There’s a new workforce crisis and it isn’t burnout

The sharp drop in employee engagement isn’t just exhaustion. It’s about workers losing the connection with their identities.

Something strange is happening in offices and on video calls right now. By almost every visible measure, people are still showing up and doing their work. They are nodding along in meetings and occasionally unmuting to say it sounds great. And underneath all that motion, a growing number of them have quietly left the office.