Nearly a third of UK workers enjoy their jobs but feel no connection to their organisation, data finds
Data from The Chameleon Agency showed that 48% felt connected, while the rest sat in what the agency called a ‘grey zone’.
Almost half of UK workers felt connected to their jobs and aligned with their organisation’s values and purpose, according to a study by The Chameleon Agency.
The research showed that 48% felt connected, while the rest sat in what the agency called a ‘grey zone’.
Nearly a third (31%) were described as ‘the hollow connected’ – people who enjoyed their work day-to-day but felt no real connection to their organisation’s purpose, values or mission.
13% liked their role and colleagues but were not engaged with leadership, and 7% were fully disengaged.
20% of workers said they were actively looking for a new role or planned to leave within the next year.
13% would move now for a role that better reflected their values or interests, and one in 10 said they would leave now if the economy or job market improved.
Joe Gilliver, founder and executive producer at The Chameleon Agency, said: “There’s a real difference between someone enjoying their job and someone feeling genuinely invested in where they work.
“The hollow connected sit right in that gap – not actively unhappy, most likely even engaged with the work itself, but not feeling any real connection to what the organisation stands for or where it’s headed.
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