Economics
Robots Could Be Coming for Pandemic-Hit Jobs, McKinsey Says
- Positions vulnerable to pandemic also likely to be automated
- New jobs for people should offset losses from machines by 2030
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When European economies start to recover from the coronavirus, more jobs may be filled by robots.
Automation could possibly displace 53 million positions on the continent by 2030, according to the McKinsey Global Institute, the equivalent of about 20% of the workforce. In the shorter term, there’s a large overlap between jobs that could disappear during the pandemic and those likely to be replaced by automation.