The new report found that Irish employees’ workplace expectations and experiences are being transformed by artificial intelligence.
Technology company Microsoft has today (10 September) released the findings of the Microsoft Ireland 2026 Work Trend Index. The report explores how Ireland’s employees are responding to a working environment under constant evolution in response to AI.
This year’s Work Trend Index, in collaboration with 3Gem, surveyed 1,000 nationally representative adults based in Ireland, in casual and part-time work, including frontline employees and knowledge workers.
The survey builds on the year-on-year comparisons of the changing trends, experiences and workplace expectations, of the previous four years, between 2022 and 2026.
What was discovered is that nearly 50pc of workers who participated in the research have changed employers in the last 12 months, a figure which has risen from 38pc in 2025. An additional 47pc of professionals explained that AI is making them seriously reconsider their career path. This has risen from 34pc just last year.
