Trend Employees will want more AI - not less
Summary
Across every age band surveyed, at least twice as many employees say they would embrace rather than resist greater employer use of AI, which IBM reads as enthusiasm rather than acquiescence.
Classification
Main topicLabor & Future of Work
Region menusGlobal
Impactscope:global
Time horizon0-3 years (2026-07-25)
Last updated2026-07-29 04:49:52
Evidence 1
- 5 trends for 2026: Capture fleeting opportunities with confidence IBM Institute for Business Value (IBM IBV) page=12;section=Trend 2: Employees will want more AI - not less 2025-12 accessed 2026-07-25
Observed signals 8
- Signal56% would change employer and 42% take a pay cut for better training
- Signal61% say AI makes their job less mundane and more strategic
- Signal63% would collaborate with an AI agent and 48% accept being managed by one
- Signal82% say their best people belong where AI is not used
- SignalEmbrace outweighs resist by at least two to one in every age band
- SignalExecutives expect 56% of the workforce to need reskilling by end-2026
- SignalProblem-solving and innovation named both most important now and most enhanced by AI
- SignalTwo-thirds see AI changing culture; 88% of them call it an improvement
Part of issues 1
- IssueA perception gap between executive worry and employee tolerance1 trends · 0 signals
Relation types: constitutes · supports
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