Do workplace connections matter?
Unengaged employees cost $8.8 trillion globally
“Employees who are not engaged or who are actively disengaged cost
the world $8.8 trillion in lost productivity, according to Gallup's State of
the Global Workplace: 2023 Report. That's equal to 9% of global GDP.”
Source: Gallup
Only 32% of workers are engaged at work
“A recent Gallup poll found that only about a third - 32% of workers are engaged in their work, down from 36% in 2020. The survey also found that
the number of actively disengaged workers has risen since the pandemic.”
Source: Gallup
82% of employees have felt lonely at work.
“Research has shown that employees with close connections at work are more productive, creative, and collaborative. They’re also more satisfied with their job, less susceptible to burnout, and less likely to leave.”Source: EY
Employees with close connections less
likely to leave.
“EY's survey of more than 5,000 workers in Brazil, China, Germany, the U.K. and the U.S. found that 82 percent of respondents indicated they have felt lonely at work. Nearly half of those polled (49 percent) experience loneliness more now than before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to EY's report.”