Will a robot take YOUR job? New McKinsey report claims 60% of all professions will be affected - and food service and manufacturing will be hardest hit

As robots become an increasingly prominent asset in the workforce, jobs in food service and manufacturing may be among the first lost to automation. This is according to a recent McKinsey report, which analyzed thousands of workplace activities in the United States to determine which occupations are most at risk. The researchers say those which rely on'predictable physical activities', like food preparation, have a higher likelihood of automation, followed by data processing and data collection. As robots become an increasingly prominent asset in the workforce, jobs in food service and manufacturing may be among the first lost to automation. In the McKinsey report, the researchers analysed more than 2,000 work activities for over 800 occupations, looking at the amount of time spent on particular activities, and the feasibility of automating these tasks.