Overview
- Advin Netto, now a UX designer at Google in Bengaluru, said he left a tax-free Abu Dhabi role paying over ₹7 lakh a month after three months.
- He wrote that his UAE visa took five months to be issued and that missing a 9 am punch-in was treated as a half-day loss.
- He described the digital product ecosystem as young, saying conversations about design thinking often met resistance.
- He alleged leadership bias based on nationality rather than merit, adding that money was not the issue and that he still viewed the UAE as safe and opportunity-rich.
- His Instagram account went viral, prompted many similar testimonies about Gulf work conditions, and was reported by Indian outlets using his social posts and LinkedIn for details.