The oil, gas and petrochemicals industry has been voted as the best industry to work for in the Middle East.
A survey conducted by Bayt.com and YouGov revealed that the industry had the region’s highest employee satisfaction, best employee experience and the perception of professionals employed in other industries.
According to the report, 82% of industry employees who responded to the survey said that the oil and gas industry offers the best salary packages (inclusive of non-monetary benefits) in the country that they live in. The majority of respondents also said that the industry is the most attractive to work in when it comes to maintaining a work-life balance, as well as offering the best opportunities for career growth in their country, 61% of respondents also said it is also their country’s most stable industry.
The overall opinion is that OGP attracts the highest proportion of local talent in the respondent’s country of residence.
Only 10% of respondents believed that the industry is attractive to women.
When it came to satisfaction with current salaries, 45% of respondents said they were either ‘somewhat satisfied’ (33%) or ‘totally satisfied’ (12%). 18% of respondents were ‘neutral’ while the remaining 37% were either ‘somewhat dissatisfied’ (24%) or ‘totally dissatisfied’ (13%).
Just under half of the respondents claimed to be satisfied with the stability and security of their job, an evenly split 32% stated they were either ‘totally dissatisfied’ or ‘somewhat dissatisfied’.
Of the 12,040 respondents who participated in the survey, 9,791 were employed during the survey period (November 5-14, 2012). Data for the Bayt.com ‘Top Industries in the MENA Report’ 2012 represented professionals from all industries in Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, KSA, Syria, Tunisia and the UAE.
