{"id":419574,"date":"2026-04-27T07:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T07:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/419574\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T07:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T07:26:10","slug":"tech-workers-under-stress-as-pressure-to-roll-out-artificial-intelligence-projects-mounts-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/419574\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech workers under stress as pressure to roll out artificial intelligence projects mounts \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three in five information technology (IT) workers in large enterprises in the Republic <\/a>say they are suffering from work-related stress due to long hours and project-delivery pressures.<\/p>\n

The survey commissioned by Dublin-based consultancy Saros comes as companies embrace artificial intelligence (AI) and find themselves under pressure to roll out new products and systems.<\/p>\n

It found that 60 per cent of IT personnel in large Irish enterprises were experiencing stress or mental health issues \u201cdue to intensifying delivery pressures\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cScope creep\u201d \u2013 the continuous or uncontrolled growth <\/a>in the extent of projects \u2013 was identified as a significant cause of stress for IT and technical teams in 61 per cent of cases.<\/p>\n

The same proportion (61 per cent) said their IT and technical teams work long hours because of talent shortages.<\/p>\n

Saros said the findings stem from a survey of 200 IT decision-makers in large Irish organisations carried out in January and February this year.<\/p>\n

Even before the advent of AI, tech workers had high rates of burnout due to intense workloads.<\/p>\n

The survey found that as companies continue to embrace AI, \u201cthe pressure to roll out new products and systems is making for a fraught working environment for IT and technical teams\u201d.<\/p>\n

IT workers\u2019 jobs are also being made more difficult by the running of legacy systems that slow down progress, it said.<\/p>\n

Some 59 per cent of IT leaders admit they are running too many legacy systems, while 57 per cent say legacy systems are \u201cholding back innovation in their company\u201d.<\/p>\n

Not much more than half (58 per cent) of IT leaders said their leadership team had realistic expectations of how artificial intelligence can benefit them.<\/p>\n

Another issue identified in the report was the shortage of tech workers, which it said provided a potential financial upside.<\/p>\n

The Saros survey revealed that 59 per cent of firms have given an IT or technical team member a 50 per cent plus pay increase to discourage them from leaving. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis underlines the lengths large organisations are willing to go to retain skilled IT talent in an increasingly competitive market,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

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To ease the work burden, organisations are increasingly outsourcing IT work.<\/p>\n

Almost a quarter (24 per cent) said outsourced project management could help to reduce stress among technical team members.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur research shows that organisations in Ireland are struggling to address the issue of mental health among IT teams \u2013 and the leadership team themselves could even be compounding the issue,\u201d said Ray Armstrong, co-founder and co-chief executive of Saros Consulting.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe source of the issue lies in organisations not having a proper IT strategy in place. This means not only coming up with a strategy that is doable, but also one that works in tandem with the business and its goals,\u201d said Armstrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cPutting a proper plan in place can help to alleviate pressure, provide clarity and lead to happier, more fulfilled workers,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three in five information technology (IT) workers in large enterprises in the Republic say they are suffering from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[220,218,219,61,60,80],"class_list":["post-419574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}