₦airaland Forum

Bekeee:
Thanks for your input, yes salary quoted is 2000dirhams. Not a teaching job but as a school bus attendant. 780k is processing fee charged by the agent. Although am convinced it's genuine I just have this fear probably fear of the unknown..guess it's cos I have a job here and all but like I said, aim is to move to d us from there.
Thanks

About the school bus attendant job, One of my friend that was searching for job for his wife told me they offered 1,800 without accommodation (I'm not so sure about the accommodation again). The major advantage is that the job is not stressful and you have lesser working hours. You also get to be on holiday when schools are on holiday.

MostB2015:
Good evening, please am new here, I intend travelling to Dubai. Am into fashion designing. Please can it sustain me over there. Thanks

It might take a while before you start getting lots of customers if you will do it by the side. As for seeking jobs in your field, a friend's wife got a job in that field not long ago and the pay is good. If you are confident in what you do, hustle for job well well and God answers your call you will be comfortable.

Abdujapha:
They were neck deep in merging parastatals (job cuts) due to the federal order to implement the increase in emiratisation quota. I still get mails from HR inquiring about my availability and all. Yeah, I met a couple of high ranking naija folks at their office.....trust now, I was proudly naija @dt instant oh

There has been a lot of speculations about the merging of the AD.N.OC Group. According to the speculation, it will happen by October although we haven't seen a mail I'm respect to that but one thing I learnt here is that most of the speculations end up to be true. At least all the changes that happened started with unconfirmed speculations. But you self get ears for ground o. Give us update na make we follow you know what's up.

realdentist

Please do you still provide advice on this thread? I need to have some discussion with you.

samac:
Nope I have not sent the doc, but it seems not only me has same issue of legalization of doc, where as the Cameroonian, Ghanaian I met here also yet to legalize theres, so the company has gave us more time, mean while we still undergoing interviews and exams

I can ask my friend to drop it for you if you can meet him in Dubai and have someone that will pick it up from the Lagos airport same day he will arrive as he doesn't live in Lagos.

samac:
Please all the gurus in da house, I will like to know if any one in Dubai is coming to nija or you know anyone coming to nija, as the company which I intend working with needs ma documents to be Legalised by the ministry of education in abuja, and my documents are already with me in Ajman, plan on using DHL to send it but too expensive (500dhl).... your contribution will highly be appreciated for any possible means on how to send d doc to nija

have you send the documents?

nattybanta:
ugsams na wa ooo. Na me go read all these ones? Abeg make the guy read am.

oga Natty na you be the primary person wey I dey reply na.

Abdujapha:
Ugsams,

Very nice insight you provided........I have a clearer explanation for Adco's 3time interview postponement.

Thanks mate.

You too give your own insight na based on the AD.CO level make we follow dey learn. We get many Naija people for A.DCO. I even saw one Naija lady sometime ago.

nattybanta:
what position is he going to get as a Nigerian with no GCC experience? and which of them would be easier to land a job, let the truth be told.

nattybanta:
PS: UAE makes more sense than Qatar when it comes to O $ G jobs. Don't be deceived with Qatar being the richest. Arab money no dey there again. Lol.

My reply will be quoted below

Bro, I was responding to the above quoted part of your earlier post.

Now to clarify my point, from my little experience here, I have seen people who moved in either direction. The people who moved to UAE mentioned the poor social life in Qatar, and longer shift schedule (although this was before the changes in the oilfield here), better job security amongst other things.

The people who moved from here to Qatar mentioned better salary, flight ticket even for junior staff which is not obtainable in most companies here amongst other things.

Now, these people who I have met are mostly junior staff as a result of these, I can't say much about the senior position in Qatar.

