Working Condition

People back home think that those working abroad are minting money, but it is the opposite on most cases. It is harder than making money at home. If you come on a work contract(applies only for middle-east), and due to some reasons you don’t like to work with that particular employer, you can’t terminate and look for someone else or abruptly leave the job and go back home. We are like modern slaves. We have to stay and work till the contract period is over(mostly it is one year)with whatever salary mentioned in the contract. Many people don’t have the privilege of even getting a contract, so it is verbal which has no standing in the court of law. Even if you go to the court it will drag for months or years, who will feed you during this time and you cant work anywhere else during this period. There is no one to hear your woes and give some soothing words as every expatriate suffers due to some reasons. It is not like home you get some one from your family or friends to share your sorrow. Problems back home faced by family members sink our confidence and mental strength further on many occasions. If someone withstands all and survive for a couple of years he is a hard nut to crack. I see some people go home, get married and come back in a few weeks and part away for two or three years, it is a hell. Many times expatriates are also at fault, without knowing the existing law they think that they can somehow manage to earn more by doing menial jobs. I had met people coming here for a salary as low as 250SAR per month(3000 Rupees), a person told me that he was told by the agent back home that he can wash cars and earn another 1000 SAR. But the place where he was working is in a remote area, no houses and no cars.