...for wanting to take care of its own first. I think most folks would agree with that kind of policy.
But it's the lack of language about "if they're both equally qualified and competent" in the UAE rules that makes it troubling. Basically employers would be forced to fire/lay off a qualified expat worker because they would be unable to fire/lay off their incompetent local/UAE employee.
And how about we consider situations where a worker isn't incompetent, but they're just not well-suited for a certain kind of job, or they're not a good fit for a certain company? That happens all the time too, across all nationalities...and it's nobody's fault, it just is. Here again, they wouldn't be able to fire the UAE national. They'd have to spend extra money to train that 'square peg' person to make them fit in the 'round hole' job better. Ridiculous.
I really like the point that fubar brought up about this reinforcing the image of incompetent nationals keeping their jobs because their employers are FORCED to keep them, not because they're good workers and are valuable assets to a company. If I were a UAE national (or a Qatari here under Qatarization), this policy would piss me off. I'd hate the patronizing attitude behind it, like I'm not good enough to keep my own job so the government has to pressure my employer not to fire me. Pardon my French, but f*** that...
As the original poster/blogger suggested, it might be a nice if the governments used the carrot approach instead of the stick, actually created incentives for companies to hire and keep their national staff. Wonder if they'll ever change tactics...
...for wanting to take care of its own first. I think most folks would agree with that kind of policy.
But it's the lack of language about "if they're both equally qualified and competent" in the UAE rules that makes it troubling. Basically employers would be forced to fire/lay off a qualified expat worker because they would be unable to fire/lay off their incompetent local/UAE employee.
And how about we consider situations where a worker isn't incompetent, but they're just not well-suited for a certain kind of job, or they're not a good fit for a certain company? That happens all the time too, across all nationalities...and it's nobody's fault, it just is. Here again, they wouldn't be able to fire the UAE national. They'd have to spend extra money to train that 'square peg' person to make them fit in the 'round hole' job better. Ridiculous.
I really like the point that fubar brought up about this reinforcing the image of incompetent nationals keeping their jobs because their employers are FORCED to keep them, not because they're good workers and are valuable assets to a company. If I were a UAE national (or a Qatari here under Qatarization), this policy would piss me off. I'd hate the patronizing attitude behind it, like I'm not good enough to keep my own job so the government has to pressure my employer not to fire me. Pardon my French, but f*** that...
As the original poster/blogger suggested, it might be a nice if the governments used the carrot approach instead of the stick, actually created incentives for companies to hire and keep their national staff. Wonder if they'll ever change tactics...