Few people anticipated the long-term impact of COVID-19 on employee satisfaction. It certainly set in motion the Great Resignation, which is still going strong, with an estimated 4.06 million U.S. workers quitting their jobs in September 2022. It’s also partly responsible for the new and more problematic phenomenon dubbed “quiet quitting.” At a minimum, Gallup believes that 50% of the U.S. workforce could fall into this category, doing only what’s required of them. So, while companies build out their strategic plans for 2023, a key focus point will inevitably be improving employee engagement.
Employee engagement is staggeringly low at just 21%, according to Gallup’s most recent “State