Huffington Magazine Issue 78 | Page 14

DATA Enter HUFFINGTON 12.08.13 Where Workers Are Most Miserable Only about 13 percent of employees worldwide are engaged at work ­— emotionally invested in created value for their companies — ­ which makes the U.S. look pretty good with 30 percent engagement. Actively disengaged workers around the world outnumber their engaged colleagues 2:1, and the ratio is steeper in areas with high unemployment and other political and socioeconomic disruptors. — Katy Hall No Data 15% - 23% 24% - 32% 33% - 41% 30% HOW THE U.S. STACKS UP 13% 42% - 54% THE UNEMPLOYMENT EFFECT NOT ENGAGED ACTIVELY DISENGAGED Hiring new people and expanding the size of its workforce 12% 17% 29% 18% 41% 44% 42% Letting people go and reducing the size of its workforce 24% 47% 39% 29% Not changing the size of its workforce 52% Companies in the U.S. and Canada that are letting people go are more likely then expanding companies to have actively disengaged workers. ENGAGED 63% SOURCE: GALLUP. SPIDERSTOCK/GETTY IMAGES (CABINET) UNITED STATES WORLD 2% - 14%