I recently went to work in the United Arab Emirates, probably in Dubai, doing IT application development. I would like to ask a few questions.

It depends on what kind of treatment your company gives you.

Whether air tickets and visas are included, as well as food and accommodation, these three are the most critical!

Be sure to ask clearly, especially about air tickets and visas.

To be precise, the ratio of the dirham to the renminbi is 1.86:1

The current market price is the exchange rate of the US dollar to the dirham 3.674:1

Local consumption is very high, and vegetables and fruits are expensive. Because it is a desert, it is difficult to grow vegetables, especially in summer. But chicken is very cheap!

There are many supermarkets in China. You don’t have to worry about food. You can buy the same things as in China by spending money. The price is the same, but you pay in dirhams.

But luxury goods in Dubai are much cheaper than in China, because they are all tax-free....

Dubai is currently building a light rail, and the starting price of a taxi is 3 dirhams. .

Generally speaking, if your company covers visas, air tickets, food and accommodation, you can still save some money after a year, which is pretty good (many companies cover these)

In terms of language, we basically speak English, and communication is very simple. It is not as strenuous as speaking with Europeans and Americans.

But Dubai is a city like a furnace. The temperature is 40-50 degrees in summer and around 30 degrees in winter.

It rarely rains throughout the year and is very dry.

ps: I don’t think of you as a migrant worker. It’s just that those who go to Dubai are not the management and the salary is not very high. Normally, the salary in Dubai is about 1,500 US dollars, but air tickets, visas, food and accommodation are included.

For example, the Indians who work as translators there pay 2,500 dirhams a month. Room and board are not included.

Living in Dubai is relatively expensive. The annual rent for a 2-bedroom house is 60,000 dirhams. Of course there is no need to live in such a big and nice place.

It is possible to rent in a shared apartment, but on average it costs a few hundred dollars a month, and the better ones are closer to 1,000 dirhams.

As long as you don’t buy things randomly and save a little bit, you can still save some money from your salary to go back to your country.