For 2013, here are the top companies where employees
should be sending their CV to.
The Top 15 Companies to Work For in the UAE 2013 are:
Rank Company Name Sector
1 Microsoft
Technology
What makes them great
While Microsoft has a business focused culture, it also
works to create a sense of work/life balance.
To that end, it introduced across multiple teams & businesses within
Gulf the idea of having a visible Work-Life Balance Charter that the whole team
prepares and signs together. This sets the principles that the team feels would
assist in raising awareness of some of the key issues impacting an individual’s
work/life balance.
2 Marriott
Hospitality
What makes them great
Employees at Marriott benefit from a culture of
appreciation. As an example, a
Certificate of Excellence comes in the name of the associate from the Corporate
Headquarters in Washington DC, and signed by the Company Co-Founder J. Willard
Marriott, if an associate receives a thank you note from a customer on excellent
service.
3 FedEx Express
Transportation
What makes them great
Fed Ex’s P-S-P or “people-service-profit” philosophy
guides all of their efforts. To thank
employees who exemplify PSP, it uses the Purple Promise Award (PPA) which
recognizes a team member who goes beyond the typical expectations for his or her
job to ensure the customer’s needs are met. Sometimes the individual’s effort
requires the assistance of coworkers. In such cases, more than one employee may
receive a Purple Promise Award for the same endeavor.
4 THE One
Retail
What makes them great
At THE One, employees are invited to participate in the
organization’s community involvement efforts.
THE One set up THE Onederworld - a Sustainable Village Community
programme with balanced quality Education at its heart. Presently, six
classrooms of a brand new school have been built in the Pimbiniet community in
Kenya in conjunction with Free The Children.
5 DHL
Transportation
What makes them great
At global logistics firm, DHL, their human capital work
has centered on their ‘employee value proposition’ which includes Growth, Impact
and Pride – all of which are evident from their onboarding programme to the
customized learning and development plans each employee receives.
6 Ericsson
Communications
What makes them great
For over 10 years Ericsson employees have provided
essential mobile communications to support disaster relief and humanitarian aid
through Ericsson Response. Ericsson Response is a non-profit employee volunteer
initiative that works in partnership with aid agencies to facilitate ICT
solutions for their key missions; humanitarian relief work in disasters and
enablers of economic growth and quality of life. This non-profit activity
engages Ericsson employees in volunteer work with no commercial objective and is
a key component of Ericsson's corporate responsibility activities. Not only is
it inspiring those who participate but is a source of motivation, empowerment
and value creation for all Ericsson employees.
7 Omnicom Media Group
Media
What makes them great
The Circle of Excellence is the OMG forum for thinking
“outside the box”. It is championed by a
senior and provides a confidential forum in which to brainstorm solutions to
challenges in business, personal and family life for themselves and on behalf of
their colleagues. Participants are asked to share their commitment to
maintaining a life-long focus on progress toward their long and short-term
goals.
8 Securities and Commodities Authority
Government agency
What makes them great
On January 29, 2000 H.H UAE President issued a federal
decree to set up a public authority in the UAE's capital, which was called
"Securities and Commodities Authority - SCA" The Authority enjoyed a legal
entity, financial and administrative independence with the control and executive
powers necessary for it to discharge its tasks in line with the provisions of
this law and the regulations issued in implementation thereof, noting that the
authority reported to the minister. SCA earned a spot on the top UAE companies
list in part because of its creative approach to thanking and motivating its
employees. SCA offers a continuous variety of awards, recognition programs, and
incentives that drive employees to grow and drive toward both personal and
professional goals. SCA also offers
generous benefits – such as enhanced maternity and paternity leave – and
interest free loans to employees for cars and homes.
9
Bayt
Technology
What makes them great
Bayt works hard at creating an employee-centric
culture. In developing employees, for
example, it conducts a daily training.
These 30 to 40 minutes training sessions are called STARS training and
the content is prepared by a baythead and the same content is shared across the
offices each day.
10
EMC2 Technology
What makes them great
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Technology EMC works hard to provide a caring culture, going beyond what is
required. For example, it grants
paternity leave, marriage leave, compassionate leave, even though it is not
required to do so by labor law. And it grants public holidays in excess of
government announcements.
11
PepsiCo Food &
Beverage
What makes them great
Employees at PepsiCo benefit during welcoming from an
assigned “functional onboarding coach” and a “culture coach.” These two mentors help the new employee
adjust to the company and its culture.
12 Dulsco
HR & Industrial Services
What makes them great
Dulsco actively listens to employees. Its open door and
‘open office’ model facilitates two way communication, especially down-up, and
it also has Suggestion Boxes across every location/department to encourage
suggestions through awards and recognition. The GPTW employee satisfaction
survey is conducted each year to understand the areas of strengths and
weaknesses and to understand how it fares against other companies. The results
are shared with the management and plans are designed for improvement in the
following year. Results are announced to the entire organization along with the
improvement plans.
13 Merck Serono UAE
Pharmaceuticals
What makes them great
Effective communication is important to Merck UAE. It developed an “Employee Council” where
every 15 employees elect one member to be their voice to senior managers. The
employee council meets directly with the managing director of the organization,
the HR director and the VP of the region. In this meeting, all issues are
discussed openly and there are no barriers to topics. Direct feedback is given
to the employee council who transfer the message back and answer all queries of
their respective teams.
14 General Electric
Manufacturing & Production
What makes them great
HealthAhead is a GE company-wide initiative for employees
that promotes a culture of health through support, programs and resources to
promote healthy living at work and at home. HealthAhead focuses on a variety of
topics crucial to employee health, including nutrition, tobacco cessation,
exercise and preventative health workshops. In addition, healthymagination is a
GE corporate initiative that focuses on employee and public health. It’s about
becoming healthier, through the sharing of imaginative ideas and proven
solutions. It goes beyond innovations in the fields of technology and medicine,
celebrating the people behind these advancements. Healthymagination also builds
stronger relationships between patients and doctors, allowing them to gather,
share and discuss healthy ideas.
15 Mondelez International
Manufacturing & Production - Food products
What makes them great
Every year in the first week of October, Mondelēz
International globally participates in CSR work. A testimony to the sense of
pride and CSR the employees have…last year, Kraft Foods MEA, FZE created the
Longest Line of Sandwiches (Guinness World Record) and then distributed these
sandwiches along with a few more of our products in the Labour Camps in Dubai
(5500+ meal boxes were distributed). These sandwiches were completely made,
packed, delivered and distributed by Kraft Foods MEA , FZE employees. This year
as well, employees packed 5000 + meal boxes to be distributed to camps in
Somalia and Pakistan. Similar CSR efforts of packing food for the hungry,
educating at-risk youth about health and nutrition, supporting disaster relief
efforts, and providing aid to the elderly, disabled and low-income families were
replicated in its plants in KSA and Bahrain.
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