Khaleej Times Best Places to Work Awards – UAE, powered by WorkL

Entries for 2025 are now live

Awards are given across categories – recognising the best small, medium, big and very big organisations, as well as top workplaces by Industry winners and for younger and older workers and for wellbeing. 

Get instant employee insights – through a dynamic dashboard with industry benchmarks, flight risk analysis and net promoter scores.

Entries will close on Friday 14th November 2025.

Ready to become a Best Place to Work?

Enter The Khaleej Times Best Places to Work Awards – UAE, powered by WorkL through four simple steps.

The process will only take no more than 10 minutes and you will need your company card or relevant details to generate an invoice.

1. Select your organisation size

Select if you are a small, medium, big or very big organisation based on your number of employees.

2. Set up your Survey

Select when you’d like your survey to start and end and how many employees you have.

3. Purchase your Awards package

Pay by card or generate an invoice to purchase your package and be able to send your survey out.

4. You're entered!

Once your survey results have been collected and the entry period closes, our panel of experts will evaluate your results and determine the final lists, based on organisation size.

Become a Best Place to Work.

Be recognised alongside leading organisations known for championing workplace culture and employee experience.

Earning a spot among past winners strengthens your employer brand, boosts morale, and highlights your commitment to building a happier, more productive workplace.

Hear from previous winners.

Discover how past winners have used the recognition to strengthen their culture, attract top talent, and inspire real change.

Their stories show the impact these awards can have, not just on employee engagement, but across the entire organisation.

Ready to see what’s possible?

Khaleej Times Best Places to Work Awards - UAE, powered by WorkL FAQs

  • Get recognition by The Khaleej Times and WorkL for the employee experience you provide
  • Retain employees 
  • Attract new talent
  • Build your brand as a great place to work
  • Each organisation will receive access to their own dynamic dashboard with their engagement survey results.
  • Organisations will receive an overall score, scores for the six engagement drivers, but also action plans and resources to drive change in your organisation.

The 27 survey questions measure employee experience, covering WorkL’s six key drivers of engagement; Reward and Recognition, Information Sharing, Empowerment, Pride, Job Satisfaction and Wellbeing. If you need more information about the specific questions please contact us on ktbestplacestowork@workl.com

  • Surveys must be completed Friday 14th November 2025.
  • There are 8 main categories:
    • Best Places to Work: Small Organisation (10-49 Employees)
    • Best Places to Work: Medium Organisation (50-249 Employees)
    • Best Places to Work: Big Organisation (250-1,999 Employees)
    • Best Places to Work: Very Big Organisation (2,000+ Employees)
    • Best Places to Work: Business Sector Winners
    • Best Places to Work for 16-34 year olds
    • Best Places to Work for 55+ year olds
    • Best Places to Work for employee wellbeing
  • Select your entry package based on how many employees you have:
    • Small Organisations (10-49 Employees): 4,999 AED
    • Medium Organisations (50-249 Employees): 9,999 AED
    • Big Organisations (250-1,999 Employees): 19,999 AED
    • Very Big Organisations (2,000+ Employees): 24,999 AED

Get started today.