Remote Workers More Engaged but Less Likely to Thrive, Finds Gallup Study

( The Hill Remote workers are the ones showing the highest levels of engagement on the job, yet they tend to report lower overall well-being from their experiences. according to a survey published Thursday.

According to Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace report, 31% of remote employees exhibited high engagement levels at their jobs, which is 8 percentage points higher compared to those working in hybrid roles or fully on-site positions, where engagement was reported at 23%. Furthermore, less than one-fifth of individuals limited to solely on-site work demonstrated significant workplace involvement.

Even though remote workers showed greater engagement, they were less likely to be thriving, with 36 percent reporting so, in contrast to on-site and hybrid workers, both at 42 percent each. The study also revealed that approximately 30 percent of employees restricted to working solely on-site claimed to be thriving.

Employees who worked entirely from home were more prone to experiencing feelings of sadness, loneliness, and anger than those who worked on-site or followed a hybrid model.

Hybrid and remote employees experienced similar stress levels, with 45 percent reporting high stress, which was roughly seven points more than their on-site counterparts.

The document monitors the well-being of workers globally in both their personal lives and careers.

Fifty-seven percent of globally fully remote workers were actively seeking or casually exploring new job prospects. In contrast, this percentage drops to 47 when considering only fully remote employees who are highly engaged, as stated in the report.

Slightly fewer than four out of every ten completely remote workers who are flourishing and involved reported looking for new employment during their working hours.

A poll from YouGov that came out last month found that most Americans, 62 percent, said they believe their job is meaningful to society.

Gallup surveyed 227,347 workers around the world from April to December last year.

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