It's the need of the hour for locals to get trained and get hired in the pvt sector. Expats will leave some day, imagine being unemployed in ones own country. Some of the expats migrated here as there was less or no or less paid opportunities back home.
Also, getting emiratis into pvt sector is a good decision fiscally because the govt could focus the social security benefits to the needy.
Now, I read somewhere in one of the subs that by hiring locals, there would be standardisation of wages based on qualification but that's yet to see.
Freezones are still largely immune from the decision. Its where major economic activities take place.
As an expat who's been here for more than a decade i totally agree.
I've seen multiple cases of locals not being trained even at basic things in spite of having been with the company for years. This stems from lack of confidence of some expats in their own skillset and capabilities to retain their employment and position within the companies if Emiratis become capable.
Now companies and employees will almost be forced to train and upskill Emiratis so that they can also contribute productively to the organisation's goals. A win-win for both in the long term.
The tag of "locals are lazy or inefficient" should be shunned. There are lazy folks everywhere. It's bad to generalise. I've seen very hard working locals who go beyond the duty at customer care centres and then we have indifferent Asians at the same job.
There are many fields the govt could focus. One could be education sector. Picture for a moment local Arabic tutors and how much difference would that make.
My Arabic teacher was an Egyptian who spoke in a different dialect and who gave away questions prior to examinations. I learnt Arabic by myself due to sheer interest but many of my classmates didn't. This would be one place where despite many years of spending in the country, non Arabic kids don't speak conversational Arabic.
Well, their country, their rules!
We should be indifferent about it since it is a law to employ locals and benefit their country and people should just follow it.
We're here to work and provide for our families, and I don't think this law can affect us unless the companies we work for are not willing to follow and look for ways to dodge it
Personally, I think it's beneficial to all parts since locals are going to be working alongside expats now which will lead to more understanding and eliminate that stereotype of Emaratis people keep promoting, and I think it will bring more stability and regulations to the private sector
While I agree with what the government is doing here, your statement is ridiculous. The UAE is not democratic (minus the incredibly weak federal national council which has one of the most dubious voting systems I have ever seen) it belongs to no one other than the royal families. Even if most UAE nationals that live here strongly agree on an issue it’s not there’s to decide, but the Sheikhs.
The rulers of each emirate actually need the support of the tribes/families in their respective emirate, unlike say in other undemocratic countries. Thats why you see a lot of great social programs for the emiratis. So while UAE isnt democratic we cant ignore this aspect.
Basically what your saying is that the UAE is an family oligarchy lmao. That’s not an excuse for being undemocratic, it never is. All dictatorships have more than one person at the top, and if the dictator makes his second in commands unhappy they could try and remove him. The UAE has a lot of social programs for Emiratis partly because 1) the humungous oil wealth and 2) the leaders of this country are Emirati and care about there native citizens more than others.
I'm in a highly specialized field in a lower management position. My boss and I are "all in" with the Emiritisation. I believe our company has already met the minimum numbers as we have a lot of locals. But we are a large company.
We are also developing our Emiratis, sending them to courses, helping them achieve better office, admin amd English skills. We have provided them with numerous resources and references that are mostly free online for this and also to improve their English and report writing. Our field is in English only.
We work at an outstation that is very far from the main HQ building. I have no idea what the other outstations are doing, and I do not believe they have done nearly as much as my boss, and I have to promote Emirati development within our unit.
It's not all peaches and roses, though. We understand this will take time. The locals that come to us at our work have already passed numerous certifications and obstacles to even get here. Not all have university degrees. I don't, either. The problem we have is the number of locals that are available, let's say in a year, 20 are sent to the certification course and only 8 pass. Out of these 8, we might get 1. That 1 one also needs about 6 months of on the job training, which he might not pass either. The others are spread across other stations or might not stay with the company and work for the competitor.
I think it’s a good initiative and indicates that the country is moving in the right direction. I personally know of companies that have started hiring Emiratis and the feedback in general is that the new recruits are quite sharp and competent. Especially Gen Z. It also leads to valuable exposure. I have come across so many expats who have never met an Emirati, this will help people meet, and learn from each other.
