What we value in the workplace is changing at the expense of artificial intelligence

What counts in the workplace is changing

Biti cenjen, dobri odnosi s sodelavci in seveda kvalitetno razmerje med zasebnim in profesionalnim življenjem. Približno pred desetimi leti so bile te tri karakteristike delovnih mest najbolj iskane med zaposlenimi. Nekaj let pozneje se je med najbolj pomembne faktorje zadovoljstva na delovnem mestu vrinil dober odnos z nadrejenim. Leta 2021, v času pandemije, so ljudje še vedno najbolj cenili odnose s sodelavci in “work-life” ravnotežje, je pa na veljavi pridobila finančna kompenzacija. Predvsem na račun dejstva, da so prihodki za marsikoga postali manj stabilni in predvidljivi.

Today we can see some interesting changes.

For the first time since the Boston Consulting Group monitors trends, security or job security in the first place. Perhaps this data is surprising, because at the same time we are in a period of record low unemployment. When we talk about job security, we are mainly referring to events related to enormous changes in many industries and geopolitical uncertainty.

BCG believes that these are not the main reasons, but job security should come first because people are concerned about long-term employability. Here, of course, we are talking about technological disruptions, currently the biggest in the field of generative artificial intelligence. Survey participants who prioritize job security were more likely to report concern about the impact of artificial intelligence.

Vpliva razvoja tehnologije na delovna mesta ni nekaj novega. Dejstvo pa je, da generativna umetna inteligenca dviga nivo te disrupcije na višjo raven. Vpliv tako čutijo ne samo tisti, ki opravljajo ponavaljajoča se dela, temveč tudi ostali s kreativnimi in konceptualnimi poklici. Zato je precej logično, da so višje na lestvici tudi ostali atributi, kot so možnost za učenje in karierni razvoj, plača in ostali “bombončki”, ki jih delodajalci ponujajo.

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In the past few years, the demand for talented employees has increased. Employers continue to report that there is a shortage of suitable labor and, by all accounts, the situation will not change, let alone resolve, any time soon.

It is interesting, however, that most participants in the BCG survey remain positive and confident. Namely, they believe that they have strong enough arguments to keep their jobs and everything that belongs to them as part of them.

… tudi v fazi razvoja umetne inteligence

According to the results of the survey, artificial intelligence is not as much of a threat as many feared. Most employees are not afraid that artificial intelligence could replace them. On the other hand, respondents remain realistic. Most around 70% expect their jobs to change, often a lot, and they expect to have to learn new skills. Only a quarter of participants in the survey believe that artificial intelligence will not affect their jobs.

People are accepting generative artificial intelligence and are ready to learn new skills

To understand how employees think about the future of their careers, employers need to explore their attitudes towards artificial intelligence:

• 86% has heard about generative artificial intelligence
• less than 50% have experimented with it at least once
• approximately 39% use it regularly, and 10% respondents use it several times a week

People are open to learning new skills. As many as 60% respondents are ready to retrain without basic knowledge, and almost 40% are ready to retrain if necessary.

Na odprtost za prekvalifikacijo vplivajo številni faktorji. Najbolj so odprti za prekvalificiranje respondenti, ki živijo v državah, v katerih je varnost zaposlitve med glavnimi faktorji zadovoljstva na delovnem mestu. Njihov glavni cilj je seveda zagotoviti dolgoročno zaposljivost. Podobno razmišljajo tudi respondenti, ki verjamejo, da bo generativna umetna inteligenca imela večji vpliv na njihove službe – mogoče kot preventivni ukrep, ki jim omogoča, da lahko popolnoma zamenjajo vrsto zaposlitve, če bo to potrebno.

O seriji raziskav “Decoding Global Talent”

• “Decoding Global Talent” je največji vir podatkov o tem, kje in kako želijo ljudje delati. Vsebuje skoraj 900.000 odgovor na to temo. 
• It is a joint project of BCG, The Network and The Stepstone Group.
• The current report contains trends and preferences in the field of working methods, including the most valued job attributes, willingness to learn new skills and key factors that would influence the unacceptability of jobs.
• This year's research focuses specifically on the impact of artificial intelligence.
• In this year's survey, we explored a new influence on ways of working: GenAI.