Singapore’s employees most unfazed by prospects of losing their jobs to automation

SINGAPORE (June 5): Despite fears of having their jobs replaced by automation, nearly three quarters of Singaporean employees surveyed say they are happy to retrain into a new role if their salary remained the same or higher, according to Randstad’s Employer Brand Research 2017 survey.

In a media release dated Monday, the recruitment firm says its annual study found that an average of one in five employees (17.3%) across Singapore, Hong Kong, and Malaysia believe that automation will take their jobs away.

While Singapore and Hong Kong employees are most convinced they would lose jobs to automation at 19% and 20% respectively, Malaysian employees were most relaxed with only 13% under the impression that technology would pose a risk to their job security.

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