Businesses around the world are grappling with problems caused by declining employee engagement – and British firms are no exception. Only 9% of UK employees felt engaged in their work in 2019-21, according to Gallup’s latest annual State of the Global Workforce report. Its researchers placed the country 33rd out of the 38 European states rated on this measure – a drop of two places on its 2018-20 ranking.
The lasting impact of the Covid crisis on the psychological contract between employees and employers has been one of the main factors causing this high level of disengagement, which is manifesting itself in the so-called quiet quitting trend.