Workplace Culture in 2024 and How to Take Action in 2025
We’re two years into a power shift where employers hold more leverage, reducing headcount and focusing on productivity, while employees prioritize job security over making demands. Employee sentiment on workplace culture has remained steady, with slight increases in inclusion but declines in integrity and accountability.
We saw a 10% decrease in the number of employees who agree with the statement
"I have felt excluded at work based on my social views."
Insights from Our Workplace Culture Reports Have Been Featured In
Decoding the Decline in Inclusion & Belonging
We’ve identified 16 Workplace Culture Skills which represent a social dynamic that contributes to the employee experience and the overall workplace culture.
The most significant changes were found in 4 skills that support the Inclusion, Belonging and Ethics competencies…
Belonging
Instilling Accountability
3%
Inclusion
Advancing
Allyship
4%
Ethics
Demonstrating
Integrity
5%
Belonging
Sense of Belonging
4%
Supporting Evidence
Emtrain embeds employee sentiment questionnaires into all of our culture and compliance training courses. Each question maps to a workplace social indicator.
Here are two (of many) employee sentiment questions that informed the 2025 Workplace Culture Report:
“My coworkers protect more vulnerable team members.”
There was a 4% decrease in employees
who agree or strongly agree.
“People on my team adapt their behavior to accommodate others,”
There was a 5% decrease in employees
who agree or strongly agree.
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