These 5 companies are the UAE’s ‘best’ employers

International certification programme, “Best Places to Work”, has unveiled a list of the top five companies to work for in the UAE.

The findings are based on its latest annual list, which carried out an assessment of over 500 companies across the Middle East.

As part of its measurements, the programme recognises employer excellence by evaluating the quality of the people practices and the employee experience around eight topics including effective leadership, people strategy, relationships, employee engagement and CSR. And to be considered in the listing, companies must be identified as outstanding employers at least in one of the countries across the region.

As a result, the programme has named these five companies as being the best places to work in the UAE:

• BSH Home Appliances Middle East
• Moneygram
• Novo Nordisk UAE
• Globalpharma
• Middle East Specialised Cables

“Findings from this year indicated that the top performing organisations in UAE continued to invest in creating a highly-engaged workforce, with an average engagement score of 81 per cent,1 point higher compared to last year average and 2 points higher compared with the region average engagement score. In additional, the insights indicate that employees in the UAE have increased expectations regarding their day-to-day work experience, and while other employees have expressed more positivity around areas such as long-term career aspirations and virtual work arrangements within their organisations,” said Best Places to Work.

In terms of its fuller Middle East list, the likes of BSH also came out tops there.

The list of the top 30 Best Places to Work in Middle East for 2023:

1. BSH Home Appliances Middle East
2. AstraZeneca
3. McDonald’s
4. Roshn
5. AM Bank
6. Money Gram
7. Schneider Electric
8. Novo Nordisk
9. Pfizer
10. Mashreq Bank
11. International Maritime Industries
12. Globalpharma
13. Sawani Company
14. International Medical Center
15. Kinan
16. Al Ramz
17. Bank Al Etihad
18. YK Almoayyed & Sons
19. Bidaya Home Finance
20. Utec
21. Saudi Air Navigation Services
22. Beko
23. Hawyia
24. National Housing Company
25. Saudi Xerox
26. Safwacc
27. National Biscuits Confectionery
28. Estarta
29. Estithmar Holding
30. Invita Company W.L.L