Arabian Business has a list of GCC’s top employers and the only local company to make the cut and come in at #2 is Alshaya. Siemens Kuwait also makes a cameo appearance due to their state-of-the-art office, which according to the article is fully equipped with a gym, pool and shops. Sounds like my kind of office. Here is the link tot he full list on Arabian Business [Link]
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Its really great and promising to have such professionalism in Kuwait.
Congrats to all the companies! I really think they deserved it. I never knew that Siemens had all that in their offices!
I’m really surprised.. how come Kuwait’s Postal Service hasn’t made it to the top 3?
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Professionalism in Kuwait? LOL yeah right.
hey mark 🙂
why do you put right on the top your blog a huge sign that says “SPONSORED BY AL-SHAYA GROUP”.
This list is by ArabianBusiness not me so pass your accusations to them. https://www.arabianbusiness.com/contact-us-364572.html
you post about al shaya like a maniac on your blog … its like blind love or something else lol
Last Alshaya post was in September almost 2 weeks ago and they’re not all positive so I don’t see the problem
correction: “why dont you”
@tj Try getting away from AlShaya in the middle-east, it’s hard. You’ll end up at American Eagle, eating at Shake Shack or having a coffee at Starbucks. He’s probably one of the most successful Kuwaiti businessmen in the GCC. He started small and worked very hard, I understand, to get where he is today. I would like to see him do something charity-wise for his nation, building a social project and he can slap his name on it. Kuwaitis need to learn that they need to invest in their nation, for future generations, since it appears the government does not understand that- look around you!
While you are on the topic of AlShaya, I had dinner at the Texas Roadhouse yesterday and they had a case full of the finest beef from the US. The place was packed with smiling patrons because the food was awesome and the waiters wore T-Shirts that stated that ‘I Love my Job’ and broke out in a Texas two-step dance periodically throughout the day. It is coming to Kuwait, but here’s why AlShaya better put ‘his’ man in the port so that his meat doesn’t rot, in fact, he might want to consider flying it in on one of his private planes to keep the beef fresh and people in Kuwait wearing shirts that say ‘I love my Job’? He will have to do a two-step himself to make this franchise work in Kuwait. I loved the freshly baked bread. Great chain to bring to Dubai – they couldn’t get enough of Texas!
Where is Texas Roadhouse? Would like to try for sure!
@Kuwait Dubai Mall.
And none of the mentioned businesses bother to employ Kuwaiti citizens or develop their skills in aims that the company will running through them.
I don’t like Alshaya. They just suck Kuwait and Kuwaitis and don’t give ANYTHING in return.
+1
they all treat Kuwait like they’re sack of cash they come in the winter have a few board meetings count their profits then in the summer, they’re in London or Marbella or Zel am see.
I personally know one trader family who has his wife/wives and kids all in the US (they have US passports) while he comes to kuwait every month to collect profits and conduct business.
God this has to be one of the most pretentious and narcissistic pictures on earth.
What’s pretentious about it? A guy smiling is pretentious? Do you know what pretentious means
Pretentious: Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed.
yes this picture 2 me is pretentious.
You must have no friends if you think smiling is pretentious
lol ad hominem attack just cause you lost an argument how mature.
I said this particular smile not all smiles, are you trying to be stupid on purpose?
seriously? now we’re picking on his picture?
its just an opinion, Shaye3 loverz, and yes it is pretentious look at how he looks away, the severity of the smile it screams pretentious.
Would you rather he looks at the camera, with a stoic look? Give him a break..
Apparently, they never went to KPC nor to any K company.
Great another Alshaya Bashing . A quick couple of points . Alshaya Hires Hundreds of Nationals a year , most don’t stay for more than a few months . Do you know why ? they can’t handle the work load ( if they could have gotten a government Job they woudl have never applied in the first place I bet. As for the one who commented on Giving Back , its not the custom of Kuwaiti families to advertise their charitable works nor is It Islamic. Its so sad to see people hold so much hatred towards others success . Its Also sad that so many Kuwaities are Envious in General of each other . Very un Islamic .
Another foreigner labeling kuwaitis as lazy just cause the majority don’t wanna work in the private sector.
Kuwaiti families actually advertise their charitable donations like crazy, all apart of the PR machine. Showing the masses that they care, and also bigging their family up.
Which why a lot of charitable donations are usually held in the names of their family patriarchs and usually as a means of glorifying their families.
“Its Also sad that so many Kuwaities are Envious in General of each other . Very un Islamic .”
A very lazy attempt to target legitimate points raised by 3azeez and myself at jealousy.
And the un-Islamic part made me lol, you have a lot of presumptions do you actually believe that all Kuwaitis for that matter are religious and think about religion in uniform ways? Religion is pretty broad so labeling something as Islamic or not is not something for you to judge.
Back to the main point though… if Alshaya is such a good employer, why do I keep seeing the same jobs advertised again and again, year after year? They seem to have a very high turnover of staff, even allowing for their size.
I personally know over 40 people who have worked for them over the past 6 or 7 years, who have resigned to join other companies. On the other hand, I do know a handful who have remained working there. Loyal employees who – if asked to complete a survey – will tell you how great it is to work there.
They also usually ask me if I know about vacancies elsewhere every time I see them!