{"id":12299,"date":"2024-04-05T12:07:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T09:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/ai-anticipated-to-reduce-workforce-in-companies-survey-reveals\/"},"modified":"2024-04-05T12:07:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T09:07:21","slug":"ai-anticipated-to-reduce-workforce-in-companies-survey-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/ai-anticipated-to-reduce-workforce-in-companies-survey-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Anticipated to Reduce Workforce in Companies, Survey Reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Artificial intelligence is expected to lead to a reduction in employee hiring over the next five years, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/ai-seen-cutting-worker-numbers-survey-by-staffing-company-adecco-shows-2024-04-05\/\">report<\/a> by Reuters, citing research from the staffing company Adecco Group.<\/p>\n<p>A survey of executives from 2000 large companies worldwide indicates that around 40% of top managers foresee a decrease in workforce due to neural networks.<\/p>\n<p>The agency notes that in recent months, technology firms, including global giants Google and Microsoft, have initiated layoffs due to the integration of ChatGPT and Gemini into their workflows.<\/p>\n<p>While most of the executives surveyed by Adecco believe AI will significantly alter staffing policies, they also report slow progress in mastering this technology.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cAlmost all jobs will be affected by artificial intelligence in some way. But it can be both a job killer and a job creator,\u201d said Adecco CEO Denis Machuel.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to him, companies need to prepare for changes by training their staff to work with neural networks rather than hiring new specialists.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cTen years ago, there was a great fear that many jobs would be destroyed by digital technologies, whereas in reality, this industry created numerous jobs,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Adecco surveyed business representatives in the US, UK, France, Germany, and other countries. The survey covered industries such as defense, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, manufacturing, and logistics.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe are already engaged in training and upskilling people on behalf of our clients. The growth we are seeing in this area is quite interesting,\u201d commented Machuel.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Adecco study is one of the largest on AI following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/WEF_Future_of_Jobs_2023.pdf\">2023 report<\/a> by the World Economic Forum, which stated that 25% of companies expect job cuts due to AI, while 50% anticipate the creation of new positions.<\/p>\n<p>As reported in a <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/pwc-25-of-companies-anticipate-layoffs-following-ai-adoption\">survey<\/a> conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers in January 2024, about 25% of CEOs worldwide are preparing for workforce reductions following the adoption of neural networks into their workflows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artificial intelligence is expected to lead to a reduction in employee hiring over the next five years, according to a report by Reuters, citing research from the staffing company Adecco Group. A survey of executives from 2000 large companies worldwide indicates that around 40% of top managers foresee a decrease in workforce due to neural [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,83,1276],"class_list":["post-12299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-business","tag-layoffs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"18","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12299\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}