How do locals view expatriates?

[freeier]

anyway guys, face it, its a cost versus benefit issue.
i'd guess that guys on non-expat package doing similar things are probably paid as much in terms of overall benefits. the market is fair, and things will even out in the long run.

[texasaxel]

My company pays for employees and their dependents to return to their home country after 12-months in the foreign country. Depending on the contract, this could be a one-time or annual arrangement. For most positions these are economy class tickets (even for people allowed to travel business class for work-related trips). Besides the obvious benefits in terms of morale, this also allows employees to stay in touch with their home country office, which makes an eventual future return / integration easier. Out of sight is out of mind and this is a relatively cheap way to address this issue. The expenses related to these tickets are relatively minor so I don't know why OP makes it sound like this is a big deal and cause of resentment.

[KnowItAll]

This was originally a SARs related post. Many MNCs paid for expats families to be sent home during the "plague" that hit hong kong.

[c1000]

I don't think there is widespread resentment about bringing senior executives over, or filling niche roles. The resentful locals I know tend to be bitter about the twenty-something associates with little experience and no language skills receiving expat packages.

[KnowItAll]

Like I said .. this was posted during SARS (anyone remember that?) when companies were repatriating expat dependants... and locals were oh ... stuck here to deal with the deadly plague that hit Hong Kong.

At that time, yes, there was some amount of resentment against these folks who fled.

[Monde]

Melissa that is one thread revival. 3 year old thread brought back to life.

[youngjediboy]

Hey, who doesn't like history? I kinda like reading about how things were before I came...