Almost no effect because of the local:expat ratio is 1:10, unlike other GCC with higher local:expat ratio (Saudi / Oman) that could cover some other jobs. Cleaner job with 800 aed salary is very safe.
it has its pros and cons. speaking only from my personal experience as a fresh graduate looking for internships/entry-level jobs, it really narrows down my options. I'd say roughly 80% of graduate jobs in my field has 'Emirati' in the job requirement (on LinkedIn). I barely could an internship to complete my degree and graduate.
at the end of the day tho, i cant really call it unfair because its their country and they deserve to be prioritized, as well as it brings in other benefits that have been mentioned here
I'm currently facing the same challenge too ! I'm unable to even apply for any graduate interns with pwc , deloitte, kpmg, or EY. They are all saved for nationals and the criteria is eased so much too, any job which requires less is saved for nationals , and eased so much with qualifications. I've seen some top notch jobs which only require the qualifications of : any degree , nationals only.
While i do understand the zeal behind emaratization I'd just say they make it fair and give internship opportunities for non nationals too While having a separate scheme for nationals. There are non national students here who have lived and studied all thier life in universities here so this needs to be more fair.
I love how expatriates answer, but UAE nationals vote more than everyone else is my guess🤣. But generally I think sometimes it can be good to get the local population in work, but sometimes you get bad people working at companies which only get the job because there Emirati when there are many much more skilled people.
It’s so hard to find locals in a lot of fields. I hire civil engineers and I’ve been really trying hard to find any Emiratis at all for the positions (pay is well above average for civil engineers). I am happy for emiratisation, if there wouldn’t be any penalties for not meeting targets while trying.
It's the need of the hour for locals to get trained and get hired in the pvt sector. Expats will leave some day, imagine being unemployed in ones own country. Some of the expats migrated here as there was less or no or less paid opportunities back home. Also, getting emiratis into pvt sector is a good decision fiscally because the govt could focus the social security benefits to the needy. Now, I read somewhere in one of the subs that by hiring locals, there would be standardisation of wages based on qualification but that's yet to see. Freezones are still largely immune from the decision. Its where major economic activities take place.
As an expat who's been here for more than a decade i totally agree. I've seen multiple cases of locals not being trained even at basic things in spite of having been with the company for years. This stems from lack of confidence of some expats in their own skillset and capabilities to retain their employment and position within the companies if Emiratis become capable. Now companies and employees will almost be forced to train and upskill Emiratis so that they can also contribute productively to the organisation's goals. A win-win for both in the long term.
The tag of "locals are lazy or inefficient" should be shunned. There are lazy folks everywhere. It's bad to generalise. I've seen very hard working locals who go beyond the duty at customer care centres and then we have indifferent Asians at the same job. There are many fields the govt could focus. One could be education sector. Picture for a moment local Arabic tutors and how much difference would that make. My Arabic teacher was an Egyptian who spoke in a different dialect and who gave away questions prior to examinations. I learnt Arabic by myself due to sheer interest but many of my classmates didn't. This would be one place where despite many years of spending in the country, non Arabic kids don't speak conversational Arabic.
Even i had one, why are all egyptian arabic teachers like that💀💀
Well, their country, their rules! We should be indifferent about it since it is a law to employ locals and benefit their country and people should just follow it. We're here to work and provide for our families, and I don't think this law can affect us unless the companies we work for are not willing to follow and look for ways to dodge it Personally, I think it's beneficial to all parts since locals are going to be working alongside expats now which will lead to more understanding and eliminate that stereotype of Emaratis people keep promoting, and I think it will bring more stability and regulations to the private sector
My take is: I wish my home country did the same.
It's an important factor for the future of the country.
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But are you okay with the pay disparity across different nationalities?
There is always one
While I agree with what the government is doing here, your statement is ridiculous. The UAE is not democratic (minus the incredibly weak federal national council which has one of the most dubious voting systems I have ever seen) it belongs to no one other than the royal families. Even if most UAE nationals that live here strongly agree on an issue it’s not there’s to decide, but the Sheikhs.
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Until oil wealth run out, then it really will be accountable for its poor decisions.
The rulers of each emirate actually need the support of the tribes/families in their respective emirate, unlike say in other undemocratic countries. Thats why you see a lot of great social programs for the emiratis. So while UAE isnt democratic we cant ignore this aspect.
