Studies show that effective communication drives employee engagement and profitability. Here are 20 statistics that show why employee engagement matters…

1. 20 Startling Stats about
Employee
Engagement
(and why it matters)
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2. Employee engagement is the key to success in
today’s business world.
Studies show that effective communication drives
employee engagement and increases financial
performance.
Here are 20 statistics that show why
employee engagement matters…

3. 50% of US workers are constantly looking
for the next job opportunity
1

4. 26% of employees plan to leave their
employers within the next 2 years
2

5. Just 37% of engaged employees would consider
leaving for a 20% raise or less, compared to 54%
of actively disengaged employees
3

6. Engaged millennials are 64% less likely
to say they will switch jobs
4

7. The attrition rate of disengaged employees is
12x higher than highly engaged employees
5

8. Only 32.6% of American workers
say they are engaged
6

9. Only 25% of employees are highly engaged,
40% are moderately engaged
7

10. 29% of millennials are engaged at work, 55%
are not engaged, 16% are actively disengaged
8

11. Workers in the top 1% in terms of productivity add
about $5,000 to profit per year,
while a toxic worker costs about $12,000 per year
9

12. 69% of employees report engagement is a
problem in their organization
10

13. 60% of employees say they lack the elements
required to be highly engaged
11

14. 82% of employees said it’s very important that
their organization address the employee
engagement problem
12

15. 85% of executives rated engagement as an
important (38%) or very important (48%)
priority for their companies
13

16. 80% of HR pros say that employee engagement is
an important area of focus for their organization
14

17. Firms that communicate effectively are 4x more
likely to report high levels of employee engagement
15

18. Organizations with engaged employees saw a
26% greater annual increase in revenue
16

19. Engagement through effective
communications drives
21% higher productivity
17

20. Higher workplace engagement leads to up to
65% lower turnover, 37% lower absenteeism,
48% fewer safety incidents, and 41% fewer quality defects
18

21. Business units with high employee engagement
have 28% less shrinkage and 28% less internal theft
19

22. Companies with engaged employees see 233% greater
customer loyalty and 10% higher customer ratings
20

23. Sources:
http://www.manpowergroupsolutions.com/candidatepreferences
http://www.towerswatson.com/en-US/Insights/IC-Types/Survey-Research-Results/2014/08/the-2014-global-workforce-study
http://www.gallup.com/businessjournal/188399/retaining-employees-money-matter.aspx
http://www.gallup.com/businessjournal/194204/millennials-job-hoppers-not.aspx
http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/glint-study-reveals-new-hires-with-poor-onboarding-experiences-are-eight-times-more-2167492.htm
http://www.gallup.com/poll/193901/employee-engagement-steady-june.aspx
http://www.aon.com/human-capital-consulting/thought-leadership/talent/2016-Trends-in-Global-Employee-Engagement.jsp
http://www.gallup.com/businessjournal/191459/millennials-job-hopping-generation.aspx
http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/16-057_d45c0b4f-fa19-49de-8f1b-4b12fe054fea.pdf
http://www.psychometrics.com/docs/engagement_study.pdf
http://dupress.deloitte.com/dup-us-en/focus/human-capital-trends/2016/employee-engagement-and-retention.html
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/temkin-group-publishes-benchmark-study-of-human-resources-involvement-in-customer-experience-and-employee-engagement-300218718.html
http://inwardconsulting.blogspot.co.uk/2007/09/effective-communications-leading.html
http://www.gallup.com/businessjournal/190352/managing-employee-risk-requires-culture-compliance.aspx
http://www.aberdeen.com/research/10985/10985-RR-customer-employee-engagement.aspx/content.aspx
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