📊 State of the Global Workplace 📊 

Although the Gallup Report only came out a few days ago, a quarter of my shortlisted articles were about data from the research.

• 90% of UK employees are quiet quitting

• 40% of Indian workforce are sad

• Three-quarters of Aussies think it’s time to change jobs

So let’s hop on the bandwagon and buckle up as I give you ten fav facts and figures from the 152-page State of the Global Workplace report.

Note on methodology - this year’s report adds 128,278 employee responses making the full trend of data for this report (2009-2023) a total of 2,336,570 records.

10 Facts & Figures

1. 💡 Decreasing the number of disengaged workers drives positive outcomes within organizations. High-engagement business units are more likely to see significantly higher employee well-being and productivity, profitability, and sales than low-engagement teams.

2. ⚖️ Labor protections are associated with employees evaluating their present overall life better. Sub indexes include maternity at work, fair wages, social security, employment security, fair treatment, and safety.

3. 🤑 Gallup estimates low employee engagement costs the global economy 8.9 trillion U.S. dollars, or 9% of global GDP.

4. 😒 Global employee wellbeing declined from 35% to 34%. The United States and Canada have the highest percentage of engaged employees, Europe has the lowest.

5. 🥹 20% percent of global respondents experience daily loneliness. South Asia experiences the most daily loneliness, Australia and New Zealand the least.

6. 😡 21% of global respondents experience daily anger. South Asia experiences the most anger, LATAM and the Caribbean the least.

7. 😢 22% of global respondents experience daily sadness. South Asia experiences the most daily sadness, East Asia experiences the least.

8. 😓 41% of global respondents experience daily stress. MENA region experiences the most daily stress, Post-Soviet Eurasia experiences the least.

9. 🪜 Managers have more negative experiences than non-managers. Managers are more likely to be stressed, angry, sad, and lonely than non-managers.

10. 🔍️ 52% of global respondents are watching for or actively seeking a new job. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest percentage of employees seeking new jobs, Europe has the lowest.