Workers fearing AI will steal jobs return to the office to safe their employment

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Workers are returning to offices – to stop AI bots taking their jobs.

Keen to stand out from artificial intelligence competitors, staff are ditching working from home options in their droves.

Accountancy firm PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) boss Kevin Ellis said: “The latest wave of AI will likely bring people back to the office.

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“People are going to want to learn from others face-to-face, and the best way a human can differentiate themselves from a robot is in person.”

Last week the firm held a livestream on the tech for 25,000 staff.

Ellis said: “For professional services, where researching and summarising data is a key part of junior roles, AI has potential to fast-track year one trainees to year three.

“You’re freeing people up to do more.

“This will in turn require more coaching to equip people for more responsibility sooner and impart knowledge that would typically be acquired over a longer period.

“The latest wave of AI will likely bring people back to the office. People are going to want to learn from others face to face, and the best way a human can differentiate themselves from a robot is in person.”

Data from the Office for National Statistics, taken from January to March of this year was checked by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

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It found almost a quarter of private sector staff work mainly from home, and 44.4% of central government and civil service staff do so.

This angered former Government minister Jacob Rees-Mogg last year when he left an angry note on the desks of civil servants who were not in the office telling them to get back to work.

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He later said: “There are some roles that are very well suited to working from home.

“But providing a direct service to the public probably requires you to be in the office.

“But as a matter of routine: It’s second best.

“Best is being in the office.”

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