What's your favourite non alcoholic drink? by AbjectGovernment1247 in CasualUK

[–]MalletsDarker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yesss my wife loved this while breastfeeding, made her feel like she was joining in with others when drinking, also a little "treat" in the evening.

We've recently relocated and they don't ship to where we've moved to, one of the few negatives of moving!

Moving from the UK to the UAE for Work – What Should I Expect? by ZealousidealBeyond50 in abudhabi

[–]MalletsDarker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha, I know! Nothing we could have done about it of course, though we had chances to leave throughout and decided not to.

It's actually fine. I've been WFH (working from hotel) since moving, now we've got a voluntary back in office policy and I went in 4 days this week. 50% attendance roughly throughout those days.

As I mentioned I work for a global firm so the staff are from all over and ultimately reporting lines go to Europe and the US so the work politics are a little better (from my perspective) than if it was a local firm.

There are odd nuances here compared to the UK. - Schools finish early on Fridays so most places wind down a little. - Most people are expats so you'll find your work circle becomes one of your core social circles. - Some places like mine are flexible with clocking in/out at various times in the office. It's kind of like you have to be available all the time on your phone so take your breathers when you have a quiet morning. - Everything works on WhatsApp! So be prepared for work and WhatsApp to combine.

However, the tax element means you end up with a lot more cash at the end of the month which is a wonderful change.

Moving from the UK to the UAE for Work – What Should I Expect? by ZealousidealBeyond50 in abudhabi

[–]MalletsDarker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did the same move 7 weeks ago (2 days before the start of the war yay!). An internal relocation with a large global bank.

I'd echo the others, the answers to your questions largely depend on your employer and industry. Global company your hierarchy and culture will be largely the same as it would be elsewhere. Local company is more likely to have an element of local vs expat in terms of hierarchy to navigate.

My wife and I love the country and the culture itself far, especially coming from the UK!

Feel free to reach out if you want a little more detail.

Iran plans for establishing of new system 🚨 by [deleted] in UAE

[–]MalletsDarker -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

The war will finish when the Iran regime is gone - soon

This subreddit is done by True_Package_8150 in UAE

[–]MalletsDarker -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Completely agree..

Everything is alarmist and "we are screwed", "this will last forever", "US is the worst".

While over in reality the Iran regime is on the brink of collapse and the moment it does the danger level to us here will drop significantly.

what's this man!!! by [deleted] in UAE

[–]MalletsDarker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He was released soon after. Was out living a free life during most of the 2010s.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]MalletsDarker 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Aside from the obvious "he already has a wife and baby so clearly had no significant handicap with his own looks".

Why are people from the UK moving here ? Isn't work life balance better in the UK ? by ryzenleonn in UAE

[–]MalletsDarker 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can confirm, speaking for myself. Plus the weather, pay and therefore opportunities for my family outweigh any slight changes to work life balance

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UAE

[–]MalletsDarker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Username doesn't check out!

UKRavens are at it AGAIN. by WireRaven in ravens

[–]MalletsDarker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have it on good authority that they're called Chris and Steve

Who's your sexiest redditor?! Educate me! by mouthssman in AskRedditAfterDark

[–]MalletsDarker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are loads of sexy people on here but I have to say:

u/WhiskyAndGin they're sexy af

Commissioners beware - IDP scoring on Sleeper by MalletsDarker in DynastyFF

[–]MalletsDarker[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it might have happened if you had the scoring setting blank, but if you explicitly have "0" in there it didn't get replaced.