By Staff Reporter
Located at the Emirates HQ, the lounge will also serve employees’ families, retirees
Dubai: Emirates Group, one of the biggest employers in Dubai, unveiled a ‘futuristic lounge’ on Wednesday to serve more than 80,000 of its employees, their families, new joiners, and global job seekers. The lounge will also serve the retirees of Emirates Group, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.
The lounge – named Wejhaty, meaning ‘my destination’ in Arabic – was officially opened by Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline and Group, in the presence of executive leaders and employees.
Sheikh Ahmed said: “The Emirates Group’s next era will witness unprecedented global growth right here from our Dubai hub. Powered by the sharpest minds and the latest technology, we’re reshaping and redesigning our organisation to gear up for this growth.”
Spread across a sprawling 22,770 sq.ft. space, the employee lounge can serve 500 people at any point in time and 1,200 a day. It said it aims to create an inspiring and welcoming space that reflects the Group’s people ethos.
Emirates Group – the parent company of Dubai’s flagship airline, Emirates, and air services provider dnata – said it is focused on elevating employee experience with streamlined solutions, advanced technology, and seamless, highly responsive services.
Emirates Group unveils future-fit career and employee lounge.
Emirates Group unveils future-fit career and employee lounge.
Emirates
Sheikh Ahmed explained, “Our focus is firmly on our own people, who are our biggest brand ambassadors and advocates. Their safety, security, career development, professional well-being, and personal journeys are top priorities for us.”
He added, “Wejhaty will set new signature standards of service and excellence in people experience – for our employees, their families, new joiners, and those aspiring to be a part of the Group.”
What’s unique about Wejhaty
Visitors to Wejhaty will be greeted, served and guided by concierge service attendants. The centre is bright, airy and spacious, offering employees and their families access to the complete range of services – including biometrics, Dubai Health’s medical fitness tests and x-rays – plus HR, IT, payroll and cashier services.
Wejhaty is also home to third-party international visa services to cater to their employees’ travel needs and minimise pre-travel stress.
The lounge has also set up crèche services for parents with young children. A nanny will supervise the area and be ‘packed with toys, merchandise and entertainment.’
Facilities for job seekers
The employee lounge will also house an amphitheatre-style modular auditorium holding around 100 people. As for job seekers, both internal and external, can look forward to an ‘integrated and stress-free’ experience as they meet the recruiters. This place will include 19 discussion rooms that can accommodate 116 people at a time. The employee lounge will also house two assessment spaces that can host 46 people, where pilots, cadets and other specialist roles will have access to dedicated facilities and advanced technology for simulation- and computer-based assessments. An executive lounge for senior staff, featuring high-end meeting rooms, has also been built.
New joiners’ journey
New joiners can look forward to art installations and social spaces, including Emirates’ renowned Business Class seats fully kitted with recycled materials from the airline’s retrofit programme.
Modular seating facilities are dotted throughout the lounge. There is a pantry, lockers, and fashionable dressing rooms for uniformed employees at Wejhaty.
Emirates Group said the lounge can host 400 candidates for interviews and assessments, 100 new joiners for corporate induction, and serve 700 employees and their family members daily.
Every year, on average, the Group processes 46,000 employee ID cards, 30,000 medical fitness tests, 8,200 UAE biometric registrations, and 3,400 X-rays for new joiners. Thousands of aspiring candidates are assessed at the Emirates Group headquarters annually.
