Work: Substance Abuse Cost Business $81 Billion Annually and Gallup Reports 64% Employees are Not Engaged
70 percent of substance abusers that remain employed
According to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, the cost of addiction to employers is $81 billion each year. … Of those 70 percent of substance abusers that remain employed, more than 42 percent admit that their work productivity suffers due to their use.
That Cost Business $81 Billion Annually and Growing
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), more than 70 percent of people with a substance use disorder maintain employment in some form, which means that employers are being impacted by this disease and its consequences.
According to the Pew Charitable Trusts, the annual economic impact of illicit drugs in the U.S. $193 billion.
Gallup Reports – US Employee Engagement Trends
33% Engaged
64% Not Engaged
of which 18% are actively not engaged
“…based on over 50 years of employee engagement research, Gallup knows that engaged employees produce better business outcomes than other employees -- across industry, company size and nationality, and in good economic times and bad.
But only 15% of employees worldwide and 35% in the U.S. fall in the "engaged" category.”
https://www.gallup.com/workplace/285674/improve-employee-engagement-workplace.aspx#ite-357473
