In its ongoing survey of the American workplace, Gallup found that only 30 per cent of workers “were engaged, or involved in, enthusiastic about, and committed to their workplace.”
Although that equals the high in engagement since Gallup began studying the issue in 2000, it is overshadowed by the number of workers who aren’t committed to performing at a high level, which Gallup says costs companies money.
The poll, released last week, examined worker engagement between 2010 and 2012. The previous poll period covered 2008 through 2010.
The survey classifies three types of employees among the 100 million people in America who hold full-time jobs: actively engaged (about 30 million workers), not engaged (50 million), and actively disengaged (20 million).
Employees not engaged are going through the motions at work, while those actively disengaged hate going to work and undermine their companies with their attitude, according to the survey.
“The general consciousness about the importance of employee engagement seems to have increased in the past decade,” said Jim Harter, Gallup’s chief scientist for workplace management and well-being. “But there is a gap between knowing about engagement and doing something about it in most American workplaces.”
Gallup estimates that workers who are actively disengaged cost the U.S. as much as $550 billion in economic activity yearly. The level of employee engagement in the past decade has been largely stagnant, according to researchers.
The report found that certain age groups and those with higher education levels reported more discontent with their workplace. Baby boomers, for instance, are more likely to be “actively disengaged” than other age groups. Employees with college degrees are also more likely to be running on autopilot at work.
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Source: thestar.com
Author: Ricardo Lopez
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