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'Employers say young Saudi men and women are lazy and are not interested in working'
2018-07-10
[Business Insider] Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman may have portrayed himself as a moderniser rolling back the country's stultifying social restrictions ‐ but he is struggling to turn the country's financial fortunes around, with the economy suffering a crisis of confidence.

Hit hard by the oil-price collapse, the kingdom is now experiencing a plunge in foreign investment and high levels of capital outflow as its de facto leader, MBS as he is commonly known, attempts to consolidate power and steer a new economic course.

The uncertainty caused by his ambitious, some would say unrealistic, plans to modernise the economy has been further stoked by Saudi Arabia's apparent struggle to fill private sector jobs vacated by a growing exodus of expats. As of April, more than 800,000 had left the country since late 2016, alarming domestic companies concerned that the foreigners cannot be easily replaced.
Posted by:Besoeker

#12  In other news, water may, in some conditions, be wet.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2018-07-10 21:39  

#11  In my experience, there seems to be an entitlement mentality within this group.
Posted by: JohnQC   2018-07-10 17:24  

#10  The Saudis have several generations-long tradition of being the figurehead local at all levels of management while foreigners did all the working and managing, whilethey thought that was work. It will take a bit of time for the younger generation to come to terms with the new requirements — many of their elders may never be able to do so.
Posted by: trailing wife   2018-07-10 15:21  

#9  Lazy people don't worry me. I really don't want a dentist, airline pilot or investment counselor who isn't motivated...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-07-10 15:00  

#8  Sir Richard Francis Burton also remarked that all of the inhabitants were entitled to "charity alms" from the Ottoman Caliph -- the only "catch" was that they had to travel all the way to the Sultan, with proof that they were a legitimate inhabitant, to get the money. So being a "welfare parasite" and living in Mecca is also a long established custom.
Posted by: magpie   2018-07-10 14:45  

#7  Sir Richard Francis Burton sneaked into Mecca in 1851-53 and recorded his observations on how the Locals viewed farmers and laborers as trash little above slaves. The desert bandit Wahabbis were much more glamorous -- they could go on Jihad! and be rewarded(Do Not Pass Go! Do Not Collect 200$! Go Straight to Heaven and Collect Virgins!) for it.
So no real change in over a hundred years...
Posted by: magpie   2018-07-10 14:38  

#6  Their is also the problem of generations after generation of cousins marrying each other. They have to find "safe" jobs for retarded princes for instance.
Posted by: Bugs Thud4877   2018-07-10 14:23  

#5   'Employers say young Saudi men and women are lazy and are not interested in working'

True 40 years ago, true today.
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-07-10 12:36  

#4  The parallels between SA and California continue -- where the work is done by foreigners, and the local princes and princesses lift nothing heavier than money. The difference is the SA leader cares.
Posted by: regular joe   2018-07-10 11:03  

#3  They’ve never had to work. But I’ll bet auto sales are booming.
Posted by: ClemKadiddlehopper9000   2018-07-10 10:55  

#2  Guaranteed income mentality.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-07-10 05:27  

#1  'Employers say young Saudi men and women are lazy and are not interested in working'

...I've been there. The employers are right.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2018-07-10 05:04  

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