higher and greener grass

there is 80% expatriates in the UAE..
they are mostly for they country's workforce..

UAE is a developing country..
with a HUGE, MASSIVE, OBSCENE, 'UNLIMITED' (so it seems)
amount of money to be spent..

most (98%) of the hard-labour..
are from the sub-continents i.e. India, Pakistan,
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan..
for about AED 500 - AED 800 per month..

NO EMIRATIS OF COURSE..

before i forget..
AED 1 (dirham) = RM (ringgit) 1.02

the locals..
will either only work
in public sectors or higher-salary jobs
or not at all..
their welfare and social security is good..

UAE has this thing call.. EMIRATISATION..
where, they will replace the expats.. with the locals
once they have the locals with the same expertise..

as for now.. still scarce and remote...
and that's why... there are still millions of expats needed
to fill up the workforce..
and plus.. remember... Arabs in general are pemalas and such..
so, the Asians are seen to be there only hardworking labour.

nevertheless... here's on salary..

for high-school leavers and diploma holders...
salary will start at 2500 dirham
for graduates... will start at 5000 dirham...

in short..
gaji between LOCAL AND EXPATS ARE DIFFERENT..
and also different BETWEEN EXPATS..

contoh... for the post of engineer.. fresh-graduate
kalau engineer tu local... 8,000 dirham
kalau engineer tu expat,
european mat salleh... maybe higher or the same
kalau engineer tu expat;
malaysian/australian/japanese and the like... rendah lagi
kalau engineer tu expat;
indian/pakistan/and the like... lagi le

sad, but true...

itu kalau fresh grad...
kalau with experience..
lagi la tinggi/tebal package dia

contoh.. for malaysians
(95% malaysian expats are with experience)

nurses... with 10 years pengalaman..
gaji diaorang ni.. 10,000 dirham sebulan..
rumah free, medical free..
tiket balik setahun sekali free...

pilots... with 7 years pengalaman
gaji... 25,000 dirham sebulan..
and plus all the package..

cost of living???
rumah memang mahal...
3 bilik apartment... 70,000 dirham setahun sewa
4 bilik apartment... 100,000 dirham setahun sewa
6 bilik villa.... 120,000 dirham setahun sewa..

barang-barang... okay la..
bahan mentah i.e. beras and others.. sama cam malaysia..
but imported from the sub-continent..
vis-a-vis.. beras basmati... sayur from india/pakistan

but... generally.. slightly mahal
inflation tinggi..
take McDonalds' meal for instance..
Happy Meal.. will cost.. 15 dirham..

for malaysians with the mentioned-package..
good deal?