As CEO of ComPsych — the world’s largest provider of employee mental health services — I spend a lot of time thinking about what’s making workers anxious. Right now, AI is at the top of that list.
According to a 2025 Pew Research Center report, workers are more worried than hopeful about AI in the workplace. And the consequences of that anxiety go well beyond morale: research shows that when employees believe they are likely to lose their job, the risk of serious psychological distress rises considerably — along with the likelihood of mental health leave, disengagement, and burnout. Leaders are rolling out AI tools at speed. Most are treating this as a technology challenge. It isn’t. It’s a people challenge — and getting it wrong has a measurable cost.