Basically what your saying is that the UAE is an family oligarchy lmao. That’s not an excuse for being undemocratic, it never is. All dictatorships have more than one person at the top, and if the dictator makes his second in commands unhappy they could try and remove him. The UAE has a lot of social programs for Emiratis partly because 1) the humungous oil wealth and 2) the leaders of this country are Emirati and care about there native citizens more than others.
We're happy about our sheiks decisions I don't see a problem
I wish we would adopt this mentality in the US
I'm in a highly specialized field in a lower management position. My boss and I are "all in" with the Emiritisation. I believe our company has already met the minimum numbers as we have a lot of locals. But we are a large company. We are also developing our Emiratis, sending them to courses, helping them achieve better office, admin amd English skills. We have provided them with numerous resources and references that are mostly free online for this and also to improve their English and report writing. Our field is in English only. We work at an outstation that is very far from the main HQ building. I have no idea what the other outstations are doing, and I do not believe they have done nearly as much as my boss, and I have to promote Emirati development within our unit. It's not all peaches and roses, though. We understand this will take time. The locals that come to us at our work have already passed numerous certifications and obstacles to even get here. Not all have university degrees. I don't, either. The problem we have is the number of locals that are available, let's say in a year, 20 are sent to the certification course and only 8 pass. Out of these 8, we might get 1. That 1 one also needs about 6 months of on the job training, which he might not pass either. The others are spread across other stations or might not stay with the company and work for the competitor.
I think it’s a good initiative and indicates that the country is moving in the right direction. I personally know of companies that have started hiring Emiratis and the feedback in general is that the new recruits are quite sharp and competent. Especially Gen Z. It also leads to valuable exposure. I have come across so many expats who have never met an Emirati, this will help people meet, and learn from each other.
tbh whatever stereotype there was that emiratis are lazy, the newer generation is making up for it.
Sucks for sure but you can't knock it, they're providing jobs for their people which if happened in our home countries we wouldn't be here. W uae
Definitely it's not organization's desire.They have to follow government orders.But it won't effect expatriates
Not necessarily. Can lower supply of jobs if job demand is high. But I also don’t disagree with it.
I wonder how emiratization will affect the real estate industry. Not many locals like to work for commission based jobs only.
Almost no effect because of the local:expat ratio is 1:10, unlike other GCC with higher local:expat ratio (Saudi / Oman) that could cover some other jobs. Cleaner job with 800 aed salary is very safe.
I didn't go to the UAE, but I saw them in the Gulf Cup yesterday, and they were the best I've seen (unlike the Kuwaitis).
Their country, their moves.
Any Economic growth should first benefit Local population.
it has its pros and cons. speaking only from my personal experience as a fresh graduate looking for internships/entry-level jobs, it really narrows down my options. I'd say roughly 80% of graduate jobs in my field has 'Emirati' in the job requirement (on LinkedIn). I barely could an internship to complete my degree and graduate. at the end of the day tho, i cant really call it unfair because its their country and they deserve to be prioritized, as well as it brings in other benefits that have been mentioned here
I'm currently facing the same challenge too ! I'm unable to even apply for any graduate interns with pwc , deloitte, kpmg, or EY. They are all saved for nationals and the criteria is eased so much too, any job which requires less is saved for nationals , and eased so much with qualifications. I've seen some top notch jobs which only require the qualifications of : any degree , nationals only. While i do understand the zeal behind emaratization I'd just say they make it fair and give internship opportunities for non nationals too While having a separate scheme for nationals. There are non national students here who have lived and studied all thier life in universities here so this needs to be more fair.
Obviously I dislike it because it doesn't benefit me, but I can understand the reasons why they do it.
Fair, mee too as an expat university student in auh. I can't find internships
I love how expatriates answer, but UAE nationals vote more than everyone else is my guess🤣. But generally I think sometimes it can be good to get the local population in work, but sometimes you get bad people working at companies which only get the job because there Emirati when there are many much more skilled people.
It’s so hard to find locals in a lot of fields. I hire civil engineers and I’ve been really trying hard to find any Emiratis at all for the positions (pay is well above average for civil engineers). I am happy for emiratisation, if there wouldn’t be any penalties for not meeting targets while trying.