The number of people who are actively disengaged with their job has dropped by two whole percent...

[T]he percent of workers who are “actively disengaged” has been dropping ever so slightly—from 20 percent in 2006 to 18 percent in 2012.

Altogether, 52 percent of Americans are not engaged and 30 percent are engaged. The reason why the one percent are worried about this sad state of things? Because they want to us to be more productive...

If the widespread emotional detachment isn’t enough to worry leaders, then perhaps it’s also worth noting that Gallup has found that an organization’s productivity and profitability are directly tied to employee engagement. So when only 30 percent of the U.S. workforce is motivated, that’s an economic problem as well as a morale problem.

But what if we just want to work less? Let's be realistic and admit there will always be jobs we do not want to do; but why should these bad jobs consume so much of our time? What if we were paid a decent wage and also had more time to ourselves, more time to do other things? To think about these questions, I refer you to my post Life After Economics: Part One.