Qatari in His Own Words: "It is Against Our Custom and Traditions to Join a Private Company"
Low salaries and lack of privileges apart, taking up a job in the private sector can lower the social standing of a Qatari.
Qataris value social prestige more than anything else, so fighting this kind of perception attached to private jobs is one of the most formidable challenges the planners in the country face in their drive to push nationals into private employment.
"It is against our custom and traditions to join a private company. It can lower our social standing," Nasser Abdullah Al Ajmi told Al Sharq. A good thing about government jobs is that nationals are provided on-the-job training and are also frequently sent overseas for training, he added.
The daily interviewed a number of young nationals to know their views on the government's accent on Qatarisation in the private sector. "I don't think the drive is going to succeed because nationals do not like to join private companies," said Ali Galoom.
He said that the absence of social security system and the fact that private firms are not covered under the Retirement and Pension Law basically keeps nationals away from private companies.
Qataris look for jobs in the government sector due to prestige, stability and security ? things which are missing in private sector employment, said Khalifa Ibrahim Nisf.
Most people say that Qataris are not hardworking people and they don't have enough work experience.
"I think the best option with the state is to issue guidelines to listed companies to employ more and more Qataris. Ali Al Marri also thinks that the Qatarisation drive in the private sector is not going to bear any fruit.
"There are people I know who have remained unemployed for years on end waiting for a government job to come their way. This is our thinking," he said. "I have myself been unemployed for five years waiting for state employment," he stated.
Private firms prefer expatriates as they settle for lower salaries and no perks, said Noor Mohamed.
Ali Al Mohanndi said that there are many highly qualified Qataris who remain unemployed. But there are expatriates with similar qualifications, who are employed by private companies in high positions and for higher salaries and perks. "There is a need to strike a balance."
Source: Gulf Times
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lazy bumb Qatar nationals
The truth is that this lazy race of dune coons does not like to work for a private company solely due to the fact that they are required to work, yes turn up and perform every day. Where as in the sheltered workshop, called the Qatari government they can sit back eat donuts and drink camel piss all day ( when they do turn up) and get a lowly paid ill treated Indian slave to do his work. Also they have no fear of being sacked for poor performance unlike working for a private company.
just to be clear to all of
just to be clear to all of u. not only qataries, but most of the arab countries hate israel and the uk. so, if we did something bad to a person from another country, im deepley sorry. if we did it to a british person, we dont mind
Well, It's well known as "The corruption country" nowdays
Qatari people should agree about this statement: If you are not good with your family or your relatives, don't expect that you will be good with the others and so on. They are so concered about the physical issues that they might thraw or kill their family for. They are treating people, with whom they were born, raised or even lived with, like animals just because they are non-qataries. What such corruption. If they would like to continue on, Allah will prepare a day for them like "AAD, THAMOUD or even LOOT Folk"
I'm really asking my self: How we'll be together with those arrogant people in Doomsday "Youm El-Qeyama"???!!!
God and yes, the agent "Hasbia-Allah wa neema-al-wakeel"
From: A Muslem
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More people world wilde should be aware about the low democratic level and unrespectfull country, before moving there.
Thank you for all your info it avoid a big misstake with my kids, and mainly to go to the hell for money.
I once tried to teach a 27 year old Qatari guy English....
He was the only Arabic guy in the class, a class of about 15 wealthy 20-somethings from around the world: Italy, Brazil, China, Vietnam, Spain, Indonesia, Japan, Venezuela, etc. The school is in Australia.
He was the laziest SOB I had ever met. It was in an intermediate level class, and he refused to write, going so far as trying to get his female Indonesian classmate to "take dictation" for him while in class. He actually just wanted to talk and make her try to write down his unintelligible words for him!
He never did his homework. He let his phone ring in class ONCE. On the second time (ten minutes later) I took it from him (school policy) and said, "You can have it back at the end of the day". He went psycho - "you can't do that, don't you know who I am?" and all that crap, while standing over me trying to intimidate me. Thankfully some of the males students in the class restrained him. Needless to say he was suspended for a week for his outburst, and then the school gets a call from his father in Qatar trying to use his clout to get him back into class.
Thankfully our director held fast and told the "boy" and his father if there was one more incident he would be expelled. Of course, there was. He verbally/sexually harassed a female classmate and his ass was GONE....no refund.
This was NOT an isolated incident. We find at the school that the Qatari women are great (probably just so happy to be out of their country!), but in general, the Qatari men are a pain in the ass to teach....arrogant, lazy, spoiled rotten!
Well.....YES!!
Yes.....I guess that's what God wants!! But my point is...
If God created them like that....then....why do they treat Philipinos, Hindis, Europeans, ETC...like that?
I mean, THAT´S WHAT I WANT!!!.....I wanna live in peace and respect with these guys....BUT....the problem is that they DO NOT want to!! U.u!!......When i came to Qatar.... Since my first day in this country...I´ve been bullied in school......I´m quite strong....i was not bullied in Spain....But here...OH MY GOD!!..... They lick other Qataris' shoes as the walk but dont respect any foreign guy!! and JUST BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY ARE THE BEST...Oh and by the way...i know how to unblock this website even if you are living in Qatar ....soo....if anybody needs help...HERE AM I!!
Qataris
I liked the Qatari guys that I worked with....but I often wonder if they just liked me coz I was a foreign blond?
Yes, I just wanted them to respect me for my personal qualities-as I respected them for their personal qualities...but at the end of the day...was I just considered to be a "prostitute" in their eyes....it is these things that upset me....can't we all live in peace and respect one another for who we are....isn't that what god would want??
I see Portuguese guy
Im sorry...its true..... i didnt mention wether i'm a girl or a boy. My bad.....
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PS:QATAR SUCKS
Hello spanish boy
Sorry, but as you didn't mention that u are a male or female we always think that is a girl, anyway...sorry mistake, they send me to jail bcz i receive a coleague in my room at hotel, thats all. A woman alone there in Qatar it is always considered as prostitute...and iam 61yo, not 16 ok?? Sorry mistake.
Excuse me...
Sorry im the Spanish GUY who did post a comment here and i just wanted to make clear that I'm a boy not a "young girl" Portuguese guy. and by the way, are you 16 or 61 years old?
PS: Why did they send you to jail?
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