Great Place to Work® ME Reveals ‘Best Workplaces™ for Saudis in KSA

On November 30th, 2022, Great Place to Work^® Middle East surveyed employee Nationals from across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to determine the Best Workplaces for Saudi Nationals for the year 2022.

This recognition is based on confidential survey data assessing employee nationals’ experiences of trust, innovation, company values, and leadership. The analysis considers responses from employee nationals across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on key factors that create great workplaces For All™.

Tanzeel Ur Rehman, Managing Director for KSA and Bahrain, Great Place to Work® Middle East said: “As a part of their organizational strategy, great workplaces throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia compete across different sectors in providing workplace environments suited to Saudi Nationals in their bid to ensure winning the war of local talent, thus ensuring the realization of the Kingdom’s vision 2030.

This year, Great Place to Work® Middle East is proud to reveal the Best Workplaces™ for Saudi Nationals that have made significant efforts for shaping their workplace culture into that which will be of the most supportive environments for Saudi Nationals to thrive.”

Topping the lists for this year by prioritizing inclusivity for employee nationals across all-levels in the organization are Saudi Bar Association, McDonald’s by RICC and Empower in the Governmental, Large, Small and Medium categories; respectively.

Top 25 Best Workplaces™ for Saudi Nationals for the year 2022

Governmental Category

Large Category

Small and Medium Category

About the ‘Best Workplaces™ lists

Any company based in the Middle East, falls within the industries belonging to the lists and employs 10 or more employees is eligible to participate.  Any company that appears on the list is selected primarily based on their employees' responses to the Great Place to Work Trust Index^©, a proprietary employee survey developed by Great Place to Work®.  In addition, the Great Place to Work® Middle East evaluates materials submitted by the company, including the company's response to the Great Place to Work® Culture Audit^© with accompanying materials submitted by the company for consideration. Organizations can apply from now and until the beginning of the following year for the 2023 Best Workplaces™ list.

Great Place to Work® Middle East conducts a rigorous audit of every participating company before it can be listed as one of the Best Workplaces™ in the region. This year, the Best Workplaces™ spanned across multiple industries that include retail, social services and government agencies, transportation, finance and media. The organizations were surveyed on fundamental issues that consider how trustworthy and caring an organization is for their employees.

To obtain Best Workplace™ ranking, the companies are scored. A large portion of a company’s score is based on the confidential feedback of their employees while the remaining score is attained from an audit of management and HR practices- a reflection of the company’s solutions to specific criteria. Within this framework, organizations were asked about their values, trust process, leadership methods, innovation processes and how they maximize their employees’ potential. The heroes that are continuously building a greater environment for their employees have stood out, and we are always here to celebrate them. 

For more information and registering for the 2022 and 2023 lists: www.greatplacetowork.me