Nearly a third of American hiring managers who cut a job because of artificial intelligence have since rehired someone for the same or a similar role, new data from staffing firm Robert Half shows.
Finance led that reversal. Of the managers surveyed, 44 per cent in finance said they had rehired for a position eliminated over AI, the highest share of any sector, ahead of human resources at 35 per cent and technology at 32 per cent. Across all industries, 32 per cent said they had scrapped a role primarily because of AI, only to bring the work back soon after. The survey covered nearly 2,000 US hiring managers.
