7 out of 10 employees see no acceleration in automation

Automation was supposed to take thousands of jobs, but it appears that it did not speed up as was assumed at the beginning of the pandemic. Only 16 percent of employees noticed that their company had a technological leap. Employers also see no change. Polish Labor Market Barometer by Personnel Service shows that half of the entrepreneurs say that automation in their industry has not accelerated in the last two years. This was affected by, inter alia, frozen investments and interrupted supply chains. The development of automation is recognized by 32 percent of companies, including mainly logistics and IT. Personnel Service experts point out that despite the slow pace of automation, the employers are aware that it is mixing up in the labor market. Therefore, 65 percent of companies plan to retrain workers who will take up their jobs.

"The course for business automation was a long time ago, but the process of upgrading has not accelerated significantly over the past two years. Entrepreneurs who acted in a situation of uncertainty have frozen investments and focused on addressing the most tangible problems of m.in. with broken supply chains, lack of products and raw materials or rising prices. However, there is no doubt that the labor market is changing and that technology is responsible for the threats of these changes. I would like to remind you of Pearson's analysis, which shows that 20 percent of professions will disappear completely and 70 percent will change less or more. Companies and employees should prepare for this,” Krzysztof Inglot, labor market expert, founder of Personnel Service, said.

(WBJ)