A big company called EY asked over 1,100 workers about AI agents (special computer helpers that do tasks by themselves) and found something interesting. Eighty-four percent of workers said they were excited about using AI agents at work. Most people think AI agents will help them work faster and get more done.

But here's the scary part - even though workers are excited, many are very worried about their job security. More than half (56%) said they worry that AI agents might take away their jobs. Some workers even worry their job could completely disappear.

The biggest problem is that company leaders are not talking enough to workers about how AI agents will change work. Only 52% of top leaders at big companies said they have full training programs to teach workers about AI agents. Because of this, 85% of workers are teaching themselves on their own time, after work hours. Workers should not have to do this - companies should help them learn during work time.

In the real world, AI changes are already happening fast. In October 2025, big technology companies made major changes. Rivian (an electric car company) laid off 600 workers. Meta (which owns Facebook) laid off 600 workers in its AI departments. Applied Materials cut 1,400 jobs. However, Andrej Karpathy, a co-founder of OpenAI, said AI agents need another decade before they can work without humans watching them. So while companies are making cuts now, the AI technology is still far from perfect.