Recession dynamics of the Middle East workforce

Indians work best in a recession. My company (and if this gets traced to me, I’m screwed), when I first joined was a veritable United Nations, and like the real UN, with a clear pro-West tilt.
At the first sign of trouble, the goras fled. For a company to survive a recession, as we all know now, employees must work twice as hard often for less money.
Now in the teeth of a recession the company is filled with Indians. Which confirms the generalization: goras are in the Gulf for a good time; Indians will always sell themselves short.