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Gallup finds U.S. worker optimism on job market fell to 28% in 2025 ...
A new report from Gallup finds that U.S. workers are less optimistic about the job climate and their level of engagement with their current jobs has remained relatively flat. Gallup released its 2026 State of the Global Workplace report on Wednesday, which showed that while 51% of global workers think it's a good time to find a quality job, the sentiment among U.S. workers declined to 28% in the fourth quarter of 2025.That figure represents a notable decline from 46% in the fourth quarter of 2024, continuing a steep downward trend from the 70% reading in the second quarter of 2022. "Folks with degrees, they're having a particularly difficult time finding a job," Jim Harter, chief scientist of workplace management and well-being for Gallup, told FOX Business. "So there's really a kind of interesting dynamic going on right now where unemployment is fairly low, it's on the uptick a little bit, but hiring isn't happening." MORE AMERICAN WORKERS ARE STRUGGLING THAN THRIVING FOR FIRST TIME: POLL Gallup's report showed declining engagement among American workers along with lower engagement levels. (Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)"The job climate, just in terms of people's freedom, they're feeling stuck where they're at. Part of the solution to that is organizations need to get better at driving systems of really solid performance management and good communication between managers and employees," Harter said.When workers feel stuck and like they don't have a choice about finding another quality job, Harter said that their "engagement will start to drop, and active disengagement will start to go up when people lack choice because they're stuck in jobs that they don't want."Workers who said they're looking to find a new job reported not getting much of a response even after applying for multiple jobs, Gallup found."We do see that people are applying for jobs, but they're just not getting much response. There's just not much out there from a hiring standpoint right now," Harter said. "It's just not a really good time right now on the hiring end and, again, unemployment's fairly low, so people are in jobs – but they're jobs that they don't consider to be high quality jobs."AMERICAN WORKERS' WAGE GAINS LOST MOMENTUM IN MARCH DESPITE STRONG HIRING, ECONOMISTS SAY Workers who are actively looking for new jobs have struggled to get a response, Harter said. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Harter noted that among respondents who say they have the ability to do multiple things, th...
Why more Americans are leaving the workforce - Becker's Hospital Review
"With immigration declining and fewer people entering, we have aged our workforce in a more rapid way," Laura Ullrich, PhD, director of economic research for Indeed, told the newspaper.
US job openings data shows diminishing demand for workers
Economists are closely watching for any further signs of softening as employers have pulled back on hiring, and it's taking longer for unemployed people to find ...
US Job Market Confidence Drops: Impact on Lab Retention | Lab Manager
18 hours ago ... Learn how declining worker well-being and active job-seeking affect laboratory recruitment ... seeking new opportunities despite a perceived lack of high-quality ...
