If you really want to earn that success you’ve been dreaming about, learn how to stop internalizing criticism and begin to neutralize it. Image credit: John Wildgoose | Getty Images The following excerpt is from Dr. Patti Fletcher’s book Disrupters: Success Strategies From Women Who Break the Mold. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | IndieBound I wish I could […]
Month: May 2018
You’re Thinking About the Career Ladder All Wrong
My experiences breaking through the glass ceiling showed me there is no one ladder to success. Image credit: Ingrid Rasmussen | Getty Images The questions aspiring CEOs ask about how to get to the corner office are all wrong — especially for women. Newly minted professional women ask for tips on breaking the glass ceiling, […]
How to Get Organized With the Google Tasks App
Overwhelmed? Google Tasks is up to the task of handling your to-do items. Image credit: via PCMag If you need a quick and convenient way to create, view, and perform the tasks on your to-do lists, you’ll find a lot of to-do apps for iOS and Android with a host of bells and whistles. But if all […]
Employer’s liability for acts of employee
By Dr Nizar Kochery Doha Question: What are the liabilities of an employer for the acts of the employee? We have received a court notice claiming certain amount as damages incurred by the claimant due to the acts of one of our employees while in the course of employment. The employee is not in Qatar now. […]
Punishment for accepting bribery
Punishment for accepting bribery Q: Under Qatar laws does it amount to bribery if someone working in a public office receives a gift for offering some assistance? Please advise. TR, Doha A: According to Article 140, any public officer who solicits or accepts for himself or another party, any gift or privilege of any kind, or any […]
Provision regarding overtime payments
Provision regarding overtime payments Q: I started my career as a web designer in 2016 in a reputable company in Qatar. We have lot of clients and our employees used to do overtime almost every day. However, the company is not paying the overtime properly. What is the provision regarding overtime payments in Qatar’s Labour Law? […]
Vodafone Qatar gets QAR 911m facility from Barwa
The loan will be available for six years Vodafone Qatar has signed an agreement with Barwa Bank to receive a QAR 911 million ($250 million) facility. The loan will be allocated to help accelerate the phone operator’s fixed-line service rollout and 5G deployment in the country, according to the company’s statement released on Monday. The new step […]
If You Want a DRIVING LICENSE in Qatar, Be Ready to Take THIS Test
Last month Qatar Government tightened the requirements for driving license and it made it harder for numerous European and Australian expats to get the driving permit. According to Doha news now these expats needs to take a driver’s test or driving classes to get a license, while initially they just needed to show the license […]
Ramadhan in Qatar-Some basic etiquettes
Ramadhan is the holiest month in the Islamic calendar and Muslims around the world observe this month by fasting from dawn to dusk for a duration of 29 or 30 days, depending on the sighting of the crescent of Shawwal. The month is marked by Muslims with greater number of prayers, charity work, recitation of […]
BEWARE EXPATS! If You Caught DOING This, You Will be TERMINATED Without Notice!
There are instances where employees get terminated with zero notice period, cases are recorded such as the employee showed up to work and were simply told they are not employees there anymore. Even employees when asked for the reason were given zero justification for their termination. This is always a tricky situation because an employer […]