She Moved to Dubai Last Month, Got a Pay Raise — and Has No Regrets0

• as-told-to, Business, Careers, dubai, expat, expat-living, Finance, living-abroad, moving, raise, singapore-freelancer, Travel, united-arab-emirates, us-iran-conflict
• April 30, 2026

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Renee O’Drobinak, director of marketing and communications at PMKConsult, a construction and project management consulting firm based in Dubai. Her words have been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I’ve been in Dubai for about a month, and my husband and I are really