When it comes to employee engagement, America is in a slump. In 2021, employees reported feeling less engaged in the workplace than in previous years. Coupled with the continuing exodus of the Great Resignation, human resource professionals have their work cut out for them as they try to retain employees, according to a recent report.
Last year, only 34 percent of the 57,022 full- and part-time employees surveyed by analytics and consulting firm Gallup reported feeling engaged at work, while 16 percent said they were actively disengaged in their work and workplace. The numbers weren’t much better in 2020—36 percent of employees were engaged and 14 percent were actively disengaged—but 2021 is the first time in a decade that engagement dropped year-over-year, according to the firm.
