Only one-third of American employees felt they were engaged in their work and workplace, according to new data from Gallup. While this is up slightly from the 32% engagement rate recorded in 2022, it is down from the 40% peak in June 2020, when the pandemic disrupted most workplaces.
Gallup also found the percentage of actively disengaged workers declined from 18% in 2022 to 16% in 2023, while 50% of employees were not engaged. The ratio of engaged to actively disengaged workers in the U.S. was 2.1-to-1 in 2023, up from 1.8-to-1 in 2022. The record high is a ratio of 2.7-to-1, which was recorded in 2019.
As for the employers’ perspective, 51% of managers told Gallup that the post-pandemic restructuring of their staff created layoffs, budget cuts and staffing challenges that exacerbated the workplace difficulties with nearly two-thirds of managers added, their employees now have additional job responsibilities forced upon them.
Gallup stated that each percentage point gain or drop in engagement represents approximately 1.6 million full- or part-time employees and added that workers who were “not engaged or actively disengaged employees account for approximately $1.9 trillion in lost productivity nationally.”
I think it is time to get back to work and become part of society. Stop being anti social and pretending to work just as hard at home.
Employees dont realize what they are missing from a sub-conscious learning in the workplace that you CAN NOT get by working from home watching the dog or getting your haircut on company time.