Gallup’s recent State of Work report highlighted an ‘engagement gap’ between the best and the rest (see graph).
You’d hear the rattle of the cups first. “Ooh, lovely, just what I need” or “About time, I’m gasping”, people said, looking up from their desks.
The trolley would nose its way through the doors, with the the tea lady in tow (I’m not sexist, it was the…
I once cleaned the toilets in a Corned Beef warehouse.
I was holiday cover for the regular guy and it was a bit of a doddle, I was done by lunchtime.
The problem with ‘The Great Resignation’ isn’t that lots of people are quitting their jobs.
It’s that the wrong people are quitting.
For too many people, work is crap.
That’s why the levels of employee engagement are pitifully low, why the majority of employees would change job tomorrow if a better opportunity arose and why the workplace is awash with apathy.