My employee used to ask to raise AI – here’s my answer

Last month, I looked at my screen when one of my managers collided with my inbox:

“According to the industry data available, the average annual salary for the coordinator in New York is about 73 73k to 82k. Given the growing scope of my performance and my responsibilities over the past year, I am sure to apply for salary adjustments that I have to cooperate with the team.”

Me immediately. It was known that the text was e -influencing. Not due to wood sentences or exact salary limit. I knew because no one asks for their money. It seems Frightened Of his desire

The answer to my manager was such a robotic:

“Thank you for reaching about your impressive progress and growing contributions. When we value your impact, we are currently unable to adjust the salary hike. We are committed to recognize your development and will continue to review opportunities …”

Looks like two emails, two different people, and each word as it comes from the same chat GPT template.

Because it did.

Welcome to Roy Loop from hell

We are watching the death of workplace communication and the birth of a new type of cowardice: where to be professional means processing, smart sound means artificial sound and where the most human work is to do a machine for you.

AI is not guilty here. This is a mirror. It reflects the culture of workplace that avoids distress in the name of professionalism.

What happened here: A remote employee in Portugal used AI to request New York’s wages (employee’s old address). The manager used AI to reject the application without dealing with the geographical complexity.

It was like discussing people through Google Translate, except that the translation was in the corporate speaker and again.

Instead of lifting the phone, it is a version of the chatting generation to hide behind the email, except now we are hiding behind the algorithm instead of being ourselves.

I faced a choice: Fire or become a human being for your response.

I chose humanity: “Let’s chat directly on Thursday. Copy HR.”

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Business cost of artificial communication

This is not a story about AI that makes us slow. What happens about when we use technology to avoid the conversation that is most important and it costs our business.

The employee who used a chatgot was not trying to deceive anyone. She was trying to give a “professional” voice navigating a complex fact that requires real negotiations.

We avoided a conversation that needed and ended with a conversation with no one.

When we avoid direct conversation, what are we afraid of?

But the difficult question here is: What conditions did I create that my employee became convinced that only AI can speak for them?

It was not just about the fear of being straight. It was about a workplace culture where authentic requests felt very dangerous. Where being a ‘professional’ became more important than being a human being.

The manager could break the chain by answering the person, not prose. I could soon break it by creating situations where people felt safe to ask what they were capable of in their own words.

Are we outsourcing or just a dispute?

But when an employee outsource demands an increase in the chatigue, what are they really saying: “I don’t trust my words that they are worthy of your time.” And when a manager responds with AI, he is saying: “Your request is not worthy of my authentic attention.”

Thus, relationships die in the workplace – not with conflict, but with real communication slowing down. And dead relationships do not produce business results.

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Competitive advantage of human leadership

When I insisted on direct conversation, something was noteworthy. Within 20 minutes, we found a solution that recognized both the employee’s contribution and the facts of our global compensation structure.

We discussed:

• Creation of the original value of the employee (significant)
• Considering geographical salaries (complicated but managed)
• Carrier growth opportunities (more valuable than a collision of instant salary)
• Measurement of performance associated with future enhancement (clear and acquired)

None of it could get out of the AI ​​exchange. This solution requires human decisions on justice, business barriers and individual conditions.

Although rivals allow AI to handle their “difficult” conversation, we are building strong ties with our people. In the first world of remote, our secret weapon has become our secret weapon to maintain authentic communication skills.

Talking about money, justice and contribution is very important to hand over the code. They have direct dialogue, humility, humility and often, when there are people on the other side.

Why is it important to every business leader

We are creating a world where the most important conversation sounds like they are going between chat boats. When someone’s livelihood is on bread, they deserve human reaction.

Fixed workplace communication is not banning AI. It recognizes when the stake is too high for artificial reactions.

When I insisted on talking directly, I just didn’t eliminate the AI ​​Feedback Loop. I reminded everyone involved that some of the problems other than real human dialogue are very complicated.

In a world where we are teaching humans to voice, the most radical business process is ensuring human voice when it makes the most difference.

So now our policy is here: If the conversation feels difficult, we have it alive. If it includes money, justice or the future, we personally show as much as we can. There is no script. No templates. Only two people are trying to get it together.