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Interview avec Hamza Idrissi, responsable du programme « Best Places To Work » au Maroc
  • Success story
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How Ooredoo Maldives celebrates employee recognition

Ooredoo, a telecommunication and digital service provider in Maldives, has been awarded the prestigious Best Place to Work certification in Maldives for 2020. Learn How Ooredoo Maldives celebrates employee recognition

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Ooredoo is a leading international telecommunications company delivering mobile, fixed, broadband internet and corporate managed services tailored to the needs of consumers and businesses across markets in the Middle East, North Africa and South-East Asia.


  • Culture
  • Employee Wellbeing

As a community-focused company, Ooredoo is guided by its vision of enriching people’s lives and its belief that it can stimulate human growth by leveraging communications to help people achieve their full potential.

Ooredoo has spread its wings in major contents of the world successfully operating in competitive markets such as Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Algeria, Tunisia, Iraq, Palestine, the Maldives and Indonesia. Among its many achievements and accolades the company was named the‘Best Mobile Operator’ of the year 2013 at World Communication Awards.

During the assessments, Ooredoo Maldives received outstanding scores across several aspects of their workplace where it succeeded at cultivating an environment where teams are empowered to create excellence and every employee is excited to walk in the door each day.

The corporate culture in five words

  • Performance driven
  • Enriching
  • Inspiring
  • Motivating
  • Engaging

Our core values are a key part of our culture; at Ooredoo it’s not just what we do but how we do it. Three core values sit at the heart of what we do, Caring, Connecting & Challenging.  They define us, serve as a guide to how we work and are central to the employee & customer experience we offer. We believe that each employee contributes directly to the Ooredoo’s growth and success.

Najib Khan
Najib Khan

CEO of Ooredoo Maldives

Some continuous learning initiatives

Ooredoo is operated by the collaboration and dedication of talented individuals, all of whom are driving Ooredoo to be the number one choice for world-class communications services in Maldives. In the face of intensifying competition, rapidly advancing technology and rising customer expectations, nothing is more important to our success than our team - and it's a team that you can be part of. At Ooredoo, we welcome the ‘new’ – new approaches, new knowledge, new expertise and new experiences. Some of our learning initiatives include :

  • Continuous leadership development interventions
  • Skill development on new technology
  • Adopted the digital way of working
  • Academic upscaling through Education Assistance Scheme (EAS) for our employees

Our talented, diverse and vibrant pool of employees are the key driving force behind our continued business growth and success. Our human resource strategy focuses on attracting the best talent and creating a robust employee base with a strong skillset to cater the current and future Company.

Fazna Mansoor
Fazna Mansoor

HR Director for Ooredoo Maldives

How the company is giving back to the community

Ooredoo Maldives’ employees visited the Children’s Orphanage – an annual event, where the employees spend a day with children engaging in different games and activities. The company launched a first of its kind Accelerator program - NIRU, 360-degree learning based business program for new entrepreneurs passionately working towards social change, with access to the right resources, seed funding and connecting to great mentors with valuable connections to powerful networks.

Ooredoo Maldives partnered with UNDP since 2016 to host Miyaheli - the first Social Innovation Camp in Maldives to improve our community through innovative solutions, which is followed by an itch workshop where they are trained to turn the ideas into reality.

Ooredoo Maldives donated a Smart Campus, a Digital Classroom to Maafushi Prison. The Digital Classroom can hold different courses and educational programs of different levels to build skills and prepare the detainees to reincorporate themselves in the society and for employment.

The company also launched a Digital Literacy Program for the elderly, aimed to contribute to bridge the age and gender based digital divide. Building a strong and long-lasting bond with our communities is of great importance to our team, and we continued our engagement with the public with fun and memorable annual events such as the Ooredoo Mas Race and the Ooredoo Color Run – the biggest the most colorful run in the Maldives.

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How Ooredoo Oman created a continuous approach to improving engagement

Omani Qatari Telecommunications Company SAOG (“Ooredoo”) was founded and registered in the Sultanate of Oman in December 2004. How Ooredoo Oman created a continuous approach to improving engagement

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Ooredoo

Omani Qatari Telecommunications Company SAOG (“Ooredoo”) was founded and registered in the Sultanate of Oman in December 2004. We launched our services in March 2005 as the challenger mobile operator in Oman, operating originally under the name Nawras and, from March 2014, as Ooredoo.


  • Culture
  • Relationships

In recognition of placing the Ooredoo family firmly at the heart of the company, Ooredoo Oman has been certified as one of the Sultanate’s best places to work by the annual Best Workplaces research Program. Ooredoo family members were invited to voluntarily complete an independent and confidential survey which measures employee satisfaction in the key areas of Employee Engagement, Organisation Culture, Talent Management, Leadership Dynamics and HR Practices and provide honest, unfiltered responses.

Since launching in 2004, Ooredoo Oman has built its reputation as an employer of choice in Oman by creating a collaborative and creative environment which encourages employees to share and develop their ideas to help the company provide the best service possible. Ooredoo rewards, encourages and incentivises its family members to develop personally and professionally, growing and excelling in order to ‘live’ the customer experience and flourish at work.  

The Company has won a number of awards for its commitment to employee development and customer service, including receiving the Jury’s Choice Award at the Oman’s Best Employer Brand Awards 2019, Best Telecom Company Oman at the International Business Magazine Awards 2019, and Ooredoo was also named in the Top Performing Companies at the 2019 AIWA Awards.

The corporate culture in five words

Caring, Connecting, Challenging, Family, Innovative

Some activities offered to the employees

The company is offering lots of activities; here are some:

  • Yearly football tournament
  • Treasure hunt
  • Celebration out National day
  • Looking for best discounted offers for the employees in (restaurants, gyms, banks , insurance and many more)
  • Echo survey – engagement survey
  • HR application

As a data experience leaders, we have established Ooredoo as one of Oman’s top places to work by providing a unique and dynamic working culture with excellent training and development. Our people are at the heart of what we do and value the input and contribution of all of our family; which contributes to every innovative service we offer. Our aim is to continuously and fully support our employees to grow, develop and become Oman’s future leaders, innovators and the best version of themselves.

Amaal Al Lawati
Amaal Al Lawati

Chief People Officer at Ooredoo Oman

How the company is giving back to the community ?

In the current situation, the company is providing vital medical equipment and supplies to Hospitals. They also made an internal donation campaign where employees donated more than 20000 OMR to the ministry of Health. This donation was from the employees’ salaries and it was on voluntary basis. Every year, we have Good will Journey. Where the journey goes into the villages and make donation to the poor families. Employees get involved in a  journey for a week to renovate some houses, fixing some home appliances and many more

Continuing learning opportunities in the organization

The company is offering learning and development opportunities provided to all OO family members based on the needs. The needs are gathered every mid of the year when they run development cycle (Tatweer Cycle). The approach we use is 70% 20% 10% and the needs are categorized as follows:

  • Soft Skills, which is mainly OO behavioral competencies
  • Technical programs
  • Professional qualification and certification
  • OO learning activities are a blend of online, classroom and experiential learning how ever due the current situation of Coved 19 virus, all programs are done virtually
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