Robots Are Coming for Jobs of as Many as 800 Million Worldwide
Robots Are Coming for Jobs of as Many as 800 Million
Worldwide
By Rich Miller November 28, 2017, 6:01 PM PST
As many as 800 million workers worldwide may lose their
jobs to robots and automation by 2030, equivalent to more than a fifth of
today’s global labor force.
That’s according to a new report covering 46 nations and
more than 800 occupations by the research arm of McKinsey & Co.
The consulting company said Wednesday that both developed
and emerging countries will be impacted. Machine operators, fast-food workers
and back-office employees are among those who will be most affected if
automation spreads quickly through the workplace.
Even if the rise of robots is less rapid, some 400
million workers could still find themselves displaced by automation and would
need to find new jobs over the next 13 years, the McKinsey Global Institute
study found.
The good news for those displaced is that there will be
jobs for them to transition into, although in many cases they’re going to have
to learn new skills to do the work. Those jobs will include health-care
providers for aging populations, technology specialists and even gardeners,
according to the report.
“We’re all going to have to change and learn how to do
new things over time,” Michael Chui, a San Francisco-based partner at the
institute, said in an interview.
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