• 63% foresee tech disruption and 54% anticipate climate change impact on jobs.
• Nearly half of the employees in the region are considering changing employers within the next 12 months.
• Employees prioritise skills-growth: Nearly two-thirds (61%) of employees say they need to learn new tools and technologies to perform their jobs.
• More than 25% of regional workers use GenAI regularly at work while demonstrating recognition of its risks, such as bias (64%) and misleading information (56%).
• More regional (81%) than global (65%) employees value flexibility at work, while 81% of regional workers say they work remotely with their employers’ approval.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 15 July 2024 – Employees in the Middle East are actively embracing transformation and showing greater alignment with their organisations’ long-term goals than their global counterparts. According to the latest PwC Middle East Workforce Hopes & Fears Survey 2024, a remarkable 85% of more than 1,500 regional employees clearly understand their organisations’ goals, surpassing the global average of 77%. Additionally, there is a high level of trust in leadership, with 80% of employees expressing confidence in their leaders’ ability to fulfil commitments and promises, higher than the global average of 68%.