Key Takeaways and Next Steps

This year’s survey results taught us that employees generally prefer to stay and grow with their companies. It is concerning, therefore, how few are getting the career development they need to thrive and advance in place. This perfectly explains the disconnect we first noticed last year — where we saw, and continue to see, how many people are willing to walk away from companies they love.

Another surprise was the theme of fairness — which runs throughout the findings. When we consider how reviews and ratings are the gatekeepers for pay and advancement opportunities, it is absolutely critical that employers ensure all employees have an equal shot at a consistent and fair employee experience.

Throughout this report, we have offered recommendations for companies looking to improve the employee experience and their overall employee deal.

To learn more about the trends, challenges, and issues most top of mind for HR leaders — as well as the best practices, strategies, and ideas the most innovative companies are applying to solve for them, visit:

This year’s survey results taught us that employees generally prefer to stay and grow with their companies. It is concerning, therefore, how few are getting the career development they need to thrive and advance in place. This perfectly explains the disconnect we first noticed last year — where we saw, and continue to see, how many people are willing to walk away from companies they love.

Another surprise was the theme of fairness — which runs throughout the findings. When we consider how reviews and ratings are the gatekeepers for pay and advancement opportunities, it is absolutely critical that employers ensure all employees have an equal shot at a consistent and fair employee experience.

Throughout this report, we have offered recommendations for companies looking to improve the employee experience and their overall employee deal.

To learn more about the trends, challenges, and issues most top of mind for HR leaders — as well as the best practices, strategies, and ideas the most innovative companies are applying to solve for them, visit:

The State of Performance Enablement survey was conducted by Betterworks from December 20-22, 2022. This is the second annual deployment of this survey. The final sample of the survey was composed of 2029 randomly selected fully employed persons (aged 18 or older), balanced for gender and age, who are employed at organizations with a staff size of 1,000 or more employees. Respondents from the US and the UK were randomly provided by the independent market research firm SurveyMonkey. The survey had a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points at a 95% level of confidence.

2029 TOTAL RESPONDENTS

Location

UK
USA

Gender

Male
Female

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