tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5232599512907232718.post4986655201127904199..comments2023-08-14T23:29:33.586+04:00Comments on Meanwhile, back in The Sandpit...: Dubai losing its professional workforceMeanwhile...http://www.blogger.com/profile/15898807351781047288noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5232599512907232718.post-19318705926540100602010-02-24T16:26:59.007+04:002010-02-24T16:26:59.007+04:00It's sensationalising the redundancies isn'...It's sensationalising the redundancies isn't it.<br /><br />Not long ago the talk was about incompetent westerners in jobs they'd never get back home at salaries they didn't deserve.<br /><br />What's happening is, in the jargon, a correction. White collar jobs, blue collar jobs, senior executive jobs, all have contracted in Dubai, the UAE, the Gulf, worldwide.<br /><br />The professional workforce fell 16% it says - how does that compare with the <i>non</i>-professional workforce. And how does it compare with the fall in professional jobs elsewhere?Seabeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06939892206726271433noreply@blogger.com