The two-point drop in engagement during the third quarter equates to approximately 3.2 million fewer engaged staff members quarter over quarter, leaving 53% not engaged and 18% actively disengaged. Workplace sentiment metrics slipped concurrently, with only 46% of respondents reporting clarity about their job expectations and 37% feeling cared for by colleagues. Remote and hybrid workers faced twice the decline in role clarity compared to in-person staff, though researchers caution that a single quarter does not establish a definitive trend. Despite links between engagement and corporate profitability, an alternate Conference Board survey recorded job satisfaction reaching 68.9% in June.
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The drop in workplace engagement was concentrated among hybrid and remote personnel at or…: The drop in workplace engagement was concentrated among hybrid and remote personnel at organizations using artificial intelligence.
Clarity concerning everyday workplace expectations fell roughly twice as much for off-sit…: Clarity concerning everyday workplace expectations fell roughly twice as much for off-site staff as it did for on-site peers.
Broader labor market readings remain mixed because a separate index measured overall job…: Broader labor market readings remain mixed because a separate index measured overall job satisfaction at 68.9% in June.
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The current U.S. job market has been described as a "low-hire, low-fire" environment — relatively stable, even as unemployment edges up and wage growth stagnates. But there is another kind of low being expressed by workers — their level of engagement.
Gallup's quarterly polling of the workforce on engagement — which tracks workers’ focus, motivation and enthusiasm for their jobs — fell to its lowest level since 2011 in the third quarter of 2026.
The decline was concentrated in remote and hybrid employees across the U.S., according to Gallup, particularly "those in organizations that have adopted artificial intelligence."
The quarterly data does need to be put into the longer-term context for a poll that Gallup has conducted since 2000. Back in 2000, its inaugural polling found 26% of U.S. employees were engaged, and the data moved in a relatively tight band, between 26% and 30%, through 2013. The all-time peak of 36% occurred during the Covid year of 2020.
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