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Every Gulf employer tracks attrition; few understand where it is decided. It is not decided at the worksite, in the contract, or even in the salary band. It is decided in the labour accommodation, over weeks of small daily experiences - the bus that comes late, the canteen food that declines, the request that goes unanswered. By the time a...

Employers in the Gulf's frontline market often assume workers have no choice - that hiring is a transaction where the offer is taken or left on price alone. Anyone who has watched a recruitment drive in Kerala, Manila or Nairobi knows better. Workers choose. They arrive with ranked preferences built from village networks, WhatsApp groups and returnees' stories. Some contractors'...