Let me talk briefly about the changes here. Just last year we had lots of laid off because of the global crude oil price and the Emiratization program which saw thousands of locals taking up job positions in the various company under the ADNOC group.(This group controls most of the oil companies because they are its subsidiary)

While these were going on the work conditions changed a lot. In my company the Roustabouts onshore work for 56 days and go for 28 days field break while their counterparts offshore work for 28 days and have 28 days field break. Every other position had 28 days work and 28 days field break which was about the best in the region.

After the changes last year, from Floorman position up to Derick man and even Assistant Electricians/Mechanics now work for 42 days and have 21 days break which is 2 weeks more work and 1 week less break. All these were without any significant changes in the salary; most of the bonus were also stopped or removed completely (although they are now starting again). This makes the shift schedule worse than some of the other companies before.

Here the only people that get flight tickets are from Derick men upwards and the job security is not as it's used to be. We are hearing rumours that they want to unite the whole ADNOC group of companies soon and we also heard that all junior staff would be made contract staff in no distant time. Now, these are all speculations but most of the changes that happened here started this way. In the last one year about 7 people have resigned from my rig alone and we are having lots of shortages.

Let me briefly talk about the service companies as well. During these changes, lots of contracts were reviewed downwards and it was a very serious competition for the service companies too. NPS and Emjel took lots of cementing job from Baker Hughes. Franks International in conjunction with Al Mansoori took lots of casing and completion job from Al Masaood and Al Ghathi. Baker Hughes took many Centrifuge and oil based job from Skomi and the trend continued like that.

How were these people able to make all these downward negotiations work? It was through using contract staff and cutting down some services. The Directional Driller who worked in the last well that we did work over/drilling is a Nigerian and during one of our discussions in the tea room he was complaining about the negative effects of these contract staff. The guys at the Centrifuge now takes about 49 USD per day salary and work longer hitch. He also sited the case of a Nigerian Directional Driller who was a consultant that used to earn about 1,000USD per day back then but now receiving less than 200USD per day when on the field because he was recruited as a contract staff.

Some of my Fishing Engineer friends at Schlumberger were laid off, recruited again as contract staff and were lucky not long ago to be absorbed back to Schlumberger.

About were to get job easily, it depends on ones luck, contact person, experience and timing. Many people have searched for job here with their many years of experience and couldn't secure one wheras some got elsewhere even in Iran.

You would agree with me that the oilfield settings is somehow different from the other industries. Most, if not all of the senior staffs I know were recruited/head hunted from outside UAE and I have seen Baker Hughes bring in their staff from other countries including Nigeria to fill some vacancies here some will go back and some won't.

I have also seen job adverts that give preference to those who have worked with them in the past in another country instead of just having GCC experience. An example of such company is Halliburton, others might operate this policy underground without spelling it out.

There are a lot of things that I would have talked about but I can't do so because of privacy policy and safety concern.

I hope you understand my point, I don't mean to discredit your opinion as I was rather presenting another perspective. You are among some of the people I admire a lot on this thread and look forward to meeting someday.

nattybanta:
apply online. Polish your online profile with only the necessary achievements and job did. It's not that easy as I said but if u are determined you would get it. PS: UAE makes more sense than Qatar when it comes to O $ G jobs. Don't be deceived with Qatar being the richest. Arab money no dey there again. Lol.

You are not entirely correct as both have their advantages and it all depends on your employment position.

vicozy:
Good morning everyone in the house. Happy sunday. Please I need assistance on jobs link for UAE, Qatar and Kuwait on oil and Gas or where I can be directed to get information on it. Thanks

I'm not promising anything o but you can PM me let's explore some options together.

europe4sure:
noted and edited !! God bless your hustle bro and may your bank account bear testimony to your success

