United Arab Emirates July 2025
~770k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~100
Organizations
These insights represent ~770k questions answered from ~100 organizations, collected between July 2024 and June 2025.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Information Technology & Services, Computer Software, Financial Services, Marketing & Advertising, Airlines/Aviation, Utilities, Staffing & Recruiting, Retail, Real Estate, Publishing
Reported gender breakdown
Male
61%
Female
39%
Non-Binary
0.01%
Are employees committed to their organizations?
Engaged people are emotionally committed to their organization. These people stay at their organizations longer and are more productive and effective. Successful organizations have more engaged employees.
75% of United Arab Emirates employees are engaged
This is in the top 36% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 24 and is in the top 20% compared with other countries.
How does United Arab Emirates compare?
People in United Arab Emirates were much more positive than average regarding Action, Collaboration & Communication, and Leadership.
On the lower side, people in United Arab Emirates had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity, Your Manager, and Work & Life Blend.
People working in United Arab Emirates are more engaged than Hungary, Turkey, Belgium, and Netherlands. People working in United Arab Emirates are less engaged than Colombia, Ukraine, and China.
The highest scoring question for United Arab Emirates had 93% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+3% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Inclusion.
People in United Arab Emirates were generally least favourable about Equity, and were most negative towards 'I believe that my total compensation is fair, relative to similar roles at %[Company]%' with 24% of people disagreeing (+2% above average).
Which questions matter the most?
Different things are important to different cultures. If you want to make more of your people engaged then you need to know what is important your people. These questions are most important to keeping people engaged in United Arab Emirates organizations.
1 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
2 %[Company]% effectively directs resources (funding, people and effort) towards company goals | Company Performance |
3 %[Company]% is in a position to really succeed over the next three years | Company Performance |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 18% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-2% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 8% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-2% compared to overall).
Understanding Tenure distributions
Tenure describes how long an employee has worked for their company: we know through our research that newly hired employees tend to be more positive than their tenured counterparts. Positivity declines sharply before bottoming out between two to six years, then rises slightly for those that remain.
The tenure composition of a benchmark can influence overall scores.
Tenure distributions
Less than 3 months
2%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
8%
1 to less than 2 years
18%
2 to less than 4 years
24%
4 to less than 6 years
6%
6 to less than 10 years
12%
Greater than 10 years
25%