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    Employee Engagement Calculator

    Rate 12 research-backed engagement drivers to get a heuristic engagement index, an estimated annual cost of disengagement, and the areas to fix first. An estimator for directional insight — not a survey replacement.

    Engagement drivers
    Rate each statement for your organization from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). Inspired by Gallup's Q12 research — not the licensed instrument.
    Basic Needs
    3
    Basic Needs
    3
    Individual
    3
    Individual
    3
    Individual
    3
    Individual
    3
    Teamwork
    3
    Teamwork
    3
    Teamwork
    3
    Teamwork
    3
    Growth
    3
    Growth
    3
    Company & assumptions
    Used only for the cost estimate.

    Total headcount

    $

    Fully-loaded salary works too — just note it in your comparison

    %

    For the directional turnover-opportunity range below

    %

    Assumption — Gallup has cited ~18% of salary as a directional figure

    Your ratings put the engagement index at 50/100 — a serious engagement risk.

    The estimated productivity drag is $585,000 per year, and disengagement this deep typically drives turnover too.

    • Weakest area: Basic Needs (50/100) — the recommendations below start there
    • Strongest area: Basic Needs (50/100)
    • This is a heuristic estimate from your ratings — run a real, anonymous survey before acting on it

    Engagement index

    50/100

    From your 12 driver ratings

    Risk level

    High

    Navigate heuristic banding

    Est. cost of disengagement

    $585K

    Per year, under your assumptions

    Not-engaged share (est.)

    50%

    Heuristic: 100 minus your index

    Engagement by driver category
    Where your ratings are strongest and weakest (0–100).
    Basic NeedsIndividualTeamworkGrowth0255075100
    Where to focus first
    Drivers you rated below 3.5, in survey order.
    • Clarify role expectations and responsibilities
    • Provide the tools and resources people need
    • Match work to individual strengths more deliberately
    • Implement regular, specific recognition
    • Invest in manager–employee relationships
    Sensitivity analysis
    Impact on est. annual cost of disengagement when each input changes by ±10%, holding everything else constant. Longer bars = assumptions worth validating first.
    $525K$555K$585K$615K$645KHeadcountAverage salaryProductivity-lossassumption
    input −10% input +10%Base est. annual cost of disengagement: $585K
    Engagement research benchmarks (directional)
    Source: Gallup Q12 Meta-Analysis & State of the Global Workplace — population-level findings, directional only
    • U.S. employees engaged at work (Gallup, 2024)~31%
    • Profitability, top vs. bottom engagement quartile+23%
    • Turnover, top vs. bottom engagement quartile18–43% lower
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