Adecco Group says AI is changing tasks faster than it is eliminating jobs, according to its whitepaper On the threshold: AI, the future of work and the rise of hybrid labor markets, published on 2026-07-23. The report says 1.9 million new AI-related jobs were created between 2022 and 2025, and it says only 18% of U.S. firms and 20% of European firms have integrated AI into core workflows at scale.
Reuters reported the same release and quoted Adecco CEO Denis Machuel saying there is no job apocalypse on the horizon and that the technology is more about changing roles and tasks than eliminating jobs. Reuters also reported that Adecco said some entry-level jobs are disappearing and that reskilling is needed.
The supplied sources do not identify which specific job categories are included in the 1.9 million figure, or how Adecco measured the 18% and 20% adoption figures beyond the whitepaper’s stated scope. The sources also do not identify a timetable for when broader adoption might occur.
What Adecco says changed
In Adecco’s framing, the immediate change is task redesign rather than wholesale job elimination. The whitepaper says AI is reshaping jobs, productivity and workforce strategy, and its page says employment remains strong and large-scale displacement has yet to materialize. Reuters separately reported Adecco’s view that some entry-level jobs are disappearing.
Who is affected
The supplied sources do not identify a single industry or country as the main target. They do say the adoption figures differ by region, with 18% of U.S. firms and 20% of European firms having integrated AI into core workflows at scale, and they suggest the labor-market effects are uneven rather than uniform.
What the numbers do and do not show
The 1.9 million figure points to AI-related job creation between 2022 and 2025, but the supplied sources do not state whether those jobs replaced other roles, added net employment, or reflect a particular occupational mix. The adoption figures show that, in Adecco’s telling, only a minority of firms have moved AI into core workflows at scale.
What to watch next
The main unresolved question in the supplied sources is whether more firms can translate AI use into workflow integration and hybrid workforce orchestration, a term the Adecco page uses without further definition in the supplied material. The sources also leave open how quickly entry-level roles change and what reskilling looks like in practice.
Bottom line
Adecco’s whitepaper pushes back against a simple mass-job-loss narrative. In the supplied reporting, the company’s message is narrower and more specific: AI is already changing tasks and roles, some entry-level jobs are disappearing, and the bigger challenge is how firms redesign work.