How on earth can people think this is a BAD thing? Removing or at least changing the system to make the rules more consistent and fair will mean that Qatar benefits. Currently, someone gets hired in Qatar, they come here, they work, they learn about the country, the culture, the people, they make contacts, tehy get better at their jobs. and then, instead of staying in the country and advancing professionally, they have no choice but to leave once their contract is up if they're not pleased with their employer. That's robbing Qatar of people who could help it develop.
There is too much power in the hands of too many unchecked people. I worked for two years for one company, was promoted 3 times, and was never, ever ever given a raise-- even to bring me up to the level of the person who left and whose job I was promoted in to. Four months before my contract ended, I went to my sponsor and asked about the possibility of maybe making more money than a jr employee, now that I had been management for a year and a half. He said no. He told me I was a fool to think I would make more money anywhere else. Or get Saturdays off. Or not work massive overtime. Or not be screamed at by management.
So I didn't renew. I gave four months notice, I helped find my replacement, I trained them, and left. I got another job in another nearby country that is using my Qatar expertise by having me commute in and out of Qatar regularly for business. WHen my old sponsor found this out, he first called me to scream at me, demanding I come see him to grovel (which Id idn't do), and then sent a letter denouncing me as a disloyal traitor to my new employer. He threatened to have me 'banned' from Qatar. All of this wa disregarded as he had, as I'd left, given me a GLOWING letter of recommendation.
That's a normal story under this system. It has to stop. If nothing else, employees who finish their contracts on good terms adn with proper notice should get an NOC-- it shouldn't be at the discretion of petty vindictive people, insulted that someone dares to not want to continue to work for them for their crumbs.
How on earth can people think this is a BAD thing? Removing or at least changing the system to make the rules more consistent and fair will mean that Qatar benefits. Currently, someone gets hired in Qatar, they come here, they work, they learn about the country, the culture, the people, they make contacts, tehy get better at their jobs. and then, instead of staying in the country and advancing professionally, they have no choice but to leave once their contract is up if they're not pleased with their employer. That's robbing Qatar of people who could help it develop.
There is too much power in the hands of too many unchecked people. I worked for two years for one company, was promoted 3 times, and was never, ever ever given a raise-- even to bring me up to the level of the person who left and whose job I was promoted in to. Four months before my contract ended, I went to my sponsor and asked about the possibility of maybe making more money than a jr employee, now that I had been management for a year and a half. He said no. He told me I was a fool to think I would make more money anywhere else. Or get Saturdays off. Or not work massive overtime. Or not be screamed at by management.
So I didn't renew. I gave four months notice, I helped find my replacement, I trained them, and left. I got another job in another nearby country that is using my Qatar expertise by having me commute in and out of Qatar regularly for business. WHen my old sponsor found this out, he first called me to scream at me, demanding I come see him to grovel (which Id idn't do), and then sent a letter denouncing me as a disloyal traitor to my new employer. He threatened to have me 'banned' from Qatar. All of this wa disregarded as he had, as I'd left, given me a GLOWING letter of recommendation.
That's a normal story under this system. It has to stop. If nothing else, employees who finish their contracts on good terms adn with proper notice should get an NOC-- it shouldn't be at the discretion of petty vindictive people, insulted that someone dares to not want to continue to work for them for their crumbs.