Quote by HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer on International Workers' Day

30 April 2022

Quote by HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA on International Workers’ Day

Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer. MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority

“At Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), we work on providing a positive, safe, and healthy work environment that ensures we achieve the welfare and happiness of all our employees and stakeholders. This supports the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, raise the level of government work and promote excellence, leadership, and creativity. This is in addition to consolidating the value of happiness of all individuals living in Dubai. To invest in our workforce, we encourage employees to innovate, and empower them to use and develop the latest Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies. We are providing our employees with the necessary tools to become effective partners in anticipating and shaping the future, as well as keeping pace with the latest developments and rapid changes to continue DEWA’s excellence and global leadership. At DEWA, we have trained our staff to the highest international standards in occupational health and safety. Despite the challenges of COVID-19, DEWA has earned several international awards for this,” said HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA.

“DEWA has 11,122 employees from 66 nationalities providing world-class services for over a million customers in Dubai. DEWA has a large set of specialised programmes to make employees happy, meet their needs, and support them in their career and personal lives. We support the empowerment of women and youth as well as People of Determination and strengthen their contribution to sustainable development. The happiness of DEWA’s customers has reached 92.53% in 2021. DEWA received the Gold Award by International Business Excellence Award (IBXA-2020) for Wellbeing and Health. The Award was given for the Estisharati programme providing individual and group counselling. DEWA won the Great Place to Work Certificate in in 2019. The American Great Place to Work institute gave the certificate in collaboration with Fortune magazine to organisations for their excellence in providing the best possible work environment. It was also ranked among the top ten places in 2022 on the list of best places to work in the UAE,” added Al Tayer.