chunk of the difference.
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Haha.. well let's just say my company hasn't gotten desperate enough to make those kinds of concessions. The biggest obstacle for them is that we all work 5 week on, 5 week off rotations. That's a sweet gig. They're offering no additional benefit to moving here (ie, bump in salary), so unless you've fallen in love with the country (or someone in it), there's no real benefit to making that move.
That said, most of us have developed a love-hate relationship with Abu Dhabi. Some things are different than Canada and better, some things are different but worse. Surprisingly, many things are pretty much the same. So in a way, it's nice to come here and get away from Canada. And then it's nice to go home and get away from Abu Dhabi.