The State of Work Understanding aligned and unaligned workers 14 ligned and unaligned Most workers fall in the While only 11% feel some level workers exist in com- middle of the alignment of unalignment, it’s worth Apanies large and small, spectrum noting that across all 10 sur- in every industry, all over the veyed markets they amount world. They span generations to an estimated 38.5 million and workplace hierarchies. workers. Moreover, given the importance of connec- Understanding how the tivity and collaboration in aligned/unaligned chips the modern workplace, mov- fall across different cate- ing these unaligned workers gories—be it industry, age % into alignment can have a or geography—merits a of positive ripple effect through- deeper look. w out an organization. 3% 8% 23% 38% 29% or k e r For the purposes of this study, Understanding the s we looked more broadly at alignment spectrum aligned and unaligned workers and included the “somewhats” Alignment exists along a con- in their respective categories. tinuum, and most knowledge Their insights hint at what workers (69%) fall some- employers can do to tip them where in the middle. Those more fully into the “strongly in this swing group (“some- aligned” category. what aligned,” “somewhat unaligned” and “agnostic”) Strongly Somewhat Neither aligned Somewhat Strongly don’t feel strongly aligned unaligned unaligned nor unaligned aligned aligned or unaligned. Companies (agnostic) stand to gain clear benefits by converting them to fully aligned employees. alignment spectrum © SLACK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2019