Before the pandemic, workforce engagement and overall employee wellbeing were rising globally for nearly a decade — but now, they’re stagnant.

Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace: 2022 Report reports that just 21% of employees engaged at work and 33% of employees thriving in their overall wellbeing. Further, the report found that 60% of people are emotionally detached at work and 19% are miserable.

“‘Living for the weekend,’ ‘watching the clock tick,’ ‘work is just a paycheck.’ These are the mantras of many workers worldwide.

Most workers would say that they don’t find their work meaningful or don’t think their lives are going well or don’t feel hopeful about their future, states Gallup.

Stress is at an all-time high. Workers are even more stressed than they were in the first year of the pandemic, as they’ve experienced three years of turbulence, including health risks, economic instability, higher costs due to inflation, and the threat of layoffs.

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