AI Is Coming for HR. HR Should Lead the Charge.
ADP's AI agents, the promotion problem, 57% admin automation potential, and what every HR professional should do right now.
The HR AI Disruption Guide by What About AI? covers how ADP's AI agents are transforming payroll and promotions for 1.1 million clients, why HR teams spend 57% of their time on tasks AI can handle, and provides a step-by-step action plan for HR professionals to lead AI adoption rather than be replaced by it.
Source: What About AI?
Key Insights from This Guide
Here are some of the most important findings. Download the full guide for complete analysis, action steps, and checklists.
ADP's AI Agents: 1.1 Million Clients, 140 Countries
ADP launched AI agents that run payroll, flag tax issues, generate reports, answer policy questions, and initiate promotions — all built on data from 42 million wage earners. This signals industry-wide HR automation at unprecedented scale.
57% of HR Time Is Spent on Automatable Tasks
HR teams spend over half their time on repetitive administrative work that AI can already handle. Yet 83% of organizations still score at the lowest maturity levels for HR automation, meaning the disruption wave has barely started.
The HR Paradox: Disrupted AND In Charge
HR is simultaneously one of the most automatable departments and the one being asked to lead AI transformation company-wide. This creates a unique opportunity: HR professionals who embrace AI become the most indispensable people in the organization.
AI Promotions Eliminate Bias — But Also Human Context
ADP's agents can now surface promotion candidates based on objective performance data, eliminating subjective favoritism. But they also miss the human context that sometimes justifies promoting someone whose value doesn't show up in metrics.
HR AI Disruption Guide
Industry Data & Career Strategies
PDF Guide
Get Your Free Guide
Enter your email to download the HR AI Disruption Guide with automation stats, role impact data, and action steps.
By downloading, you'll also receive our daily AI career insights. Unsubscribe anytime.
What's Inside the Guide
The HR Paradox
Why HR is simultaneously the most automatable department and the one being asked to lead AI adoption company-wide.
ADP's AI Agents
How AI agents built on 42 million wage earner records are handling payroll, compliance, and talent actions for 1.1M+ clients.
The Promotion Problem
AI-driven promotions eliminate bias but also remove human context — the nuanced tradeoffs HR leaders need to navigate.
Where Humans Win
The subjective, emotionally complex situations that AI can't handle — and why these skills matter more than ever.
HR Goes Technical
Why HR professionals may end up more technically sophisticated than IT — evaluating, deploying, and training the entire company on AI.
Your Action Plan
Four immediate steps for HR leaders: appoint an AI owner, get help, embrace the tech personally, and shift from admin to strategy.