Survey: 36% of workers hide AI gains, fearing more work or layoffs
TechNews cites a survey by workplace AI company Glean finding that 36% of 6,000 digital workers in the United States, Britain and Australia conceal how much AI actually helps their work. The report says employees worry that telling managers they use AI to sharply cut work hours could bring higher targets or be taken as a sign their team can be trimmed. It also cites a 2024 Microsoft and LinkedIn survey saying more than half of employees who use AI at work fear looking replaceable when using it on important tasks, and notes that Norway's government and eight employer and union organizations signed an AI agreement on October 2 running through the end of 2029 that stresses employee participation and shared gains but, according to the report, does not guarantee pay rises, job retention or distribution of cost savings.
The report argues that companies want staff to share AI productivity practices while workers fear that doing so invites higher targets or layoffs, a trust gap that complicates internal AI rollouts.
一項最新調查顯示，AI 雖然幫助不少上班族更快完成工作、提升產出品質，但這份效率紅利並未必然轉化為公開分享的意願。相反地，許多員工擔心，一旦讓主管知道自己靠 AI 大幅縮短工時，下一步迎來的可能不是獎勵，而是更高的工作目標，甚至被認為團隊人力足以精簡。
根據職場 AI 公司 Glean 的調查，受訪的 6,000 名美國、英國與澳洲數位工作者中，有 36% 坦言會隱瞞 AI 對自身工作的實質幫助。微軟與 LinkedIn 在 2024 年的調查也指出，在職場使用 AI 的員工中，有超過半數擔憂在重要任務上使用 AI，會讓自己看起來成了「隨時可被取代」的人。