Indeed commissioned Forrester to explore employee wellbeing across the globe. In India, Forrester surveyed 2,132 employees to understand their current wellbeing at work, as well as wellbeing beliefs and how these beliefs affected their performance, productivity, and retention.

For the purpose of this study, an employee has high wellbeing or is “thriving“ if they indicate:

1) having a clear sense of purpose,

2) feeling satisfied with their job,

3) feeling happy most of the time, and

4) Not feeling stressed at work most of the time. These four key indicators align with Forrester and Oxford expertise around work wellbeing.1 In India, we found the following: