77% of employees want to change jobs for better pay

By Ashfaq Ahmed, Staff Reporter

Dubai: Around 77 per cent of the employees in Dubai are not satisfied with their jobs and want to change for better wages, according to a survey conducted by Dubai Statistics Centre. Some 8.5 per cent of employees are looking for jobs suitable to their education and experience while 2.4 per cent want change for better working environment and 2.5 per cent for less tiring work.

The survey was done taking random class samples of 8,130 families representing four per cent of total families in all the communities of Dubai. The survey showed that the average time taken to reach the workplace within Dubai is 46 minutes one way and the average of amount spent to travel to work is Dh12.60 one way. Only 18.8 per cent get medical cover paid by their companies while 81.2 per cent do not have any health insurance.

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