Amen and may your success story be among the greatest

europe4sure:
please my fellow nija people in the Arab world please be mindful of what you say about the ongoing conflict between Qatar and its neighbours
wetin dey happen dere no concern you o!!! na hustle you go hustle so abeg face your hustle squarely and leave Arab politics for Arab people
and if dem tell you say which football team you support abeg tell dem say you no dey watch football at all o !!! because anybody wey wear BARCELONA FC jersey wey dem write qatar airways
na 15yrs in prison o!!!!
so tell dem say na camel race or golf you like no be football o.
on a serious note please lets not make unnecessary contribution to issues that has no bearing to why we are in their country because your country Nigeria has enough issues for you to discuss and in case you don't know the hausas in the north has given the igbos 3 month to leave the north which is october 2017 and buhari who is suppose to wade in is still in london receiving treatment. and we know how many yorubas and igbos that died the last time the hausas decided to purge their land of non hausas.
do you know that police (sars)special anti robbery squad
no longer chase robbers but are always chasing yahoo boys and killing innocent people on the chase while shooting indiscriminately because they know yahoo boys always bail themselves out with alot of money before they get to the station... a guy was killed this weekend because he refuse to unlock his phone for police to see may be he is a yahoo boy and he was shot dead on the spot for refusing..
so there are countless issues in Nigeria for you to discuss .
God bless your hustles o and may your bank account bear testimony to your success (amen)

na him make I tell u to edit that post wey u quote me because I dey pass military check point every day on my way to work.

mctowel01:
Bro, does it mean one cant travel through dubai stopover to another destination using Emirates?

Bros, I'll appreciate if you will edit my quoted post.

europe4sure:
ugsams !!!!! na wen Arabs wan start world war 3 na im you show face for the thread
make you dey remember the babies of the thread who still need turtlelage na ....

Based on as e dey go for here, please help me remove my quoted text. Thanks for your understanding.

europe4sure:
ugsams !!!!! na wen Arabs wan start world war 3 na im you show face for the thread
make you dey remember the babies of the thread who still need turtlelage na ....

But I dey show face oo, I always follow the thread. The only reason why I don't contribute frequently is that I'm confined to the desert and not so updated with the answers to most of the questions they ask here. I really wish I can always contribute to the group.

mctowel01:
Bro, does it mean one cant travel through dubai stopover to another destination using Emirates?

You are very free to use Emirates

mctowel01:
I ve gotten the Direct grant on the 31st May.

Congratulations on your grant bro you guys are enough motivation for me.

Modified

Tunjinodaysoff:
Ah you dy Nija..na una dy enjoy o...kai...if i can just enter nija and flex one week. any how sha enjoy. Victor na nonsense entity na. serves him right

But me and you know say your enjoyment dey steady pass my own. I fit branch your side tomorrow if you still dey that side.

Tunjinodaysoff:
desert man...N.a. normal level. Afa where you dy. That Victor guy has been arrested o the one that wanted to swerve your 200 dirhams in my flat

My brother I go see them for Naija... You still dey that your side? That Victor time don reach, the guy over do the matter. How are you and yours?

Tunjinodaysoff:
listen bro. What can be checked is if you have applied previously for a visit/tourist visa. Not if your passport has been worked on. Ask the agent for your previous visa application number. Only sharja and Dubai can be checked I think. You did not read the thread well. If you did you would know about this and you would also know about using agents. Right now DIY is a fiction of some people's imagination and 5% possible in UAE. I would advise this thread to allocate certain people to assist with visa application and if for any chance one or two of the nominated persons commit fraud he should be banned for life n reported to UAE police. My opinion

what if they overstay their visa? or commit any crime? or fail to pay up their balance? My brother the risk is in both direction.

justi4jesu:
They are shooting WEDDING PARTY 2 (A Nigerian Movie scene) in Dubai, If you would like to be in the movie let me know. It was held on Tuesday and will also be held on Thursday tomorrow. You will be paid 250 Dirhams. They need up to 400 Nigerians. They shot some scenes yesterday at Dubai Internet city, so let me know if you are interested for tomorrow.

See as I don miss my opportunity to act film o. Who send me go Naija self?

Bnimz:
26th May 2017 - Grant.

