World Day for Safety and Health at Work

The Shrinking Perk of Being a Manager. Since 2022, manager engagement has dropped by nine points. Individual contributor engagement also declined but has had a slight rebound. The largest year-over-year drop in manager engagement occurred between 2024 and 2025, when it declined by five points from 27% to 22%. In short, managers used to enjoy an “engagement premium” at work , but they are increasingly only as engaged as those they lead. South Asia’s decline in manager engagement suggests organizational flattening may be a factor. In 2025, South Asia (primarily India) experienced an eight-point decline in manager engagement, the largest decline of any region. At the same time, the percentage of managers in South Asia also declined, suggesting that employers are cutting management roles. Top IT firms add just 17 staff in nine months, hiring nearly freezes. Some evidence suggests that in 2025, India’s IT sector saw a substantial slowdown in hiring, along with cuts to mid-level and senio...

  Gallup Q¹² items; see “Appendix 3: Support Information” for item wording

  In 2025, global employee wellbeing improved for the first time in three years. Leaders have higher life evaluations but worse days than those they lead. In psychology, wellbeing can be measured by examining the reflective self or the experiencing self. How people think about their lives does not always match how they experience them day to day. When comparing leaders, managers, project managers and individual contributors, higher levels of leadership report higher levels of engagement and wellbeing . At the same time, compared with individual contributors, leaders are substantially more likely to report experiencing a lot of stress (+7 points), anger (+12), sadness (+11) and loneliness (+10) the previous day. Leadership also offers little upside in terms of positive emotions: Leaders are less likely than individual contributors to say they smiled or laughed a lot the previous day and less likely than managers to report experiencing enjoyment. Although leadership can give i...

 Thinking about the job situation in the city or area where you live today, would you say that it is now a good time or a bad time to find a job?

Please imagine a ladder with steps numbered from zero at the bottom to 10 at the top. Suppose we say that the top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you , and the bottom of the ladder represents the worst possible life for you . On which step of the ladder would you say you personally feel you stand at this time? (0-10) Just your best guess, on which step do you think you will stand in the future, say about five years from now? (0-10)

Did you experience the following feelings A LOT OF THE DAY yesterday? How about anger?

  You experience the following feelings A LOT OF THE DAY yesterday? How about sadness?

  Employee Engagement  Employee engagement reflects the involvement and enthusiasm of employees in their work and workplace. Employees can become engaged when their basic needs are met, and they have a chance to contribute, a sense of belonging, and opportunities to learn and grow. Gallup categorizes employees as engaged, not engaged or actively disengaged. • Engaged employees are thriving at work. They are highly involved in and enthusiastic about their work and workplace. They are psychological “owners,” drive performance and innovation, and move the organization forward. • Not engaged employees are quietly quitting. They are psychologically unattached to their work and company. Because their engagement needs are not being fully met, they are putting time but not energy or passion into their work. • Actively disengaged employees are loudly quitting. They aren’t just unhappy at work. They are resentful that their needs are not being met and are acting out their unha...

 Did you experience the following feelings A LOT OF THE DAY yesterday? How about loneliness?