Gallup Releases State of the Global Workplace 2023 Findings

The latest Gallup employee engagement numbers are out, with mixed results:

• The percentage of engaged employees globally rose from 22% in 2021 to 23% in 2022.
• Regions with the highest levels of employee engagement are South Asia (33%), the United States and Canada (31%), and Latin America and the Caribbean (31%).
• The European region has the lowest employee engagement (13%).
• The engagement level among the world’s best-run organizations is 72%.
• Globally, 31% of managers are engaged, compared with 20% of individual contributors.
• Remote employees (30%) are more engaged than fully on-site (21%) and hybrid (24%) employees.

But what might be more concerning is the number of employees who are performing their duties, but no longer subscribing to the hustle-culture mentality:

• 59% of employees are quiet quitting (not engaged), and 18% are loud quitting (actively disengaged).
• More than half (51%) of global employees working for an employer are actively looking for another job or watching for openings.

Jill, What Can I Do?  Gallup found that effective management is key to engaging employees.  They recommend that managers have a meaningful conversation with each direct report once per week for 15-30 minutes, which focuses on recognition, collaboration, goals, and strengths.  Additionally, managers should conduct focus groups prior to making decisions that impact employees, so people have a voice and are heard.  Employee engagement is really quite simple – fulfill people’s basic human needs.