The management is some of the worst I've ever worked with. It seems they don't have high regard for their employees and you really are just a number to them. This issue stems way from the top and filters all the way down even to Onboard management with seniors having massive ego issues and not being very good leaders. In saying that there are some good ones. Scheduling are not always kind to you and you can be work to the ground doing flights back to back with little downtime at home and at out stations. Layovers seem to be getting shorter and shorter and money allowances smaller. You work long hours with none or very little onboard rest. So a 10 to 15 hr flight from the time you leave home to the time you make it to another hotel can be a 24 hr workday with only 3 hrs rest in flight. The services inflight are not very crew friendly and Emirates is a company where the customer is ALWAYS right. They don't have your back much. Just as Dubai can be fun it can also be not so fun and boring. Summer is ridiculously hot so you need to be prepared for that and the infrastructure while modern can be challenging.
My advice for this kind of company is if you're young and in your early 20's come and do a 3 year contract, save as much as you can, plan your future and travel and then get out. The longer you stay the harder it is to leave and move back home or somewhere else and re adjust.
