Global Employee Engagement Drops for Only the Second Time in 12 Years, Costing the World's Economy US$438 Billion
- Gallup's report released April 23, 2025, showed global employee engagement fell in 2024.
- This decline marked only the second drop in the past twelve years.
- Decreased manager engagement primarily caused the overall reduction.
- Manager engagement decreased from 30% to 27% in 2024.
- This fall in engagement cost the world economy $438 billion in lost productivity.
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Global Employee Engagement Drops for Only the Second Time in 12 Years, Costing the World's Economy US$438 Billion
WASHINGTON, April 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- For only the second time in the past 12 years, the global percentage of engaged employees fell — from 23% in 2023 to 21% in 2024, according to Gallup's latest State of the Global…
Global Employee Engagement Drops for Only the Second Time in 12 Years, Costing the World’s Economy US$438 Billion
WASHINGTON, April 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — For only the second time in the past 12 years, the global percentage of engaged employees fell — from 23% in 2023 to 21% in 2024, according to Gallup’s latest State of the Global Workplace report. The primary cause was a drop in manager engagement: While engagement among individual contributors […]
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