📈 More Than Half of Companies That Laid off Employees Due to AI Regret Their Decision
Among nearly 1,200 executives from large companies in America, Europe, and Asia surveyed by Orgvue analysts, 39% made employees redundant as a result of deploying AI. Of those, 55% admit they made wrong decisions about those redundancies.
📈 Every third company did not even have to fire anyone—employees were leaving on their own because of AI deployment.
📈 About half of executives fear the uncontrolled use of AI in their business. At least 35% complain about a lack of AI-related experience and knowledge, and 38% admit that they still do not understand how AI would affect their business.
📈 One in four executives is uncertain which roles would benefit most from AI. At the same time, 30% remain unaware of the positions most vulnerable to automation today. As a result, 80% of companies plan to offer additional training to help employees use these new tools more effectively.
"We're facing the worst global skills shortage in a generation and dismissing employees without a clear plan for workforce transformation is reckless," warns Orgvue CEO Oliver Shaw.
💳 In January, Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the head of Swedish fintech Klarna, announced that the company had replaced 700 support staff with AI, predicting full job automation in the future. However, the startup has recently started hiring people again because AI could not provide quality service.
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