Well....Let me start of by saying that I feel I made the right choice by transferring from Kuwait to Oman. I used to work for Siemens, Kuwait and now I work for Siemens, Oman. My experience, in general, would be a combination of positives and negatives.
Positives:
The people in Oman are very friendly to deal with.
The geography is so varied and beautiful that at times I feel I'm in my home country, India.
I have my college friends here and we have already had some commendable adventures and parties.
My work and workplace are also more relaxed with not too many restrictions.
Negatives:
Right now the major issue thats been pissing me off is my BANK.
HSBC was such a wrong choice that I feel like crying when I think of the day I opened an account with them. I did have a lot of suggestions to open an account with Bank Muscat but HSBC having an office in the same building seemed to be a better choice.
I was WRONG !!
Right from day one, my debit card package was sent to a wrong address, my cheque book was issued after 3 weeks(only 1 while other banks issue 3-4) and I had to pick them up myself from the main branch and my car loan thats taken me over 3 weeks and not yet approved. The bank employee even hung up on me while I was askin for the updates on the loan....
Phew...yea thats huw frustrated I am with my bank but other wise things seem good.
I am an electrical engineer and I tend to socialise well with the right people.