United Arab Emirates (1000-5000) July 2025
Emerging
Benchmark status
We consider this an emerging benchmark: it has enough data available for us to use bootstrapping to create a representative sample. As the sample grows in size, some scores may slightly change. Our research has shown that our bootstrapped scores are consistent with our standard benchmarks. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Computer Software, Financial Services, Information Technology & Services, Marketing & Advertising, Staffing & Recruiting, Real Estate, Oil & Energy, Medical Devices, Management Consulting, Law Practice
Reported gender breakdown
Male
72%
Female
28%
Non-Binary
0.02%
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 (1000-5000) employees are engaged
This is in the top 37% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 24 and is in the top 21% compared with other regions.
How does United Arab Emirates (1000-5000) compare?
People in United Arab Emirates (1000-5000) were much more positive than average regarding Action, Collaboration & Communication, and Company Performance.
On the lower side, people in United Arab Emirates (1000-5000) had much lower favorable scores than average in Work & Life Blend and Management.
People working in United Arab Emirates (1000-5000) are more engaged than Benelux, DACH, Central Europe, and Nordic.
The highest scoring question for United Arab Emirates (1000-5000) had 93% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+4% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Inclusion.
People in United Arab Emirates (1000-5000) were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'I believe my total compensation (base salary+any bonuses+benefits+equity) is fair, relative to similar roles at other companies' with 30% of people disagreeing (+7% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 17% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-3% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 7% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-3% 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
1%
3 months to 6 months
3%
6 months to less than 1 year
7%
1 to less than 2 years
17%
2 to less than 4 years
27%
4 to less than 6 years
6%
6 to less than 10 years
15%
Greater than 10 years
23%