Microsoft finds Irish workers rethinking career routes as AI changes the job

Microsoft Ireland's 2026 Work Trend Index finds 47% of Irish workers say AI has them seriously reconsidering their career path, and only 40% feel they have had enough AI training.

Our read: This is a retention story dressed as a technology story. People are choosing what work they want next, and dull manual process is losing.

• Ask your team which part of their week they would hand to a machine tomorrow. The answers are your build list.
• If good people are leaving, check whether the work you are asking for is work a tool should be doing.

Source: Silicon Republic. This is our short summary of their reporting. The paragraphs marked "Our read" and the things to do are SeedFoundry's opinion. The summary is drafted with AI tools. The picture is our own graphic. How we source and credit