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What is the outlook like in UAE hiring? Currently at North American MBB office and looking to office transfer / lateral to another firm in UAE
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How do people from developing countries negotiate salary in the ME? for example I am earning 30,000 usd per year in India and in discussion with employer in the UAE for a corporate strategy role. They ask for my current salary and expected salary. How much should I expect given salary is not transparent in the region.
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Is it true that BCG and S& have gotten a prompt-to-slide tool made via Anthropic which can make slides exactly in the firm format Or is it just a claude integration being overhyped
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Someone said KSA government paused consulting spending and internal hiring until End of June, is that a rumor or confirmed news?
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Associate Consultant
Has Saudi actually stopped their payments to consulting firms? https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/saudi-arabia-freezes-consultancy-payments-112121843.html
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...The ministry disputed that payments were being delayed, saying so far in 2026 “99.5 per cent” of invoices had been “paid within the contractual timeframe”... Either they are lying through their teeth or they aren't very good at math.
I guess we’re cooked
We’ve personally been cooked for a while.
I guess we’re burnt? 😂 yes, agree
Curious to know too. Saw the partner who said that it is just for show and things are normal but does not seem to be the case.
It’s called denial
Paywall
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/saudi-arabia-freezes-consultancy-payments-112121843.html
No contracts till Q4
Oh wow
How does this affect hiring lol
The right question is, unfortunately, how will this affect firing!!