US workers are losing faith in the job market. Here's why.
USA TODAY
Gone is the rosy outlook of recent years. For the first time in Gallup's tracking, more workers have a negative view of their professional prospects.
America is becoming a nation of pessimistic workers.
For the first time in Gallup's tracking, more workers have a negative view of their prospects. Even as many measures show that the economy is relatively robust, more workers report struggling than thriving, according to a Gallup survey of U.S. workers conducted from Oct. 30 to Nov. 13.
That’s a stunning reversal from 2022 and 2023, when more than half of employees had a rosier outlook.
For its Life Evaluation Index, Gallup asked people to picture a ladder, with the lowest rung representing the worst possible life and the highest rung representing the best possible life. Those rungs are numbered 0 to 10.
Gallup classified people who rate their current life a 7 or higher and their anticipated life in five years an 8 or higher as thriving, according to Jim Harter, Gallup's chief scientist for workplace management and well-being. Those who rate their current and anticipated life a 4 or lower are classified as suffering.
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