Anyone’s thinking about transferring to UAE? How’s the consulting landscape there?

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Culture sucks but money is good (source: anecdotal)

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3x income, great weather, longer hours, lots of travel to KSA, worse exit options

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In the Middle east, you will get to work on high impact, large scale projects (projects in London are a joke in front of them).
Money is good (3x), Dubai is sunny and has a beach. What’s not to like! I love it.

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So what's the average income of a big 4 Manager in Dubai? Glassdoor suggests that an EY Manager earns AED 300k / year which is GBP 60k / year. That's not 3x London income.. or am I missing something here (barring the income tax benefit)?

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