tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073417546057096857.post2856762489521922620..comments2023-10-09T02:16:39.623-07:00Comments on Mutterings of a Mid-Aged Mutt: An Idjit's Guide to Surviving the World's Hottest DevZonesBarry Greville-Eyreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580294543283518148noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073417546057096857.post-85157874331407192112013-10-03T08:25:08.085-07:002013-10-03T08:25:08.085-07:00One wonders how the other, much larger group of &#...One wonders how the other, much larger group of 'expatriate workers' look at all these complaints. The hundreds of thousands of Bangladesh, Nepali, Indian, Phlippino, Pakistani and others, who work on construction sites, in households and factories in the Gulf States, Iraq and other places, far away from home - for wages that can be as low as 1% of what the expatriates, so pitied by Barry, earn. Their home leave is, at best once a year, often much less than that and they are the truly exploited ones. (in fact many die on the job)...<br /><br /> Let's not lose our sense of proportion: of course there are downsides to the life of expatriate development workers, But this is more than compensated by excessively high (net) pay packages (more than they would ever earn at home), privileged working and living conditions, considerable control over their work, often fulfilling and challenging work that often exceeds their qualifications and skills. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17279826586325818322noreply@blogger.com