Extinction | 'There will be no need for HR in future'

What the future of work will look like is a question that plays on the mind of thought leaders and HR, alike.

While there are many academic reports predicting that 20million factory jobs will be lost to automation, according to Oxford Economics predictions and the future of work will be one of hyper surveillance, according to RSA research, they are just predictions and it is impossible to predict with 100% accuracy until it happens.

As the dedicated people function, HR will always have a responsibility for the welfare of the human employees that work under their stewardship. But, if a large chunk of the workforce does become automated, will there be a genuine role left for HR? A recent LinkedIn post has toyed with the idea of there being no need for HR in the future.

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James Cumming, Director of HR, Transformation & Change at re:find, took to LinkedIn to explain that he had recently heard a lot of noise from people saying that there won’t be a need for HR in future, that the function’s remit will be outsourced, and that tech will make the need for human HR practitioners redundant.