Employee engagement statistics

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Employee engagement statistics*

  • Employee engagement drives company growth! A Gallup meta-analysis found that companies with engaged workforces are up to 22% more profitable than competitors with lower engagement numbers (Gallup)
  • Gallup’s 2022 State of the Workplace Report found that only 21% of workers globally were engaged at work, with women (23%) being slightly more engaged than men (20%) (Gallup)
  • Globally, in the first half of last year, 85%of employees said they were either not fully engaged or actively disengaged at work (Gallup)
  • 33% of employees globally said they were thriving in their overall wellbeing at work (Gallup)
  • Poor employee engagement worldwide has been estimated to cost around $7 trillion in lost productivity! (Gallup)
  • Business units with engaged workers have 23% higher profit when compared to business units with unengaged workers (Gallup)
  • According to one study by Qualtrics, around 50% of UK workers reported they are engaged in their current job (The Circular Board)
  • (81%) of businesses agree that high employee turnover is a “costly problem.” (Zenefits)
  • According to one study, 63% of companies say retaining employees is actually harder than hiring them (Zenefits)
  • One study found that highly engaged workplaces see a 10% increase in customer ratings and a 20% increase in sales (Qualtircs)
  • 75% of employees said they wanted to work for an organisation that makes a positive contribution to society (PWC)
  • 71% of employees said that being fairly rewarded financially was the main factor in staying with a company. The next main factors were finding a job fulfilling (69%) and working in an environment where you can be yourself (66%) (PWC)
  • In one survey, 43% of people said they prefer to receive recognition privatelyin a one-on-one with their manager (Haiilo)
  • In 2019 a report by the company Bonusly found that 84% of highly engaged employees were recognized for their achievements at work compared to only 25% of actively disengaged employees (Bonusly)
  • One long-term study found that having a good company culture increases revenue by as much as 4x! (Forbes)
  • The same study found that company culture impacts stock market performance too – with share prices increasing on average 901% compared to only 74% for companies deemed to have ‘non-performance enhancing cultures’ (Forbes)
  • 73% of employees surveyed would consider leaving their current role for the right offer – even if they’re not actively looking for a new job at the moment (Business Insider)
  • The hospitality industry had the highest share of workers thinking about quitting at 77% (Business Insider)
  • 74% of younger employees surveyed said they would accept a pay cut for the chance to work at their ‘ideal job’ (Hays)
  • The same survey by Hays found that 23% of those seeking a new job wouldn’t need a pay increase to take up a new position with a different company (Hays)
  • Engaged employees are 87% less likely to leave their organisation (Qualtrics)
  • Burned-out employees are 63% more likely to take a sick day and 2.6 times more likely to look for another job (Circular Board)
  • Engaged employees are more likely to stay with their employer for longer. Businesses with an engaged workforce achieve around 24% lower staff turnover when compared to those with a poor employee engagement rate (Clevry)
  • Gallup estimates that managers account for around a 70% variance in employee engagement across businesses. It seems this variation is responsible (or at least responsible in part) for poor employee engagement figures seen globally (Clevry)
  • Only 23% of employees said that their company helps them minimise the environmental impact of their job, although this tends to be more down to company-wide initiatives rather than personal, individual ones (PWC)
  • 45% of respondents who aren’t able to work from home reported having less job satisfaction than their colleagues who can (PWC)
  • 63% of respondents said they expect their company to offer either hybrid working or WFH in the next 12 months (PWC)
  • 26% of employees surveyed said they would prefer to work fully remotely, but only 18% thought their employer would adopt such a model (PWC)
  • 50% of employees surveyed said being able to choose where to work was the most important factor when deciding whether to change jobs (PWC)
  • According to Achievers.com, alignment with a company’s values is the number 1 predictor of employee engagement (Achievers)
  • The most recent Gallup State of the Workplace survey found that 60% of people were emotionally detached at work, and 19% were miserable! (Gallup)
  • In Germany, 51% of actively disengaged workers said that stress at work had caused them to behave poorly with loved ones (Gallup)

*These stats have been sourced from

https://www.clevry.com/insights/employee-engagement-statistics-2022

(with thanks to Roger Fairhead for collating the above)