Hi Everyone,
I've been offered a training job in the field near Abu Dhabi. Basically, I can get home (wherever I rent a 1- bedroom flat) three nights a week. Every second weekend is a 3-day weekend. When I'm in the field, I have no expenses and I could just stay in the field if I were single and I'd go for it. However, looking at Dubizzle the 28,000 AED I've been offered (that's all-in) looks really bad, once you factor in housing, which I have to pay for if I want to bring the wife, who is young, exceptionally beautiful and worried to death about her own security in the Middle East. First of all-Can anyone recommend a really safe place to live with other western women, security,a pool, gym etc which I can afford on 28k a month? Secondly, she has an MA and is an HR Manager who speaks English and Polish (she also has a lot experience in event and hotel management), so would someone like that find a job easily there? Thirdly, I'm worried about her being alone a few days a week as I think she'll feel isolated (miss me, family and friends etc), so what's the easiest way to meet other women and make friends? I don't think I'll save much on that salary but a war where I normally work has screwed things up a bit for us. I've lived in Kuwait, Saudi and Qatar but have spent the last 10 years in North African oil fields and as a consequence, I'm a bit out of touch with Gulf living. Any advice, especially from Brits or Poles would be welcome and thanks in advance. I haven't accepted the offer and my attempt at getting more came to nothing.