Working in Qatar

[WailingBanshees]

Still here. The call center is fairly busy. There are breaks and all, but it isn’t a very studying kind of environment. Breaking it down, you have call-takers (dual language, plus some extras thrown in) who do PROQA processing 999 medical calls. You have dispatchers that operate one of the main frequencies each. We’ve got a few... people above them.

9600 isn’t bad... say 1800JD or 2600USD per month. Housing provided. Depending how you live,... if you hop rides, buy a Toyota or a Cadillac... but that is doable for about 1400 paramedics and dispatchers...

Thanks for the reply mate, Yea that's how we used to do it in UAE but we had a lot of downtime between calls, I want to ask and i'm not sure if you have an answer, are the computers we operate on locked down? as in, can we browse stuff or watch stuff while on shift (especially night shift) or are these locked down? don't think i can survive a shift with a locked pc i'd get bored out of my mind. is it strict?

 

[SandpitMedic]

Wait- did you say they’re only paying $2600 USD a month? For a dispatcher?

 

[ExpatMedic0]

Wait- did you say they’re only paying $2600 USD a month? For a dispatcher?

Probably based upon country of origin

 

[SandpitMedic]

Probably based upon country of origin

OCNs and such sure, but dutemplar is an AMCIT and I do believe he was made to work in dispatch for a while. Perhaps I am mistaken.

Wailing is Jordanian. I’m not sure of the going rates for Jordanian EMS folks, so whether that’s a good gig, I don’t know.

 

[SandpitMedic]

I just saw a listing for SA CCT medics for Qatar through Global Medical on FB, advertising interviews in Cape Town.

Did something change? I thought the company was Hamad who provided EMS.

 

[ExpatMedic0]

Global Medical has always been one of their recruiting companies. It's who recruited me in 2014 or so

 

[SandpitMedic]

Roger

 

[WailingBanshees]

Wait- did you say they’re only paying $2600 USD a month? For a dispatcher?

Yep, Plus accommodation and transport, It's at least better than what we would get back home :/

 

[dutemplar]

The dispatcher / ambulance paramedic (EMT-I kinda) is roughly $2600/month, give or take, plus housing, etc. Give or take, that's not my pay grade. It seems to draw quite a few recruits from the Phillipines, Tunisia, Jordan, Morocco, India,...

My time at the comm center was there as a critical care paramedic, the standard CCP package, just a different assignment.

Global Medical Recruiting handles a lot of recruiting, it's how I came on board also. Hamad Medical Corporation runs the public healthcare for the country, Ambulance Service is one of those "divisions." Primary recruiting seems to be SA, they tried Canada with minimal success, but I haven't seen or heard of US attempts for a while.

 

[dutemplar]

For reasons I can't go into now, I no longer recommend it. Both Armor10 and I are leaving.

 

[SandpitMedic]

For reasons I can't go into now, I no longer recommend it. Both Armor10 and I are leaving.

You had a good run. This is just the nature of contracting.

 

[dutemplar]

You had a good run. This is just the nature of contracting.

I hate to bring back ancient threads but HMC is recruiting again AND I have permently, finally left Qatar in January 2023.

The executives are extremely toxic. Working conditions are NOT as advertised and brutal. The system is extremely nationalistic, and has seriously degraded from 2015. They currently only try to recruit SA’s for on-the-road CCPs and some Brit’s for VIP service.

10/10 do not recommend unless you’re in your low 20s and just want a 3 year multinational experience. Salaries have degraded, expenses are crazy.

Anything else, I’ll gladly answer via PM.