If you’ve been feeling burnt out at work lately, you aren’t alone, as a new report has found that in the third quarter of this year, only 31% of employees were engaged.
The report comes from Gallup and is just one of several examining how employees feel in their careers and day-to-day work.
The Gallup report is an improvement from this year’s first quarter when just 30% of employees reported being engaged at work. Currently, Gallup’s tracker shows that in the fourth quarter, 33% of employees in the United States are engaged.
This also isn’t a US only issue, as globally, that number tanks to just 23%.
The surveyors also found that when it comes to how employees feel about their companies, just 19% are satisfied with the place they work.
In addition, only 27% said they’ve received recognition for their work in the past week, while another 39% said they have someone, a supervisor or coworker, who cares about them at work.
However, Gallup’s survey isn’t the only one to find strife in the workplace.
Another survey from the employee recognition software company Nectar highlighted that the feelings of burnout and disengagement aren’t specific to employees, as 41% of leaders report being disengaged at work as well.
The Nectar survey looked to examine more about how managers impact their employees, as 33% of employees said they directly impact how engaged they are once they clock in.
“It’s so important to focus efforts on those middle management layers and different team managers to make sure that they’tr highly engaged,” Cassidy Gonzalez, Nectar’s SVP of people and culture, told HR Brew. “A manager that’s disengaged…and not being helpful, these employees are left floundering. They don’t know how to thrive because there’s no direction showing them how to do it.”
Since the pandemic turned the world on its head many have been rethinking their work situations, with many leaving jobs for other opportunities over the last four years.
A recent report from LendingTree has found that over the last year, 17% of workers have even changed roles for less money because it means the work they are doing is less stressful.
Gallup shares that it’s important to have workers who are engaged for numerous reasons but that it’s critical to the wellbeing of the company and the employee.
“Measuring and managing engagement in your organization is critical to the success of your employees and organization as a whole,” the survey said. “Engaged employees have higher wellbeing, better retention, lower absenteeism, and higher productivity.”