AI Workforce Anxiety Grows as Companies Struggle With Governance and Implementation
A comprehensive Ernst & Young study reveals conflicting employee attitudes toward AI adoption, with overwhelming enthusiasm tempered by significant job security fears. Industry experts emphasize that successful AI implementation requires robust governance frameworks and addressing human transformation challenges alongside technological deployment.
Employee AI Enthusiasm Tempered by Job Security Fears
A new Ernst & Young study reveals a complex landscape of employee attitudes toward agentic AI in the workplace, with 84% of workers expressing eagerness to embrace the technology while more than half fear it could eliminate their positions. According to the survey of 1,148 corporate staff across large companies, the enthusiasm for AI’s potential productivity benefits is thoroughly tempered by anxiety about job obsolescence, with rank-and-file employees particularly concerned—65% worry about job security compared to 48% of managers.