Facebook post written in Florida lands US man in United Arab Emirates jail

I really can't understand why well-off Westerners continue to work in or visit the UAE, Qatar, etc. You have a choice. Unless you're doing some kind of humanitarian or cultural work which actually requires you to be there, stay the hell away.

Re: Facebook post written in Florida lands US man in United Arab Emirates jail

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Post by Sanddancer » Sat, Mar 07, 2015, 3:53 AM UTC

EdwardDiego wrote: post #2

Good news everyone, his employers are hiring: http://www.gal.ae/careers/Jobs.aspx Just don't "slander" them.

Yep, and you'll be working to train your replacement the entire time [1]. So maybe their complaint is going to be that they're not backstabbers, but that you're signing up to be gutted when you take the job.

[1] http://www.gal.ae/emir.aspx

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Post by b0sk » Sat, Mar 07, 2015, 3:54 AM UTC

TillE wrote: post #4

I really can't understand why well-off Westerners continue to work in or visit the UAE, Qatar, etc. You have a choice. Unless you're doing some kind of humanitarian or cultural work which actually requires you to be there, stay the hell away.

Money and low taxes. Reason why thousands of people from Asia work in the middle-east despite piss-poor conditions.

EDIT: Sorry, I didn't read "well-off". Still, more money is the answer.

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Post by leeoniya » Sat, Mar 07, 2015, 3:55 AM UTC

so, this was a public post? or he was friends with everyone he was badmouthing? illegal or not, that's plain poor decision making.

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Post by mullingitover » Sat, Mar 07, 2015, 3:56 AM UTC

It's beautifully ironic that this was man was arrested at the employer's request, because the man portrayed them negatively. Yeah. Global Aerospace Logistics sure looks like a bunch of swell chaps now, I bet people are lining up to beg to work for them.

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Post by aikah » Sat, Mar 07, 2015, 4:03 AM UTC

TillE wrote: post #4

I really can't understand why well-off Westerners continue to work in or visit the UAE, Qatar, etc. You have a choice. Unless you're doing some kind of humanitarian or cultural work which actually requires you to be there, stay the hell away.

Well, it depends on how much one is willing to risk for a given salary. I bet the guy was well paid in KSA. He was just ignorant of that specific risk when going back there or too arrogant to think he would get caught.

I know a lot of people that work in Singapore too.A beautiful place but you'd better make sure you know the implications of doing things that would seem harmless in the west. Because being a westerner wont make the justice system more lenient. On the contrary,they tend to make examples out of westerners.

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Post by asadlionpk » Sat, Mar 07, 2015, 4:04 AM UTC

Sanddancer wrote: post #5

EdwardDiego wrote: post #2

Good news everyone, his employers are hiring: http://www.gal.ae/careers/Jobs.aspx Just don't "slander" them.

Yep, and you'll be working to train your replacement the entire time [1]. So maybe their complaint is going to be that they're not backstabbers, but that you're signing up to be gutted when you take the job. [1] http://www.gal.ae/emir.aspx

They are thinking good for their countrymen. I don't see why that is wrongdoing. Their non-Emirati employees do get paid for their work while they are there.