ManpowerGroup's 2026 Global Talent Barometer (n=global workforce survey, published January 20, 2026) finds regular AI usage among workers rose 13 percentage points to 45%, while technology confidence dropped 18%, the first overall confidence decline in three years, driven by the introduction of AI-specific proficiency measures. More than half of workers report receiving no recent training (56%) and no access to mentorship (57%), and 43% fear automation will replace their job within two years, up 5 points from 2025. For financial institutions, the data quantifies a structural labor-market friction: accelerating AI tool deployment is not being matched by workforce skill-building, which bears on enterprise productivity uplift timelines and the realized ROI from AI tooling investments.
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