I can imagine how many days you have in each 24 hours while you were waiting. Congratulations on your grant.

mascot87:
I will be very brief and I am sure we all can learn one or two things from this. I hope also that I construct this well.

I do travel out of my location here in Lagos very well to other part of the country and it's normal that I get an hotel to lodge.
On arrival to an affordable hotel, I pay for the hotel room and check in. Take my bath and relax a bit then I check the hotel menu list for breakfast, lunch or dinner as the case may be.

I do observe something for the past two years but didn't really take it serious not until when I travelled to Aba and Port Harcourt around March this year and same thing repeats itself.

After checking the menu list and the price of the food u want to eat. You call the restaurant and place your order but as soon as your order was delivered, the price is always more than what is on the menu list. Sometimes it could be has high as a thousand Naira.

I do pay all the time and didn't read any meaning to it but when I was at Aba around March, I protested when the same thing repeats itself and I said to myself that if such repeat itself anytime I travel and lodge in any hotel, I will only pay the charge as indicated on the menu list.
Fast forward to today, I travelled to Abuja and as usual lodged at an hotel in town.
Now this evening I ordered for my dinner at a fixed price on the menu list only for the price of my order to be far above what was written in the menu list. I told the lady that brought my dinner that I will only pay the cost of the dish in the menu list but she insisted that I will pay at #500 more than I was expected to pay giving me excuses that the price on the menu list was the old price.

I request to see the manager and within a second, she disappeared but I still went ahead to see the hotel manager but on my way, I met one of the hotel attendants who was listening to my argument with the lady and he told me that I shouldn't go to the manager cos there is nothing the manager can do and that they are working on the new price list but I ignored him. When I got to the hotel manager, i told him what happened and why customers cannot pay the exact cost of dish in the menu list but have to pay far more. He was suprised cos I saw the shock on his face. He sent for d lady that do serve dish for customer but not to expose her in my presence, he told me to go and I should pay the exact price on the menu list when she comes around to collect money.

When the lady later came around to collect the money, I saw the anger on her face which confirms my suspicion that those people generate income for themselves through such disgraceful means and it as become a common trend in some hotels (I don't want to generalize).

Don't know who else have noticed such but next time you lodge in an hotel and observe such, insist on paying the exact cost as seen on the menu price list.

I love honest people and sometimes give extra tips to them of some few cash even after rendering services to me but trying to play a fast one is a no no for me.

Let us be observant.

I think lalasticlala can also read this and add to his knowledge of snake

I also noticed that most hotels are more expensive than it's been listed on the third party booking sites. Some hotels will never agree that their cheap rooms are available they always want you to pay for the more expensive ones.

hordunayodt:
sure, you can pm me or ask here

Thanks a lot I sent you pm

teewhysafe please I sent a PM to you.

hordunayodt:
my people, it has happened oo, grant came in this morning, i am so happy.

All 2017.

Jan 13th------vetassess assessment lodge
march 3rd---- positive outcome
march 17th----PTE, 10 points
march 17th---EOI, NSW and VIC both 55 points
march 31st--- VIC nomination and ITA.
April 21st-----VISA LODGE, all docs front loaded
April 28th-----Immi assessment commence mail
May 16th-----Direct Grant.

Thanks to everybody that has contributed to the success via sharing knowledge here etc, many more grants to come in Jesus name.

Congratulations on your grant bro. Please is it okay if I confirm some details from you about your assessment with Vetassess as an Agricultural Consultant?

Congratulations yinlak, you have done well by being patient enough to see things through. may God's favour and blessing always be upon you.

bellong:
I officially completed the final survey today which puts to an end, my two year moral obligation living in South Australia.

Now, I can move ahead to explore other states in the nearest future....

Congratulations my chief, I really admire your personality a lot and I pray that God's favour will always be upon you.

mamajaz:
Me dey off duty on Wednesday and Thursday, will get to the institution's headquarters ( it's in another town),

Wehdone my in-law! I trust what you can do