After my MBA in Boston and working in Toronto for 5 years as a strategy consultant with a tech company, YOE=15, heading back to the GCC as Canadian, hopefully to Riyadh or Doha. A couple of questions if someone can provide insights:
1. What companies are consistently growing and didn't have major hiccups?
2. Which companies have less of the cliques culture I've been reading about here? places that care about actually doing the work rather than people trying not to get stabbed in the back.

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1. There are no companies that are constantly on the up. It has always been cyclical, especially with consulting.

2. Non. The consulting culture you're used to in NA doesnt even even remotely resemble anything in the GCC. The GCC consulting culture is all about ego, power politics, turf wars, personal agendas, posturing, and evil mentalities. If you're down with that, look no further.

Can't speak for industry roles, because ive never worked in industry, but from my view as a consultant serving the industry, it appears to be cleaner.

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They exist, but pitifully meager

Canadian Canadian or Indian Canadian? Here it makes a difference

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Egyptian Canadian.

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