About 52% of employees feel hopeful about the future of work, yet more than a third feel depressed, according to a Sept. 10 report from the O.C. Tanner Institute.

Notably, when employees feel a strong sense of hope, they are five times more likely to innovate, eight times more likely to produce great work and seven times more likely to be engaged, the report found.

“In the face of economic uncertainty, changing market expectations and rapidly advancing technologies, employees everywhere are struggling to feel good about the trajectory of their careers,” the report found.

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