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My experience as a business consultant in Dubai (2010)

67 points by a3voices 11y ago

krallja 11y ago
Most severance packages include this sort of non-disparagement clause. It's not a huge impediment to story telling.
- JabavuAdams 11y ago
  This is a corrosive practice that should not be socially unacceptable. It allows many people unfamiliar with the internals of an industry to live in a kind of "filter bubble." There are many situations, organizations, or cultures where certain bad behaviours are an open secret, but largely unknown to anyone outside the context.
eistrati 11y ago
It reminds me of this story - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann-hari/the-dark-side-of-dubai_b_183851.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann-hari/the-dark-side-of-d...
musesum 11y ago
Disparagement tends to be a lose-lose situation. To drag someone down, you often have to sink lower than they are. I found this story insightful about burnout. But, could care less that was at BCG. I prefer to cut and chose: either named positive feedback or anonymous negative feedback.
- JabavuAdams 11y ago
  > To drag someone down, you often have to sink lower than they are. We're not talking about person-to-person mud-slinging, here. The author is performing a useful public service by explicitly identifying the consulting company. This kind of bad behaviour is endemic, but very easy to dismiss, without specifics.
  - musesum 11y ago
    BCG has 4.3 star rating on Glassdoor. I think BCG+Dubai is the problem. @sogen's link about Dubai is telling.
    - JabavuAdams 11y ago
      I don't see why Glassdoor ratings would be correlated with a company's ethics, in the real world.
sogen 11y ago
by the same guy who wrote this?? http://tech.mit.edu/V131/N7/yost.html?comments#comments http://tech.mit.edu/V131/N7/yost.html?comments#comments
tasty_freeze 11y ago
This is a rerun of one part of a four part series. Here are all four. 1. http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N16/dubai.html http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N16/dubai.html 2. http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N17/dubai.html http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N17/dubai.html 3. http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N18/dubai.html http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N18/dubai.html 4. http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N19/dubai.html http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N19/dubai.html

67 points by a3voices 11y ago

krallja 11y ago

Most severance packages include this sort of non-disparagement clause. It's not a huge impediment to story telling.

JabavuAdams 11y ago
This is a corrosive practice that should not be socially unacceptable. It allows many people unfamiliar with the internals of an industry to live in a kind of "filter bubble." There are many situations, organizations, or cultures where certain bad behaviours are an open secret, but largely unknown to anyone outside the context.

eistrati 11y ago

It reminds me of this story - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann-hari/the-dark-side-of-dubai_b_183851.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann-hari/the-dark-side-of-d...

musesum 11y ago

Disparagement tends to be a lose-lose situation. To drag someone down, you often have to sink lower than they are. I found this story insightful about burnout. But, could care less that was at BCG. I prefer to cut and chose: either named positive feedback or anonymous negative feedback.

JabavuAdams 11y ago
> To drag someone down, you often have to sink lower than they are. We're not talking about person-to-person mud-slinging, here. The author is performing a useful public service by explicitly identifying the consulting company. This kind of bad behaviour is endemic, but very easy to dismiss, without specifics.
- musesum 11y ago
  BCG has 4.3 star rating on Glassdoor. I think BCG+Dubai is the problem. @sogen's link about Dubai is telling.
  - JabavuAdams 11y ago
    I don't see why Glassdoor ratings would be correlated with a company's ethics, in the real world.

sogen 11y ago

by the same guy who wrote this?? http://tech.mit.edu/V131/N7/yost.html?comments#comments http://tech.mit.edu/V131/N7/yost.html?comments#comments

tasty_freeze 11y ago

This is a rerun of one part of a four part series. Here are all four. 1. http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N16/dubai.html http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N16/dubai.html 2. http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N17/dubai.html http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N17/dubai.html 3. http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N18/dubai.html http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N18/dubai.html 4. http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N19/dubai.html http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N19/dubai.html