A World Economic Forum survey of hundreds of large companies globally found that 41% intend to downsize their workforce by 2030 as AI automates certain tasks, while 77% plan to reskill and upskill existing workers. The 2025 report marks a notable departure from the 2023 edition, which claimed most technologies would be "a net positive" for job numbers overall. Postal clerks, executive secretaries, and payroll clerks are cited as fastest-declining roles; graphic designers and legal secretaries are newly appearing in fastest-decline forecasts, attributed to generative AI's increasing capacity to perform knowledge work.
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