Gallup published their State of the Global Workplace: The Human Side of the AI Revolution Report, which features annual findings from the world’s largest ongoing study of the employee experience. The 2026 edition of the report found that global employee engagement fell to 20% in 2025, costing the world economy an estimated $10 trillion in lost productivity.
Key Findings:
- In 2025, global employee engagement declined for a second year to its lowest level since 2020.
- Lower engagement among managers accounts for most of the recent downturn in employee engagement.
- Global employee perceptions of the job market improved in 2025, though still below their 2019 peak.
- In 2025, global employee well-being improved for the first time in three years.
- Regionally, Australia/New Zealand (-12 points) and the United States and Canada (-10 points) experienced the sharpest declines in job market optimism.
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