Topic: Working Abroad is a lot of sacrifice. - page 21. (Read 4326 times)

It's true, it's very difficult to find a job abroad, and it requires a lot of process. Not just finding a job, it's difficult to work a far from your country, family and friends. It's a lot of sacrifice, because you need to take care of your self and you need to endure being away from your family for a long time.

I do not think that working abroad is a great sacrifice. I think that staying in place and doing nothing is a big mistake.

It's not easy to get an opportunity to work abroad. It often requires not only perseverance and possession of a foreign language but also a willingness to endure all the hardships of life away from home. Sometimes you have to go to a temporary demotion. But such experience can contribute to faster career growth.

Seems to me that many times people want to take the easy way out.

Yes,  work abroad is a lot of sacrifice because you think to work hard even your family and love ones is far from you. To give all their needs in the future and sucure their future.

Why the hell would you go and work in the middle east among the Taliban?

it's true. but when you move abroad young, it's not that bad at all

Yes. It was a lot of sacrifice moreover on your family if you are parents having kids. Even long distance to your love ones to give them the better and comfortable life. The loneliness and emptiness you feel of being alone and just think you are strong enough to fight it for your family. There are lot of OFW working other countries which they treat just like an animals and they are suffer from abuse but they think for their families sake.

This is ought to be true. I mean it is not really that easy working abroad away from your family and the people that you got used to. What makes it more different is the different culture that a person may experience on which ever country he or she is working at. In addition, the whether makes it more difficult for the health of the person who's working abroad. So, it is not really easy as it seems.

Yeah, not me, but a friend recently started staying abroad to study and he had to work for years to save up, sell his flat, store all his possessions, then fly around the world, find a place, and adapt to living there, get used to the food etc. He says it's amazing, but maybe that's just because it was what he always wanted to do so it was just the right thing for him.

I don't think that it's a sacrifice. If your employer is fair everything will be fine.
Act as usual and behave. Nothing bad gonna happen to you.

Yes working abroad is an ultimate sacrifice. Behind every story of success is a story of difficult choices of parents longing to see their sons and daughters grow, and of their children wanting them to stay. Leaving your family and friends to earn money or to build future is not easy step. One has to sacrifice his life for betterment of his family's future. It becomes  really hard especially if you are really attached to your loved ones back home.
Finally its your choice either you can earn good salary by staying away from your family or you can earn a low salary by living with your family.

indeed, it is a lot of sacrifice especially to your family who is left at home. When you are married, you are half-emptied always because your other half is miles away from you. Also the culture of other countries is different from yours so you need a big adjustment and you have to adapt theirs in order for you not to break their law.

Yes, i agree it will take some time to adjust to the place where your families and friends are a thousand miles away and its a lot of sacrifice including your daily routine where you came from. The loneliness and the emptiness while you work abroad knowing and hoping that everything is alright back home. But thats the thing. We sometimes dont have a choice and we just have to be strong to live far away from our families to earn money for their better future.

If any one want working abroad a lot of sacrifice he/she have to a good mind any always dedicate him self for any one to do best her/him.

I agree with your post. But many of the countries (especially the GCC nations such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) doesn't permit the expat workers to bring their families. Once their contracts expire, they are expected to go back to their own nations. And it is not fun and cool always. In the GCC, you may be asked to work for up to 12 hours a day.

I agree, it is not easy working abroad, we need to consider so many things. We need to made sure that we are ready in all aspects. Pur families are the most important other than other things.

I agree. My sister works abroad and we only see every 5 years. She was really hard working and really wants her family to have a better life.She sacrifice her happiness to provide for her family. She can go back anytime but she was thinking about the future of her family. Sometines money is so powerful that it keeps us away from our love ones.

It all depends on a lot of parameters but I would say that it depends above all on what your motivation for immigrating is. There's no doubt it's a lot of sacrifices, especially when the immigration is not chosen (running away from a critical situation in your home country, making a better living so you can send money to your family etc). But for some other people it can be a salvation. I left my country several times bc ironically I was not feeling in my place there. Immigrating is also widening your horizon, widening your mind, learning new things everyday, becoming more tolerant, more flexible, pushing your limits... it can sometimes be such a breakthrough and a beautiful journey for the curious ones. Especially now that the new technologies allow you to be in touch with your beloved ones at any time. Think about immigration 50 years ago!
I know about the homesickness sometimes, the distate of local food, people etc. In my country, expatriation is marketed as something that is all about fun. "Expatriates are always travelling or always partying, they speak 2 or 3 langages...awesome".  But they never mention the bad aspects. Yes, you can go through tough times, that's why I think it is ESENTIAL to immigrate in a place where you know you're gonna find other expatriates. Some ppl you can talk to when you're feeling down and whom you know they're gonna understand you. But keep in mind that it is a unique experience that is gonna make you be who you are. Not just a typical latino, african, european, america, asian etc. but a complex being that is beautiful and has a lot of stories to tell.  

Big Yes....working here in abroad is a lot of sacrifices especially being a domestic helper or Maid..its very difficult for us as a maid working here in abroad because no matter how we like to sleep early we couldnt do because ww still need to work hard and finish everything to keep..we do sacrifice for our love families..because we want them to give better life than us..we dont like that our children will do the same thing as we did as a being helper...ww want our children to be educated someday,thats why we need sacrifice for their sake.