Hey, choosing between a 1 year contract with a European job vs permanent role in Dubai. Any advice?

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There is no permanent in Dubai

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If this is consulting, the situation in Dubai is quite fragile. You’d be the new kid on the block and likely the first one to be let go - I’ve seen this a few many times.

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Europe

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Choose life

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Dude said “Europe” as if its a city, there are 44 countries in Europe - the answer depends on which country

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Whats the relevance?

Europe where exactly?? The Luxembourg and Switzerland Europe or the Romania and Bulgaria Europe?

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Dubai any day of the week. Rome is a nice city but the Italians are leaving Italy for a reason.

All the Gatekeepers are doing their job Gatekeeping. go to Dubai, work hard, pay no tax, live a good happy life.

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I've done both.

Really comes down to you, your lifestyle, hobbies, and plans. There are plenty of good reasons to choose either.

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Dubai. No brainer. You’ll earn more in that 1 year. Then you decide to stay or move back

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Purely depends where you wanna be + salary + future plans

Still dubai for me.

What have you decided @OP??

I would wait until the peace agreement is signed. We are technically in a state of war now

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