Gallup: US employee engagement falls to lowest level since 2011

A Gallup poll found US employee engagement fell to 29% in Q3, the lowest in 15 years. The decline was steepest among remote and hybrid workers, especially at organizations adopting AI, equivalent to about 3.2 million fewer engaged employees in the quarter.

• Engagement fell to 29%, down 2 points from the previous quarter
• Engaged workers are down about 11 million since 2020
• Clarity of expectations dropped twice as much for remote and hybrid staff
• AI's engagement edge for distributed teams narrowed to just 2 points