Only A Third Of The Biggest AI Users Think Their Jobs Are Safe
Only A Third Of The Biggest AI Users Think Their Jobs Are Safe
Publish Date: 2026-04-25 08:30:00
Source Domain: www.forbes.com
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Payroll processing giant ADP is known for their estimates of monthly hiring. The data is different from the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports, which are based on surveys. ADP Research uses the company’s own data. They also do other analysis, sometimes with surveys, like the “People at Work 2025: A Global Workforce View.”
The latest one they’ve released is about artificial intelligence based on a “stratified, random sample of nearly 38,000 working adults in 34 markets on six continents.” Of those, 2,181 were in North America. (In the mentioned study, the data was collected in 2024, which is a weakness for interpretation. But still, it had some interesting information.) While there were some positive outcomes for workers, there were some concerning results. One, a failure to deliver on a big, expected benefit. Second, a worry in the eyes of employees who don’t think their jobs are safe.
The Missing Benefit
As ADP put it, one of the biggest expected benefits from AI is that workers using it were supposed to feel more productive. Apparently, many don’t.
Workers were split into five groups, in terms of their personal use of generative AI: nearly every day (20%); multiple times a week (30%); multiple times a month (15%); not regularly (20%); and never (15%).
Interestingly, when presented with the statement, “Honestly, I am not as productive at work as I could be lately,” here are the percentages of each group that strongly agreed: nearly every day users (16%); multiple times a week (10%); multiple times a month (7%); not regularly (6%); and never (5%). The more frequently someone used gen AI, the more likely they were to feel inadequately productive.
AI And Next Year’s Job Prospects
ADP also sorted the data by age groups: 18–26, 27–39, 40–54, and…
