Korean Job Discussion Forums

baedaebok · Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Location: Seoul, South Korea

I know some people who left Korea and went west (past China to the Arabian Gulf). Why don't more people go to the Gulf and not China if $$$ and travelling is their thing? Both are really good in the Gulf. If not chained to booze and clubbing AND are OK with the weather, it is a good place to go (but not for newbies). I'd recommend Korea vets to head for the Gulf.

BDB

Waygeek · Joined: 27 Feb 2013

The UAE is not a great place for a lot of people. Its still a deeply Muslim nation and you have to be on your guard not to do stupid stuff or you could end up in hot water. Which you'll be used to anyway because you will boil in the UAE.

Plus, they pretty much only want TESOL certified male teachers.

young_clinton · Joined: 09 Sep 2009

You primarily are forbidden to sell or obtain alcohol in Saudi Arabia. The other places in the Gulf have it. You can obtain alcohol in Saudi Arabia if you live in a compound, but that doesn't apply to anybody here. You wouldn't be making near enough to live on a compound, at least most teachers wouldn't be making enough.

You can get jobs in the other countries in the Gulf as easily as Saudi Arabia, but they just don't pay as well.

hubbahubba · Joined: 31 May 2008

This might have something to do with it

http://dohanews.co/post/50006034723/teacher-appears-in-doha-court-faces-felony-charge-of

www.facebook.com/FreeDorjeGurung?ref=ts&fref=ts

actionjackson · Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Location: Any place I'm at

nukeday · Joined: 13 May 2010

And the one person I know who's working in Saudi Arabia doesn't live in a compound.

He's also a heavy drinker and blows his cash on trips to Dubai.

No_hite_pls · Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 5:38 pm Post subject:

Not everybody wants to see sand and veils man.

actionjackson · Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Location: Any place I'm at

augustine · Joined: 08 Sep 2012 Location: México

Seriously, you have to be a weirdo to want to move to and work in a country where there's no booze or women to date, or even look at. Big F that, that sounds miserable.

silkhighway · Joined: 24 Oct 2010 Location: Canada

I got high paying offers to work in both the UAE and in China (not ESL) and turned both of them down, although at younger time in my life I would have probably accepted them. I don't think UAE would be too bad if you were making good money and could afford to travel, but the middle east as a whole is too oppressive for my tastes.

young_clinton · Joined: 09 Sep 2009