Pew U.S. workers counter automation threat with education, new skills

Pew U.S. workers counter automation threat with education, new skillsPew U.S. workers counter automation threat with education, new skillsThe future of work in 2050 looks gloomy, according to workers who responded to recent Pew research about the future of work in the automated workplace. About half (49%) believe that workers will have less job security by the year 2050. When asked about employee benefits, 41% believe that they will be worse than they currently are now, and 36% think they will be about the same.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreOn both these trends, men are more pessimistic than women, and Democrats more negatives than Republicans. African-Americans and Latinos tend to see things more positively.Little value seen in automationU.S. workers dont see much to be gained in automation. Almost half (48%) think advances in automation has mostly hurt American workers, and 28% believe they have neither helped nor hurt.The older a person is, the more they are likely to think automation has hurt workers.Among the people who think in the near future that robots will do many of the jobs that people once did, 40% responded that this will be someone bad, and 29% responded that this will be very bad.Strangely, many workers dont think the robots will come for their own jobs 24% say this definitely wont happen, and 38% say it probably wont. One-quarter, however, say it probably will.Lower-income workers and workers with no college experience are more likely to believe their work will be taken over by robots or computers in the next 30 years. As a result, 3 in 4 (76%) of Americans think the inequality between the rich and poor will increase if robots and computers take over the jobs currently performed by humans.And there is little optimism that the economy will create new, better-paying jobs in the wake of automation 66% doubt that will be the case.There is so me hope workers see protection against automation in learning new skills they see this as a responsibility to take on themselves, through education, and not something that will come from the government or their own employers. Almost 40% say the education ordnungsprinzip is responsible over the next 30 years to make sure American workers have the right skills and training to get the right job that presumably wont be stolen by robots. Another 39% say its the individuals responsibility. Whatever the way, American workers will find a way to adapt, as they always have.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people