Various professionals in the UAE and across the globe who were made redundant due to the socio-economic effects of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) took to social media to express their gratitude for their employers.
Many of these professionals, mostly in the travel and retail industry, utilized LinkedIn—the most sought after platform for career-related concerns—to announce their redundancy and talk about how their employers helped shape them as competent professionals.
Lena Jenkins, a former cabin crew at Emirates Airline, shared on LinkedIn how the airline gave her the best opportunities.
“Emirates was my life for the last 5 and a half years sand I’m so grateful for the opportunity,” she said.
She said that she has now started a new career within recruitment, and that it is “time to have a fresh start and a new challenge.”
Another cabin crew who was made redundant, Ines Khlifi, said Emirates gave her the opportunity to reach amazing places all over the world.
“I have been to amazing places/cities/countries all over the world, worked in a very multicultural and cosmopolitan environment. I had ups and downs of course, but most of all, I enjoyed it to the fullest!” she posted.
Former pilot Thibaut Marchand, also took to LinkedIn to thank Emirates for recognizing his potential, and for giving him a chance to fly all over the world.
“Two years flying the 777 around the globe with some of the nicest and most professional people I’ve had the chance and honor to fly with. A lot of fun, learnings and hard work at times but it was all worth it,” he said, adding that “I learnt a lot.”
Meanwhile, former first-class cabin crew Karen Ginger Aris, said in her LinkedIn post that Etihad Airways gave her the best gift of her life—her husband.
“Thank you Etihad for 15 years of wonderful experience, for letting me meet colleagues that became friends, friends that became family and most specially, for being the venue where I met my husband whom I’m building a beautiful family with,” she said.
Another professional who was made redundant, this time in the insurance field, was client relationship manager Chloe Philips. She said that she had wonderful moments managing the clients of UK-based Kingsbridge, and that she is grateful for the company for giving her room to grow.
“Due to the current state of the market and similar to many others, my position with Kingsbridge has been made redundant. I had the most enjoyable time client managing for the company, finding business growth, and implementing and improving processes, whilst getting to know the depths and challenges of IR35,” she said.
Meanwhile, Adam Ebrahim, who was made redundant by retail company Gap after 10 years of service, said that he learned so much from this “incredible journey.”
“It’s been the most incredible journey and I’ve learnt so much along the way. I cherish the teams that I’ve worked with and relationships that have been built. Thank you to everyone that has made experience so amazing,” he said in his LinkedIn post.
