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$7,800,000,000,000
$7,800,000,000,000 -- lost productivity cost for global workforce (2026)
Employees cost the world $7.8 trillion in lost productivity according to a Gallup study.
- The source text verbatim states 'employees who are engaged or who are actively disengaged'
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global workforce: $7,800,000,000,000 lost productivity cost. Source: Gallup (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/engaged-vs-disengaged-productivity-cost-gallup
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