Signal 56% would change employer and 42% take a pay cut for better training

Summary

IBM finds that employees place a very high value on learning to use new technology. In its survey, 56% say they would move to a different employer to obtain better training. A further 42% say they would even accept lower pay in exchange for it. IBM places this next to executive estimates that more than half the workforce will need reskilling because of AI automation by the end of 2026. The signal suggests that training has become a retention and recruitment lever, and that organisations weak on skills development risk losing staff.