Merry f*cking Xmas....just been laid off / Just been bagged (again...)

Bad news Phatty

hope you don't have to sell the house and live in the Van !!

Dubai !! CAD designers required.

 

nah, you can't drink out there can you?

 

Ah, i see, Engineering seems to be going mad at the mo, i was only talking to a "sort of colleage", this morning who's just picked up a flying sqaud rig job, without any prior oil and gas experience

Not so long ago that was unheard of, the rules must have changed because of demand or something. He did happen to mention they were still looking too.....

 

Think twice before booking your ticket...

 

the hotels you can and other tourist/ex pat parts, thats about it

 

TBF here probably still on a decent wage though, day raters have had it good for the last couple of years.

Im hopefully away to start the Norway commute as its still busy over there for us.

 

Things are bloody mad here, and we just took on 3 cartography people. Not CAD like, but its drawing and that.

Qatar has worlds largest natural gas fields, and as such, much work to be had in oilfield services markets.

 

oh it's just gets better, 253 gas bill just came through the door today, thanks for that, really, just what i needed.

 

^^ check its not an estimate mate. had a 400+ one the other day, spent three days annoyed about it, then checked the meter and it was estimated at over double what we had used!!! went down to 200. cheeky ****ers, in the middle of a reccession as well!!!

 

good plan, it's twice the last bill we had...

 

Monthly direct debit perhaps?

 

I just got a 254 refund on my electricity bill, they'd been overbilling me for ages because they haven't had a chance to read the meter in over a year.

 

no, i don't get paid monthly, so i hate monthly direct debits.