Only 22% of people felt their jobs were safe in 2025—manufacturers, warehouse workers, and women are the most scared |
Only 22% of people felt their jobs were safe in 2025—manufacturers, warehouse workers, and women are the most scared
The labor market is growing more uncertain: companies are laying off staffers in droves, job openings have screeched to a halt, and unemployment has been ticking up. It’s left very few workers confident that their livelihoods are on solid ground.
Only 22% of workers globally strongly agreed that their jobs were safe from elimination in 2025, according to a recent report from ADP Research based on responses from more than 39,000 professionals worldwide.
And rock-bottom confidence is hitting some professions more than others.
Very few repetitive task workers in jobs like manufacturing (12%), construction (15%), and transportation and warehousing (16%) felt confident their jobs were secure last year. And there’s a whole host of reasons why these professionals, who clock in to perform the same duties everyday, could be scared of getting the boot.
Warehouse and manufacturing workers on edge
Automation has increasingly swept through warehouses around the world; Amazon already has a fleet of at least 75,000 robots identifying, packing, and shipping millions of orders daily.
Repetitive task workers are also typically lower-paid staffers at the bottom of the business hierarchy, more vulnerable to the whims of the market and their employers. Dr. Mary Hayes, director of research........