Technology Forum, Middle East and Africa

Membership Benefits

• Includes unlimited accesses per company for the quarterly online/zoom meetings (held in April, June, September and November)
• Networking with and benchmarking against premier Tecnology and Telecommunications companies
• Opportunities to shape, influence and develop best HR practices for the Technology industry in the region
• Ability to conduct quick polls and share knowledge in special interests pertinent to the forum and members
• Regular invites to events throughout the year included in membership
• Several spot polls per year on topics that are agreed upon amongst members
• Access to all presentation materials shared by Mercer consultants

Membership Obligations

• Contribute to the forum by bringing fresh perspectives and thought leadership
• Ensure senior HR leadership represents the company for meetings, no deputizing to junior staff
• To be eligible for a report, the company must submit data. We invite company to submit as much data as possible for all locations where they have presence.
• Data must be on time and good quality for all positions, including executives
• On time payment of membership fee (membership fee is renewed every year in January
• Company should not miss more than 1 of the forum meetings in a calendar year

Admission Criteria

Potential members must meet ALL of the following criteria:

• Must be an organization that supports the principles of the Technology Member Organizations.
• Must be able to add value to the Forum membership through:
  • Being an organization that provides competitive operations to the current membership
  • Being representative within the Middle East and/or Africa region in countries that are of interest to the current membership
• Must submit all compensation and benefits data for all countries where the organization has operations by the first immediate submission deadline to ensure mutual data insights benefits for all Forum members.

Current Members

• Accenture
• Amazon
• Ericsson
• Google
• Idemia
• IBM
• META
• Microsoft
• Nokia
• Palo Alto Networks
• SAP
• Schneider Electric
• Tecknoledge (YNV)
• Zscaler

Recent Spot Polls

• Middle East Housing and Schooling Policy
• Quarterly Salary Budget Snapshot Surveys
• Middle East Leave Policies
• Egypt Car Policy
• Egypt Inflation and Currency Depreciation
• Turkey Inflation and Currency Depreciation
• Algeria Car Policy
• Algeria Severance Policy
• KSA Dependent Visas
• UAE Legislative Changes
• Middle East Flexible Working Policy
• UAE Nationals HR Practices
• KSA Allowances and Benefit