Quarter of hoteliers offered unpaid leave

Almost a quarter of people employed in the Middle East hospitality industry have been offered a period of unpaid leave by their company in the past six months.

This is the latest finding from the Hotelier Middle East Salary Survey 2009, in which 22.5% of respondents said they had been offered unpaid leave.

When asked how much they agreed with a series of statements, only 45.3% of the respondents said they “looked forward to the future with complete confidence”.

Nearly 40% said they felt “less secure” in their roles than they did six months previously.

Another 8.8% said they were “anxious about keeping” their job, 3.7% said they believed they would be made redundant within the next six months and 2.7% said they had already been made redundant.

In total, 431 respondents answered the Salary Survey 2009.