
盡管最新的AI相關裁員潮已引起求職者乃至美聯(lián)儲的高度警惕,但高盛的一項新調(diào)查表明,AI對勞動力市場的真正沖擊尚未到來。
這份報告調(diào)查了100多位高盛的投資銀行人士。結(jié)果顯示,在科技、工業(yè)和金融等多個行業(yè)中,僅有11%的客戶因AI而主動裁員。相比之下,47%的銀行家表示,他們的客戶更多地是利用AI來提高生產(chǎn)力和增加營收,只有約五分之一的客戶主要將這項技術用于削減成本。
高盛首席經(jīng)濟學家兼全球投資研究主管哈哲思領導的分析師團隊在報告中寫道:“迄今為止,AI的應用更傾向于提高生產(chǎn)力/營收,而非降低成本。”
值得注意的是,科技、媒體和通信行業(yè)因AI而裁員的比例要高得多,達到31%。這一情況在過去幾個月大型科技公司的一系列大規(guī)模裁員中得到了體現(xiàn)。
亞馬遜上周早些時候成為最新一例,該公司裁撤了1.4萬名中層管理人員,旨在以“更精簡”的員工隊伍迎接先進的AI新時代。過去幾個月里,其他公司如賽富時以及專注于科技的咨詢公司埃森哲,合計已因AI相關原因裁減了數(shù)萬名員工。相關報道如此令人沮喪,以至于美聯(lián)儲主席杰羅姆·鮑威爾表示,美聯(lián)儲正在密切關注此事。
盡管企業(yè)目前可能沒有大規(guī)模裁員,但銀行家們認為未來幾年可能會出現(xiàn)更多裁員。他們預測,未來一年內(nèi),其客戶將推動總員工數(shù)減少4%;而在未來三年內(nèi),裁員幅度可能急劇上升至11%。
未來裁員受影響最嚴重的類別是金融機構(gòu),金融機構(gòu)預測其總員工數(shù)在未來三年內(nèi)可能減少14%。在采用AI最快的科技行業(yè),裁員幅度可能略低,為10%。
高盛分析師寫道:“未來三年內(nèi),預期AI應用和員工人數(shù)削減的相對快速增長,凸顯出AI對美國勞動力市場的影響可能比預期更早到來。”(財富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
盡管最新的AI相關裁員潮已引起求職者乃至美聯(lián)儲的高度警惕,但高盛的一項新調(diào)查表明,AI對勞動力市場的真正沖擊尚未到來。
這份報告調(diào)查了100多位高盛的投資銀行人士。結(jié)果顯示,在科技、工業(yè)和金融等多個行業(yè)中,僅有11%的客戶因AI而主動裁員。相比之下,47%的銀行家表示,他們的客戶更多地是利用AI來提高生產(chǎn)力和增加營收,只有約五分之一的客戶主要將這項技術用于削減成本。
高盛首席經(jīng)濟學家兼全球投資研究主管哈哲思領導的分析師團隊在報告中寫道:“迄今為止,AI的應用更傾向于提高生產(chǎn)力/營收,而非降低成本。”
值得注意的是,科技、媒體和通信行業(yè)因AI而裁員的比例要高得多,達到31%。這一情況在過去幾個月大型科技公司的一系列大規(guī)模裁員中得到了體現(xiàn)。
亞馬遜上周早些時候成為最新一例,該公司裁撤了1.4萬名中層管理人員,旨在以“更精簡”的員工隊伍迎接先進的AI新時代。過去幾個月里,其他公司如賽富時以及專注于科技的咨詢公司埃森哲,合計已因AI相關原因裁減了數(shù)萬名員工。相關報道如此令人沮喪,以至于美聯(lián)儲主席杰羅姆·鮑威爾表示,美聯(lián)儲正在密切關注此事。
盡管企業(yè)目前可能沒有大規(guī)模裁員,但銀行家們認為未來幾年可能會出現(xiàn)更多裁員。他們預測,未來一年內(nèi),其客戶將推動總員工數(shù)減少4%;而在未來三年內(nèi),裁員幅度可能急劇上升至11%。
未來裁員受影響最嚴重的類別是金融機構(gòu),金融機構(gòu)預測其總員工數(shù)在未來三年內(nèi)可能減少14%。在采用AI最快的科技行業(yè),裁員幅度可能略低,為10%。
高盛分析師寫道:“未來三年內(nèi),預期AI應用和員工人數(shù)削減的相對快速增長,凸顯出AI對美國勞動力市場的影響可能比預期更早到來。”(財富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
While the latest wave of AI-linked layoffs has put job seekers—and even the Federal Reserve—on high alert, a new survey from Goldman Sachs suggests the real AI labor meltdown is still to come.
The report, which surveyed more than 100 Goldman Sachs investment bankers, found that only 11% of their clients across industries such as tech, industrials, and finance were actively cutting employees as a result of AI. Instead, 47% of the bankers reported their clients were disproportionately using AI to boost productivity and revenue, while only a fifth were mostly using the tech to cut costs.
"AI use has so far been more skewed toward raising productivity/revenue than reducing costs," wrote analysts led by Goldman Sachs chief economist and head of global investment research Jan Hatzius.
The catch: A much higher percentage (31%) of tech, media, and communications companies were cutting jobs because of AI. This caveat is reflected in the spate of mass layoffs that large tech companies have conducted over the past couple of months.
Amazon earlier this week was the latest—laying off 14,000 middle managers as the company prepares for a new world of advanced AI with a "leaner" workforce. Other companies such as Salesforce and tech-focused consultancy Accenture have together added tens of thousands of workers to the pile of AI-related layoffs in the past few months. The headlines have been so bleak that Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the Federal Reserve is watching carefully.
While companies may not be laying off workers now, bankers believe more layoffs could occur in the next few years. Over the next year, the bankers predict their clients will push forward a 4% general decrease in headcount, while over the next three years, those headcount reductions could skyrocket to 11%.
The worst-affected category for future layoffs is financial institutions, which bankers predict could see a 14% reduction in general headcount over the next three years. Tech, which has been among the fastest to adopt AI, could see slightly lower cuts of 10%.
"The relatively fast increase in expected adoption and headcount reductions over the next three years highlights that AI impacts on the U.S. labor market could arrive sooner than expected," wrote the Goldman analysts.