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UAE Freezones Biz News Updates
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Firms that engage employees are top in UAE
 The winners of
Great Places to Work. The annual list of the top 15 companies is based on an
annual benchmarking study that assesses the level of credibility, respect,
fairness, pride and camaraderie within an organisation.
DHL was ranked first this year, followed by Microsoft and Omnicom Media
Group
Whether it’s training or creating a good working environment, companies in
the UAE have a lot to offer their employees that makes them a great place to
work for.
On Wednesday, 15 companies in the UAE were awarded for being top companies
to work for at a ceremony in Dubai organised by the Great Place to Work
Institute in the UAE.
Ranking from first to 15th place were DHL, Microsoft, Omnicom Media Group,
Ericsson, The One, FedEx Express, Marriott, Bayt, Weber Shandwick, EMC,
Emirates Transport, Fun City, Hyatt, Estee Lauder and Mondelez
International.
The annual list of top 15 companies is based on an annual benchmarking study
that assesses the level of credibility, respect, fairness, pride and
camaraderie within an organisation.
Work practices in the UAE have changed compared to four years ago, according
to David Robert, Gulf CEO of Great Place to Work.
“We’ve seen a keen focus on investing in the human side of conducting a
business,” he said.
Speaking to Gulf News, the winning companies highlighted the key practices
that make them attractive workplaces.
Logistics company DHL stresses on communicating efficiently with its
employees, according to Frank-Uwe Ungerer, UAE country manager of DHL.
“You have to listen to your people and when they tell you something you have
to do it,” he said.
Additionally, DHL invests heavily in training its employees.
“We train them on their job but we also train them to grow into a higher
job,” Ungerer said.
Some companies offer their employees recreational facilities and activities.
“We have a gym in the building, we organise company outings and we give our
employees a day off on their birthday,” said Fadi Chamat, regional executive
director of talent and organisational development at Omnicom Media Group,
the media services unit of Omnicom Group, a global advertising, marketing
and corporate communications company.
Microsoft organises activities to help its employees to become healthier,
according to Anu Sabapathy, HR director for Microsoft Gulf.
“We undertake initiatives like Wellness Week, which is dedicated to the
health and well-being of our employees and we do webinars on nutrition,”
Sabapathy said.
“We serve free breakfast for all employees every day - all different types
of healthy food and we have a fitness allowance,” she added.
While the companies said that employee engagement is important, research
conducted by recruitment specialists Aon Hewitt found that employee
commitment level in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is the lowest
worldwide, at 49.5 per cent. This means that alomst one in every two
employees in the UAE and other GCC countries is not engaged at work.
Feb 14, 2014 |
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Courtesy Al Nisr Publishing LLC
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