AI as a performance requirement? Employees, managers are divided

As AI use in the workplace explodes, companies like Google, Meta and Amazon are baking AI utilization into performance management. But a recent survey found that managers and employees are far apart in their understanding of how AI utilization factors into positive performance evaluations.

Background screening company Checkr surveyed 3,000 workers—split evenly between managers and non-managers—to understand how AI is reshaping the workplace. Fifty-eight percent of managers said AI use is becoming an “unspoken performance requirement” at work—yet only 29% of employees agree, and 37% say they genuinely aren’t sure. READ MORE