Robot takeover will begin with white collar workers

While those in blue collar jobs may appear more at risk from advancing technology, new research has shown that white collar workers believe software will have taken over their roles within the next five years.

In a study titled “The Way We Work” Unify, the Atos brand for communications and collaboration software and services, surveyed 9,000 knowledge workers in the USA, UK and Germany to gauge their current jobs, and what they believe the future held.

Defining knowledge workers as “those who think for a living”, the study found that 35% believed their jobs would not exist in five years and 65% were certain it would “not be the same”.

This changing nature of work is something well acknowledged amongst blue collar workers, but  a new phenomenon for those in professional jobs – according to Tim Bishop, Head Of Strategy at Unify.