The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the lived experiences in the workplace of employees. The research question was:

Q1. What are the lived experiences in the workplace of employees?

We performed a thematic analysis by using NVivo 10 to examine the research question. The common theme was as follows: the lived experiences in the workplace of employees.  Two primary subthemes were as follows: (a) employee engagement and (b) my job performance.