LinkedIn: 76% of UAE executives worried global economic uncertainty will slow down “pandemic progress” in the workplace

LinkedIn: 76% of UAE executives worried global economic uncertainty will slow down “pandemic progress” in the workplace

- More than three-quarters of UAE business leaders - 68% globally - say that progress made on flexible working is at risk as businesses navigate economic uncertainty

- Executives are forced to make tough choices that threaten recent progress around skills development, employee wellbeing, and flexibility

- LinkedIn research finds that these decisions aren’t made lightly with 57% of UAE-based companies holding back on making benefit cuts to maintain productivity

Dubai, UAE – As the world emerges from the Great Reshuffle and enters an era of economic uncertainty, employee flexibility and benefits introduced during the pandemic are now at risk. New C-level research from LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network, finds that the current global climate is slowing down progress in important areas of working life such as skills development (93%), employee wellbeing (89%), and flexible work (76%) across UAE businesses.

The LinkedIn study, surveying 2,900+ C-level executives from large companies across the world, shows that leaders are still grappling with flexible working measures. In the UAE, while 77% of executives believe that flexible work conditions will remain for the next five years at least, over three-quarters of them express concern that the prevailing economic uncertainty could push back the progress on flexibility that’s