Employee Engagement Slips From 2020 High: Gallup

Employee engagement slips from 2020 high: Gallup

A new Gallup survey found that the share of respondents who reported feeling actively engaged at work last year was down 5 percent from its high in 2020.  The poll, released Wednesday, found that 31 percent of employees said they felt actively engaged at work in 2025, the same percentage that said as much in...

The worker engagement downward spiral continues

Since 2020, an estimated 8 million fewer workers were actively engaged, Gallup found.

New Gallup Study Shows There Are Eight Million Fewer Engaged Workers Since 2020

U.S. employee engagement has yet to recover from its pandemic-era peak, with younger workers experiencing the sharpest declines, according to new Gallup data. The findings suggest that confusion around expectations, limited development opportunities, and weaker manager relationships are weighing most heavily on early- and mid-career employees. Gallup found that 31% of U.S. employees were engaged at work in 2025, unchanged from 2024 but well belo…