THE One Is THE Best Workplace in the UAE
In 2021, the Great Place to Work® Institute (GTPW) surveyed over half a million employees worldwide on issues including how trustworthy, caring and fair their company is in times of crises; employees’ physical, emotional and financial health; and their company’s broader community impact.
Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, THE One, Al Mazroui Group’s home fashion brand, strives to make a difference both locally and abroad. Overseas, THE Onederworld, a sustainable community development programme, was launched in Kenya back in 2008. Here, the company is recognised as one of the country’s Best Places to Work since 2010. On the 1st of April 2021, THE One has been awarded the first place on the Best Workplaces List in the United Arab Emirates. Due to the current pandemic, the event was held digitally on Facebook and YouTube.
Happy Employees Are More Productive
The participants of GPTW’s Best Workplaces programme understand the firm link between a positive employee experience and strong business performance. Research by Oxford University's Saïd Business School, in collaboration with British multinational telecoms firm BT, has found that workers are 13% more productive when happy. Over the past 30 years, GPTW has surveyed more than 100 million employees to help organisations around the world identify and build high-trust, high-performing workplace cultures. The collected data shows that great workplaces benefit from stronger financial performance, reduced turnover and better customer satisfaction than their peers.
The institute has built these insights into solutions to help organisations maximise their human potential, increase innovation and thoughtfully scale their business. The institute's decades of data have created a new global standard for what people can expect from their work experience.
THE One Cares
Thomas Ludgren, CEO of THE One, says he used to be sceptical about company rankings. However, after reading an article on the Top 100 US companies his dream to create the world’s best company to work for was born. When in 2010, GPTW launched its Best Workplaces list in the United Arab Emirates, he decided to give it a go just to get an idea of where THE One stands. ‘Today I am a believer, since this survey gives us an indication every year of how employees in each of our business units feel and we can use that data to improve’ declares the CEO.
