At Least 3,200 Job Cuts in Dubai

Finally the mainstream media is coming out with numbers of job cuts in Dubai.

- WS Atkins, a leading British engineering consultancy firm working on Burj Al Arab, have laid off 170 professionals.
- Dubai Labour Supply Company (Dulsco) has laid off 800 workers in two batches.
- Mizin, a real estate development company under Tatweer have also allegedly made 50 people redundant.
- Universal Studios in Dubailand have also let go of as many as 50
- In November master-developer, Nakheel, was the first to shed its human resources, getting rid of 500 people.
- Developer Damac then announced it had let 200 people go, Omniyat 69 Tameer 180 and Better Homes made 50 people redundant.
- Around 35 people had also been sacked from WSP and 15 from the Burj Dubai project at Hyder Consulting. Al Shafar General Contracting also shed nearly 1,000 staff members.