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by Buildr

a year ago

Product Management in Dubai

Is it a good idea to switch from a product manager role in India to Dubai? I’m currently getting paid 36LPA as a PM2 in one of Fintech Unicorns in India. Have about 4years of PMing experience. Please suggest, also as I’m doing research for this topic i’ll put up all my research on this thread.

MrGandalf

Stealth

a year ago

Was in a similar situation a few years ago. Heres my notes, you make a call as you wish 1. Dubai is a homogenous market and thus has limited complexity, data sets and customer behaviour. Long term Indian market experience, with its hetrogenity, data sets and the sheer size is much more valuable 2. Dubai is not US. Later if you want to crack big roles in India you wont be as hot as an Indian PM in California now wanting to get back to India. Dubai has different salary for different race/color/nationality. Its an ugly side no one talks about 3. Your salary is correlated with VC investments in your industry and country. India certainly will have more investments than Dubai for atleast next 5 years 4. Your Dubai Salary might be good but to enjoy same lifestyle as India- Cook, Maid, Car, Home rental at Proxomity to work etc you will shell out 10-15K AED. Add 5K if you have a Kid. Now think where does this land

Buildr

Founder

a year ago

Thanks for this detailed perspective, really appreciate @MrGandalf 🙏🏼 Have you worked in Dubai before?

MrGandalf

Stealth

a year ago

I had an offer from Noon during pandemic. Was very close to joining but decided against it. All the notes are from friends in the UAE market.

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Indusplateau

Stealth

a year ago

36 CTC? What's the break up?

Buildr

Founder

a year ago

36LPA is Base, 30LPA ESOPS, 2JB

Indusplateau

Stealth

a year ago

2JB meaning?

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Bamboozled

InsurTech

a year ago

Totally worth it. Savings will be much higher given the comp range that you've in India. My friend who works at Careem, lives in Marina area near to dmcc metro pays about 6k for 1bhk. Based on your lifestyle if you can keep 10-15k monthly expense then savings will be good. Moreover, KSA region is hot for fintech right now, ton of good startups (bnpl, lending). So it makes sense to move.

Bamboozled

InsurTech

a year ago

The other part is work and team won't be like what it's in India. Mediocre work and team.

Buildr

Founder

a year ago

@Bamboozled Do you know how are the working hours and work Culture in Careem or for that matter any PM role. Is it like India? or the wlb if better, any thoughts?

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AliveYouth71

Stealth

a year ago

No it isnt. U'll get bronchitis

Buildr

Founder

a year ago

Why bronchitis bro, also you made me google this shit

AliveYouth71

Stealth

a year ago

Because of the sand/dust pollution there

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Buildr

Founder

a year ago

Careem, Noon, Talabat, Cafu, Rapyd, Amazon, Bayut, Delivery hero, Geidea, Swvl, Dubizzle- All these are good options for product based companies

StartupBaba

Stealth

a year ago

Swvl and Careem seems to be going through rough patches . Swvl had fired 90% of work force

Buildr

Founder

a year ago

Ohh really, I wasn’t aware of this, But I doubt it’s true for careem. Can throw some light on Careem, also where do you work?

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CaptainLazzo

Stealth

a year ago

I think you can make 40-50k A month in dubai tax free with your experience. When uou convert it to INR it's insane!! Emphasis on Tax free

Buildr

Founder

a year ago

I didn’t expect that high, how are you so certain? Do you work in Dubai?

CaptainLazzo

Stealth

a year ago

I don't work there but i know a colleague who moved there. The salary range i mentioned is very specific to Careem. I'm not sure if other companies in dubai will pay the same

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PMatLarge

Stealth

a year ago

Hey, work in UAE. All the points of MrGanfalf is super valid. You should target AED 25+ per month, that will make life very comfortable. Caveat is UAE offers a lot for good lifestyle so creep is very easy, any salary can seem low! Eg. my in hand component in india was 2.2L and I just couldn’t spend it! Rents are super high so more you negotiate the better. If you live with a friend - it can become very comfortable to live. If alone - 12K for india level lifestyle. Challenges : 1. Cracking role - shallow market, few roles - random applicant flooding market making shortlisting insanely hard. Check Reddit! 2. Lack of growth - no cutting edge work, although you can see it a place to achieve FIRE! 3. Increments - hope you know that india level hikes don’t happen ANYWHERE. Just a word of caution.

PMatLarge

Stealth

a year ago

40K-50K would be extremely tough!

PMatLarge

Stealth

a year ago

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SuperV

Stealth

a year ago

@babysir I had a offer from Hungerstation last month. 32k AED for a backed Dev role. Was making 45 base in India. Decided to stay in India. Could have saved more(2X) in Dubai but didn’t move. Brand value and career progression were the major reasons. The work and team(peer quality) would be way way better in India. I would have moved if I could have gotten a offer from a better tech focussed company through - read Careem/Talabat - they seem to be having good tech talent per their LinkedIn people section.

Only

Student

a year ago

@babysir you might wanna change your company name in profile

Buildr

Founder

a year ago

That’s fine :p

Only

Student

a year ago

Brave soul

Buildr

Founder

a year ago

Some of the decent product companies in Dubai.

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2 years ago

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by punk9179

Stealth

a year ago

Moving out of India. Dubai job opportunities?

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by bingo_mad

TVS Motor Company Ltd.

3 months ago

Referral for Product Manager Role @Fintech company

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by OrangeVodka

Swiggy

10 months ago

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Stealth

9 months ago

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by Secretwhisper

Accenture

6 months ago

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by Joeytribbiani

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a year ago

Want to switch to Product Management

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by OrangeVodka

Swiggy

10 months ago

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