u/Flashy-Performance-6

I’m currently having the worst experience with GIG Healthcare and I’m feeling so let down and hopeless. (I have a medical background from another country and aren’t practising so it’s even more frustrating than this is happening here).

For reference - I am on a policy as my husbands dependent and since we wanted to start trying for a kid - I went to get a routine gynac test done.

She found somethings on the USG which explains why we have been having problems conceiving the past few months and she advised certain hormonal lab tests. She also told me to visit an endocrinologist for a further opinion.

This was 5 days ago.

Today I visited the endocrinologist and he was a bit appalled that the insurance is still rejecting and resending the request back with mundane queries. So he left a supporting statement to aid the process.

Over the afternoon I’ve kept calling the insurance to speed things up and they finally tell me that “our group of consultant doctors at GIG have said that this is a pre-existing condition that you haven’t declared when you got the insurance policy this year and hence it won’t be covered”

Man - HOW CAN I DECLARE IT IF I WAS NEVER DIAGNOSED!!! (For reference - the condition under investigation is PCOS and the tests are ordered to diagnose it lol. So it still isn’t diagnosed).

(Basically they took one small element of my past medical history that I told the doctor about my symptoms and counted that symptom as evidence that the condition existed and was diagnosed before I got the policy).

HOW CONVENIENT. So basically I’m supposed to have declared every headache. Every irregular menses. Every weight gain. Every toe banging the edge of my bed ?? LMAO. If it hasn’t been diagnosed, if I’ve never been on any treatment, if I’ve never had recurring symptoms, if it’s never been a health concern until now - why should it have been declared ?

I told the agent that this is strange because you can’t expect me to declare something that I was never diagnosed with and never aware of. And he goes like “then how did you have the symptom in 2024” “why didn’t your doctor declare that you visited a physician in 2024 and was told you are fine”

After a lot of push and pull he finally said that he will “escalate it and the insurance team of doctors will look at it again and the hospital docs will have to update the medical history”

Another agent said that “you will have to make a health declaration with you insurance broker”

The tests cost nearly 10,000AED My husbands company is paying 35000AED a year for this insurance policy and we both have a 50,000AED coverage. But so much back and forth just to be covered. And it’s not like we can’t afford it - it’s more like why should we when it’s supposed to be such a “good” insurance !

A very broken system and they look for every loop hole to not have to cover what they should. Ridiculous.

If anyone has dealt with something like this and has fought it successfully, please feel free to dm me. Than you !

Context :
I used to work for a French company in Digital Dentistry and relocated to UAE after marriage to be with my husband who was already here for 4 years. I used to be on a CDI (permanent french contract with amazing benefits and protections) and I gave that up to come to the UAE (I don’t regret it as my husband works in oil and gas so him moving to France was out of the question). However, that means that while my French colleagues can enjoy the benefits of government payout as my company goes into bankruptcy- I am left scrambling for another role.

I have no network here and would love to be pointed in the right direction as I’ve tried applying (which usually worked in Europe) but here it seems to be all about network.

Having said that, I directly applied and did have an interview with an American dental manufacturer with operations in the Middle East and I was a perfect fit for the role (as claimed by the hiring manager) but they needed someone absolutely fluent in certain languages and I was intermediate.

My background:
I am a Dentist with an MSc and 3 years experience in Healthcare consulting and Dental commercial, channel management and clinical training (2 years of clinical experience prior to that). I am hard working and genuinely passionate about this field. Ofcourse, due to my education, my preference is the dental field but I am open to moving into medtech or pharma as well. I have excelled at the commercial side of healthcare so I am confident that my skills will translate into other medtech areas.

My husband :
He has been working in the UAE for the past 4 years and isn’t too worried about landing another role as he has a great network.
So this post is mainly for me. Any leads would be greatly appreciated x

hi all,

I recently applied to a posting that I’m literally a perfect fit for.

My status was first “Application Submitted” at the beginning of the day. Towards the end of the day it was “In Process, Under Consideration”

This job posting has been open since January 27th 2026. And I applied 1.5 months ago. I’m assuming the heated geopolitical situation in the region I’m in, stalled things.

I reached out to the hiring manager 2 weeks after applying and the very next day of me reaching out - they arranged an interview through the HR. We had the interview - which felt more like a conversation than an interview to be honest. And she said that I’m literally a perfect fit for the position on paper and hence she wanted to meet me and she apologised for how she didn’t give me enough time to prepare. She even said “you’ve confirmed what I feel and I’m happy to have met you - you will fit perfectly in the team”
All I was lacking was a language requirement (which wasn’t stated on the job ad but she said it became a requirement over the months). She said nevertheless she will still put me forward to speak to her higher up. She even told me they may be another role coming but she doesn’t know when exactly. She ended the interview telling me the next stages and how she will give the HR the feedback and I should expect to speak to her colleagues next. She then went off on vacation.

Through all this - my workday status still was “In process, under consideration”

Last week they kept reposting the advert on LinkedIn every hour (yes, every hour) and now finally on last Friday they deleted the job link everywhere.

However, I can still log into workday and I still appear “In Process and Under Consideration”

It’s nearly a month since I spoke to the hiring manager and i don’t know what to expect next. Anyone who experienced something similar?

hi all,

I’m new to the UAE and I recently applied to a posting that I’m literally a perfect fit for.

My status was first “Application Submitted” at the beginning of the day. Towards the end of the day it was “In Process, Under Consideration”

This job posting has been open since January 27th 2026. And I applied one month ago. I’m assuming the heated geopolitical situation in the middle stalled things.

Last week they kept reposting the advert on LinkedIn every hour (yes, every hour) and now finally on last Friday they deleted the job link everywhere.

However, I can still log into workday and I still appear “In Process and Under Consideration”

To all recruiters/HR professionals/Professionals with previous experience applying to workday or using workday - What is the typical hiring workflow in the UAE?

What can I expect as the next steps ? Does it usually take this long ?

Just finished watching Maternal Instinct and I’m so disturbed.
I couldn’t stop crying at multiple points in this documentary…. Has to be one of the worst true crime shows I’ve watched.

1. This woman is not just someone of extremely low self esteem, but a pathological liar, manipulator and sheer embodiment of evil.
   Imagine the amount of energy and time it takes to maintain all these lies - like - such a psychopath! The verdict was just. But poor Reagan and the angel baby are never coming back. What a sick woman.

2. Wade and his family strike me as a little odd. Like, the car gets repossessed…. the house financing issues…. But all it is is “weird”? Like really? Was she that good at manipulation or were they just dumb and in love with the idea she came from money ?

You mean to say he never EVER saw her naked in 10 months !?!?! And he was okay with that!?!

3. I’m a bit puzzled with how aloof, everyone who knew how delinquent she was, kept themselves. Like, in my opinion, the only ones who acted appropriately were :
   a) the doctors and the hospital who issued the alert
   b) Wade’s close friend and his wife.

My heart goes out to Reagan’s family including her husband and daughter she has left behind.

Who knew the choice of a wedding photographer would change their lives…..