I've been out to the Emirates. Here are pros and cons from what I've seen:
pros: good salaries with no taxes taken out, plenty of gyms, dune bashing, good restaurants, tons of Pinays, Formula 1, lots of foreigners from all over the world, buying alcohol no problem, ease of travel to normally expensive countries
cons: local laws and customs very different from west, bad drivers, most people need to commit to a 2 or 3 year contract, you could be working out in desolate western region of country esp if you are in energy sector, huge transient workforce and people can be let go for variety of reasons (and not receive end of service bonus, which is usually based on monthly salary X number of years worked) plus from March to October the weather is HOT.
pros: good salaries with no taxes taken out, plenty of gyms, dune bashing, good restaurants, tons of Pinays, Formula 1, lots of foreigners from all over the world, buying alcohol no problem, ease of travel to normally expensive countries
cons: local laws and customs very different from west, bad drivers, most people need to commit to a 2 or 3 year contract, you could be working out in desolate western region of country esp if you are in energy sector, huge transient workforce and people can be let go for variety of reasons (and not receive end of service bonus, which is usually based on monthly salary X number of years worked) plus from March to October the weather is HOT.