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[veiledsentiments]

So... you're not really "single" after all.

VS

[stickleback]

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[bulgogiboy]

Job security is definitely an issue in a lot of places in Qatar. QP has to be top of the list for this. Everyone, direct hires included, is walking on permanently-thin ice in that company. They just don't have a clue about human resources management, and actually valuing people! Instead they treat them like pieces of refuse: completely dispensable at a moment's notice.

Having said that, there are nice places to work (by Qatar standards), where teachers stay for a long time and seem (fairly) happy. Qatar Aeronautical College, Qatar Foundation and CNA-Q spring to mind.

A problem which probably pervades almost all the TEFL workplaces in Qatar, more than job security, is an issue with low job satisfaction. Even if your job is secure, you're unlikely to leave your classroom each day feeling that you've really achieved something worthwhile. No matter how nice your class may be, It can be hard on the nerves, teaching Qatari students.

[scot47]

A country that came up with Al Jazeera can't be ALL bad. Currently it is THE best TV News coverage.

[Geronimo]

[veiledsentiments]

Of course if you read the end of that paragraph, you see that the Saudi government rather stifled it to death over programming and Qatar rode to the rescue and made it what it is today.

VS

[landcruzer]

http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/193082-plan-for-family-police-to-deal-with-violence.html

[landcruzer]

http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/193082-plan-for-family-police-to-deal-with-violence.html

http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/192946-man-given-two-months-in-jail-for-stealing-water.html

[blastermill]

The tragic fire, lack of enforcement of building regulations and constructions standards and codes has shocked a lot of people. The skyscrapers are potential death traps. A number of fires have been in these tall buildings - luckily only during constructions but at least 80 deaths are attributed to construction negligence.

[scot47]

Watch Al Jazeera and be amazed !

[millie18]

And while a poster mentioned that fires took place only during construction, check dohanews.co for fires in inhabited highrises.

Also, one might also check the "cooler" at the air freight buildings for outgoing cargo. There seems to be a largish number of coffin shaped boxes heading out to the subcontinent on a regular basis.

[blastermill]

A very expensive place to live and dine. Problems selling some of the apartments but some are buying for their expensive management.



http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/231746-journalist%E2%80%99s-bounty-on-assad%E2%80%99s-head.html

http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/226401-popular-tea-shop-on-corniche-closed.html

Spinneys at the Pearl-Qatar closed temporarily for violating health regulations

The municipality has temporarily closed the Spinneys grocery store in Porto Arabia at the Pearl-Qatar due to health violations. In a message on the grocery chain�s Qatar Facebook page, CEO Michael Wright said:

Unfortunately there were weevils in a packet of dry pasta, the municipality have decided that the store should close for a period of time.
He added that the shop will be closed for at least a month. An employee at Spinnys store in the Mall, where all employees at the Pearl have temporarily been relocated, affirmed to Doha News that the shop will be closed through April. The Pearl�s first Spinneys opened in January 2012. A second Spinneys is slated to open as the �flagship� supermarket in the Pearl�s Medina Central and will cover a space of 4,000 square meters (compared to the current shop�s 500 square meters).

Other health violations

Less than two weeks ago, the government also shuttered the Pearl�s upscale Thai restaurant Mango Tree for health violations. According to developer United Development Company, that eatery was closed for using food products from Thailand that exceeded the one-year Qatar Shelf Life law.
�The products were still within the product specifications, but exceeded the requirements for Doha,� UDC said in a statement to Doha News.
However, unlike Spinneys and numerous other outlets closed for health violations, Mango Tree will not be reopening.


http://dohanews.co/post/47093002136/spinneys-at-the-pearl-qatar-closed-temporarily-for#ixzz2PZdQKmHy





http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/226630-sec-survey-to-evaluate-school-performance.html

[blastermill]

Water consumption

http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/227863-qatar%E2%80%99s-per-capita-water-consumption-highest-in-the-world-says-kahramaa.html

Causeway going ahead
http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/226995-%E2%80%98qatar-bahrain-causeway-will-be-built%E2%80%99.html

[blastermill]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/07/business/global/07iht-jazeera07.html
In Qatar, a New Wave of I.P.O.�s Looks a Bit Ambitious
BY UNA GALANI
Qatar�s planned bonanza of initial public offerings may be socially driven but it appears a bit ambitious from a financial standpoint. The emirate is planning a wave of new listings on the local exchange.
The aim is to increase the private sector and give Qatari nationals a chance to participate in the country�s global financial expansion. It may also be a way to modernize the traditional relationship between the absolute monarchy and its citizens.
The sovereign wealth fund Qatar Holding is spinning off assets to create a new $12 billion investment firm, Doha Global Investment. Another firm, Infrastructure Investment, is expected to be marketed as a play on the $120 billion worth of spending the emirate is planning for the 2022 soccer World Cup. Finally, Qatar Petroleum is said to be preparing to spin off a number of assets in an offering.
The I.P.O. wave is also intended to foster a more responsible spending culture among the nationals of one of the richest countries in the world. The government provides free education and health care, but three-quarters of its citizens still have large debts, mostly over $70,000, according to a government report. Instead of increasing savings, the emirate�s infamous public-sector salary increases keep luxury-car dealers busy and fuel inflation.
The listings will go some way to stave off any mumblings that the tiny local population of around 250,000 is not sharing the benefits of the state�s spending on everything from the luxury department store Harrods to Egypt. Qataris are not unhappy, but in the post-Arab Spring era, monarchs across the gulf region are anxious to give their citizens fewer reasons to complain.
With privately owned companies also eying the market, however, there are concerns that Qatar will not be able to absorb all the new issues. The stock exchange has a total market capitalization of $130 billion, but liquidity among the 40-odd stocks is poor, and the free floats tiny. What is more, Qatar�s most recent stock issues have not gone well. Shares in Vodafone Qatar, which floated in 2009, trade at a 14 percent discount to the offer price.
At some point the emirate may realize that there are also other ways than the stock exchange to tackle its social issues.

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/02/21/new-wave-of-i-p-o-s-in-qatar-appears-ambitious/

[blastermill]

http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/231746-journalist%E2%80%99s-bounty-on-assad%E2%80%99s-head.html