By Kelli Ballard

Is your employment fulfilling? Do you feel like you are contributing to society with your work? If you answered no, you’re not alone. A recent Gallup poll shows that employee engagement with jobs in the United States has dropped to its lowest level in more than a decade. What is causing this downward trend, and can it be reversed?

A Gallup poll from February reported only 30% of American workers are fully engaged with their jobs. “The drop in these employee engagement elements was particularly acute in remote, hybrid and younger workers.” In a 2021 YouGov poll of more than 9,000 employed individuals, 55% felt their job was meaningful, while one in five said their jobs were meaningless.

How important is job satisfaction? No line of work is unnecessary; someone, somewhere wants the services or products being produced. Whether it’s working on an assembly line or as a doctor, the work is........

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