Employee well-being and productivity are at a critical juncture with nearly half of employees reporting burnout and global employee engagement at just 21%. In Canada, a survey of 891 people conducted by Sodexo Canada and Leger indicate that the majority of employed Canadians feel positively about their well-being at work, with 58% rating their physical and mental health as good or excellent. Still, 3 in 10 Canadians describe their overall well-being as only fair, while 1 in 10 report it as poor or very poor.
Productivity growth has also been stagnant for over a decade, compelling organizations to reassess what drives resilience and performance for their workforce.
Our global whitepaper ‘Healthy places + happy people = the dynamic workplace experience’ evaluates the strong correlation between employee health, happiness, and business success. Exploring how, when combined, well-designed workplaces and people-centric services create better environments which support both performance and well-being.
This whitepaper was created in collaboration with International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) and SHAPE Global.
Sodexo brings it all together – space, people and service – to create better working environments which support performance, well-being and growth, as well as the ability to measure the effectiveness of this combination.
The Workplace Experience Index tool, a combination of IWBI’s environmental expertise with SHAPE’s well-being science, measures 41 drivers of well-being across two dimensions Healthy Workplaces and Happy People, providing three key benefits:
The Index is designed to engage employees, empower managers, and deliver sustainable value to clients.
We know that healthy places and happy people drive employee productivity and business growth. Well-being must be at the center of workplace design and management. Workplaces must evolve. As a leader in designing dynamic workplace experiences that adapt in real time, Sodexo is creating conditions where people thrive, businesses grow, and communities benefit.
Increase of productivity for Happy workers
13%
Percentage of employees reporting burnout, costing the global economy billions in lost productivity
48%
Number of drivers of employee well-being which are measured by our Workplace Experience Index
41
Percentage Of employees who say they’d return to the office more often if it meant spending time with colleagues
42%
Global employee engagement is sitting at
21%
Falling engagement in 2024 alone cost
US $438 billion
