Survey: 40% of people don’t mind if their manager is robot or human [Infographic]

07 September 2021

The future of work is already here and artificial intelligence is slowly transforming the workplace.

We can see jobs changing quickly as AI takes over mundane tasks. Some use tablets to order their food and pay, or you can see robot janitors at Walmart mopping the floors and scanning the shelves.

While the change itself is unquestionable, there’s one question looming over it — how do people feel about robot coworkers?

Kickresume has surveyed 1,346 workers globally to find out.

Here are some of the most interesting survey findings:

More than 75% of workers think their jobs are safe from automation
23% of workers think AI will steal their job one day
39% of workers already use some kind of automation at work
20% of workers trust a robot more than their manager
40% of people don’t mind if their boss is a robot or a human

Survey respondents also believe an AI has an advantage over human managers. To be specific, people have more faith in robots for providing information, maintaining work schedules, task management, or problem solving.

The survey also showed that workers are actually ready and willing to embrace robot co-workers rather than being worried about losing jobs.

In fact, 31% of workers are excited to have robot colleagues in the future, while 45% of people don’t mind. On the contrary, only 24% were against it.

So, the popular belief that people are afraid of robots stealing their jobs may not be so true after all.

You can find all insights in the infographic below.