(Source : Gallup, July 2023)
Table of contents :
- Engagement: where do Belgium and France stand in the rankings?
- Disengaged employees: the challenge of re-enchantment
The latest Gallup 2023 pan-European survey revealed that employee engagement affects just 11% of employees in Belgium (and only 7% in France): so there’s still work to be done to re-enchant disengaged employees. The survey also reveals that 51% of workers worldwide are actively looking for a new job. Seeing the number of opportunities around them, they are more likely to leave their employers.
1. Engagement: where do Belgium and France stand in the rankings?
The latest survey by the Gallup Institute reveals a significantly low level of employee engagement in Belgium and France, although France has moved up one place since the last survey. On a European panel, Belgium ranks 30th and France 36th out of 38 in terms of engagement, with 11% of employees engaged in Belgium versus 7% in France.
In Europe, the average number of engaged employees is 13%, compared with 23% worldwide. The most engaged, or least disengaged, employees are to be found in Romania (35%), Northern Macedonia (29%), which has moved up 4 places since the previous edition, and Iceland (26%).
This phenomenon, linked to disengaged employees, is part of the not so new anymore global trend of “quiet quitting”. In addition, the French surveyed are more confident in the job market than in the past, even if the European average is much more so (56% vs. 35%).
On the other hand, French employees are less stressed than in the previous survey (40%, down 4 points). Nevertheless, the rate of work-related anger among French employees has risen by one point since last year, affecting 17% of them (see table below).
2. Disengaged employees: the challenge of re-enchantment
It’s worth noting that only 35% of French people want to change jobs (compared to 56% across Europe). And for good reason: the French feel that now is not the right time.
