Help! My robot colleague is doing better than I am

It is not unusual for staff to moan about an unfeeling "robotic" manager or the "computer says no" mentality of their HR department. But if the predictions of technology soothsayers are to be believed, those complaints could soon take on a much more literal dimension. A 2015 study by Oxford University and Deloitte suggested that around 35 per cent of existing UK jobs are likely to become automated in the next 20 years, with administrative jobs or those involving repetitive tasks most likely to be replaced by some form of automation. It seems likely that this will lead to significant job losses, as well as changing the workplace substantially for those whose jobs remain. Read more: Here's how to stop a robot taking your job So what could this look like in practice?