Migration thoughts and experience
Just wanted to know what everyone's thoughts on migration to AUS, US, EU, etc are. From a women's perspective as well. Given how so many people are migrating to Australia, NZ, EU the job market will be more difficult to enter but consultancies still advertise it as the best move rather than staying in countries like UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, etc.
I feel like a lot of it is consultancies trying to sell people dreams. I know a few families who migrated and apart from one or two of them, others are all struggling. Ofc these are just a few so I don't want to generalize.
Compared to GCC, I feel like women will have more chances at skilled professions in AUS and EU. GCC and SEA countries are always biased and we are automatically filtered out as not eligible for many job roles just because of our gender. I studied chemical engineering, but I don't have any hope rn that I will even get a entry level job adjacent to what I studied. I sometimes get a what if thought....what if I had immigrated 9 years back to AUS or any other western country along with my friends? I know it's useless to dwell upon it.
The salaries for skilled professions are higher there, but lifestyle is also entirely different and I feel like I will find it very hard to gel with the atmosphere there. Idk maybe it's influenced by where I grew up but me and husband love to sit at home, watch movies and talk and munch on snacks. Drives and outings are something we enjoy only if done occasionally. Work life balance is seemingly more in these countries so it's healthier in the long run.
Anyways what do y'all think?