planning

Yesterday, I had the chance to talk to the responsible manager in Dubai. 

He was so kind and called me from his holiday (!), which I deeply appreciated.

During the call he asked me why we would actually want to move to Dubai. Well, that's an easy question:

- Switzerland is a very mature market and therefore not very dynamic. Say, it's almost a bit boring... and hence, we would very much like to work in a emerging  country and be part of such a dynamic environment.

- the weather is pretty bad in Switzerland, especially during fall and winter time. The midland is mostly covered by fog and therefore sun is a rather rare thing between November and late March.

- we would like to discover new cultures and see other parts of the world.

Then he explained how the salary and compensation is organized: there will be a base salary, paid monthly. On top of that one will get a housing and car allowance. While the car allowance should be enough to cover all expenses related to it the housing allowance might not. Simply, because the housing prices are very high in Dubai and still raising. However, the good news about it is, that my employer just raised the housing allowance by 65% recently. Hence, we should be ok with it. 

The next step will now be to plan for a look-see trip, bound to a project that could profit from my knowledge so that there is a business reason behind such a trip. So, I need to find a sponsor and hope that my manager will support it. Keep your fingers crossed!

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