Using employees' AI abilities as a measure of whether they should get a bonus
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Accenture CEO Julie Sweet told the Rapid Response podcast in March: "Today, AI at Accenture is how BBC Technology does work.
Key facts
- Meanwhile, 75% of the 1,881 UK jobseekers polled in July by recruiter Gi Group say they would not be put off applying to an organisation that had introduced AI proficiency into individual performance
- Accenture CEO Julie Sweet told the Rapid Response podcast in March: "Today, AI at Accenture is how they do work
- It demonstrates how eager business leaders are to see a return from their AI investments, especially when 94% of companies have yet to see significant value from AI, according to a report, external
- Mandating AI use at work can become purely performative, rather than having any real positive impact, warns Kamila Miller, applied AI researcher and lecturer at Henley Business School
Summary
It's in Duncan Trevithick's interest to be good at using AI at work - if he can use it to get more tasks done, faster, he'll qualify for a bonus at the end of the year. "The uncomfortable interpretation is that employees are being assessed on how effectively they can participate in their own redundancy," says Spain-based Trevithick, 34, who works in marketing for an AI training data company. But if he uses AI to take care of two days worth of work each week, he says the financial rewards don't add up. "I do not receive two days off or a 40% pay rise. "The reporter is trying to view themselves as a manager, and the reporter is managing some people, and the reporter is also managing AI agents, or AI loops, or whatever you want to call it.