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 that this variation is responsible (or at least responsible in part) for some of the 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