Over the last two decades, Gallup reports the percentage of employees disengaged at work has averaged 70 percent.1 And it’s been costly. Disengaged employees have 18 percent lower productivity with profitability being 15 percent lower.2 When put into dollars and cents – “an actively disengaged employee costs their organization $3,400 for every $10,000 of salary, or 34 percent. That means an actively disengaged employee who makes $60,000 a year costs their company $20,400 a year!
Well written article on the issues of engagement vs. disengagement. It references the work Gallup has done over 2 decades on this subject.