{"id":6027,"date":"2024-07-05T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/us\/?post_type=resources&p=6027"},"modified":"2025-04-17T16:05:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T16:05:29","slug":"fighting-employee-disengagement","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/us\/resources\/talent-management\/employee-engagement\/fighting-employee-disengagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting the rapid spread of employee disengagement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Fighting the rapid spread of employee disengagement<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Employee engagement among US employees reached an all-time low in 2024. This resource offers effective strategies to identify and prevent employee disengagement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Published: July 5, 2024 | by Victoria Kelleher<\/strong>, Lead Survey Specialist at Brightmine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problem of employee disengagement is increasing in prevalence. Recent data from Gallup<\/a> found that engagement among US employees has reached an all-time low in 2024, with a ratio of 1.8 engaged workers per every actively disengaged worker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disengagement to this degree can drain an organization’s productivity and wreak havoc across a range of business outcomes. In fact, the cumulative effects of employee disengagement are estimated<\/a> to cost up to 9% of the global GDP in lost productivity each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At these levels, it is unlikely that any organization is entirely spared from the effects of employee disengagement. However, disengagement can be hard to detect, and even harder to address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a report from McKinsey<\/a>, disengaged employees most often fall into the “mildly disengaged” category. These employees are not actively disruptive, but their dissatisfaction causes them to underperform or avoid making contributions that go beyond what is required in their job description. Often, this type of disengagement can go unrecognized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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