One in five workers feels their job is at risk due to AI
MADRID, 22 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Seven out of ten Spanish workers believe that they could do their boss’s job equally or better, according to the work environment report ‘Great Place to Work 2024’, prepared by the consulting firm of the same name.
The study, carried out through direct consultation with employees in Spain and which has surveyed 394,231 people from 423 companies, draws attention to the questioning of leadership in companies.
Thus, the annual document draws a work scenario where people express low security with respect to their superiors, since only 15% of workers say they fully trust their management teams.
The general director of Great Place to Work, Nicolás Ramilo, highlights that “transforming leaders into great leaders is more important today than ever.” “Caring for people has a direct impact on company profits. And high-trust leadership has an enormous impact, up to 80%, on the employee experience,” explains Ramilo.
Mental health in the work environment has been another focus of the report, which reveals that more than half of people have at some point felt depressed at work. Among the main reasons that the people consulted identify, 36% attribute it to an excessive workload, and in 22% of cases, it is related to the treatment of their superiors.
“Psychological discomfort is also closely related to the feeling of being heard in the company,” indicates the work environment analysis.
Thus, this concludes that the lack of ‘feedback’ meetings has a correlation with well-being at work, and that is that almost one in three people has never had a meeting to be heard and, of them, 61% do not They do not feel cared for nor do they believe they can receive fair treatment.
This figure drops drastically to 24% if people meet to exchange feedback at least four or more times a year, being able to express themselves directly and be attended to without intermediaries.
These conclusions drawn by the report are worrying for the general director of the consulting firm in Spain, who declares that “some data from this study are alarming, such as the incidence of people who have felt depressed at work.” “Companies must be aware that cultural transformation is urgent,” he adds.
Likewise, among the data that evaluates job satisfaction, it is noted that 43% of workers do not like going to work, while for 47% their work does not have a special meaning. This case becomes even more pressing among those under 25 years of age, for whom this feeling of lack of meaning in their work rises to 57%.
When asked about Artificial Intelligence (AI), the survey reveals a low implementation of it in work environments, where more than half of the people consulted acknowledge that they have never used it. However, one in five workers responds that they feel that their job is at risk due to AI.
Regarding conciliation, only 62% of people in Spain feel that, if they need it, they could take time from work for a personal matter.
The balance between personal and work life, and above all facilitating it for the people in the company, “is an important factor for a company to be valued as an excellent place to work,” the report indicates.
Furthermore, the teleworking model directly influences the company’s valuation. 62% of people who work half of their hours from home and half from their office consider that their company is an excellent place to work, compared to 38% of those who do 100% teleworking.
In this way, the results suggest that the hybrid model, combining in-person with remote work, is the one that achieves the best results in people’s satisfaction.