Overview
- Gallup's State of the Global Workplace report, released Wednesday, puts global engagement at 20% after a second straight yearly drop.
- Manager engagement has fallen nine points since 2022, including a five-point slide in 2025 to 22%, and Gallup says managers are now no more engaged than the teams they lead and are pivotal for AI adoption.
- Gallup estimates disengagement cost the world economy about $10 trillion in lost productivity in 2024, or roughly 9% of global GDP.
- Regional gaps persisted: Europe is lowest at 12%, the U.S. and Canada are highest at 31% with job optimism down to 47% and a new regional low for wellbeing, and South Asia saw the steepest declines with an eight-point drop in manager engagement tied to organizational flattening.
- Global wellbeing ticked up for the first time in three years to 34% thriving, yet daily stress, anger, and sadness remain elevated compared with pre-pandemic levels, signaling lingering strain on workers.