Robots may affect 30% of UK jobs, finance to take early hit


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 06 Feb 2018

A robot with the Nissan logo is seen before a news conference by executives of Dongfeng Motor Co, the Nissan and Dongfeng Group join venture, in Beijing, China February 5, 2018. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Financial services workers will be among the first to be hit by the rise of automation while women will feel the effects earlier than men, according to research by PricewaterhouseCoopers. 

The report – which analysed more than 200,000 jobs across 29 countries – anticipates three stages of automation between now and the mid-2030s, which will eventually impact almost one third of UK workers. The first, the algorithm wave, is already underway. 

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