Archive · 31 Aug 2026
Glassdoor Study Finds Gen Z Uses AI, Fears It More
A Glassdoor study looked at how different age groups feel about artificial intelligence.
Gen Z workers use AI tools more than older workers.
However, they are also more worried that AI could affect their jobs.
Workers in their 40s, 50s, and 60s are more positive about AI.
Nearly half of Gen X workers speak positively about how their companies use it.
The study suggests that older and more senior workers may see more opportunities from AI.
Gen Z may be more concerned because they expect to feel the technology’s effects sooner.
This shows that people of different ages do not view AI in the same way.
Gen Z workers are more likely than older workers to use AI tools.
Despite frequent use, Gen Z workers are relatively more pessimistic about AI.
Workers in their 40s, 50s, and 60s are the most positive about artificial intelligence.
Nearly half of Gen X workers write positively about their companies’ use of AI.
The study says AI may create more opportunities for senior-level workers.
- Who
- Glassdoor researchers and working professionals from different generations, including Gen Z and Gen X workers.
- What
- A study found that Gen Z workers use AI more often but feel more pessimistic about it than older workers.
- Why
- Attitudes differ partly because workers expect different effects from AI, including possible job disruption and opportunities for senior-level workers.
Gen Z workers
Older workers
AI’s impact
Gen Z workers
Gen Z workers use AI tools most often but are relatively more pessimistic about the technology.
Older workers
Workers in their 40s, 50s, and 60s are the most positive about AI, and nearly half of Gen X workers write positively about its use in their companies.
Expected opportunities
Gen Z workers
Gen Z workers are described as more worried amid fears that AI could contribute to major job losses.
Older workers
The study says AI may create more opportunities for senior-level workers.
- Source
- Glassdoor, a jobs review site
- Most frequent users
- Gen Z workers
- Most concerned group
- Gen Z workers are relatively more pessimistic about AI
- Most positive age groups
- Workers currently in their 40s, 50s, and 60s
- Gen X finding
- Nearly half of Gen X workers write positively about their companies’ use of AI
- Potential benefit
- The study says AI’s impact may create more opportunities for senior-level workers
- Gen X birth years
- 1965 to 1980