alfanar Reviews

-Mediocre, mediocre, mediocre. Very outdated management, poor staff, and a very high turnover of qualified calibers, while the average tenure of old managers is around 20 years. -Poor work/life balance. -Lack of governing systems and rules, managers are basically in absolute control of their subordinates, the audit and ER departments have very limited authority. -Family business, some of the close family friends run the show and are simply untouchable, they do make mistakes and are very inexperienced but then again they are well protected by their personal ties to the owner. -Very poor and unreliable appraisal system. -Nepotism is on the rampage, especially at Alfanar Trading where the people in charge are aggressively xenophobic and discriminatory. -Limited room for progress if you are not good at flattering and complimenting all the time.

I was interviewed both technically and then final interview was taken. I was handpicked out of LinkedIn for the required post of Corporate trainer and in this regard contacted by their recruitment specialist. I was also sent the employment form as part of the final interview but then they never got back to me. Three months later I had to make about 40 overseas calls just to get hold of a person on the HR department to find out that just because I did not know Arabic I could not be selected. I was never asked in the interview whether I knew Arabic or not!!