Friends,
AI is creating legal headaches.
Workplace culture means something different depending on who you ask.
Some managers still think work comes before common sense.
And apparently we’re now debating whether employees can opt out of AI altogether.
Here’s the break down.
p.s. check this misconduct stuff out.
The State of Misconduct at Work
1 in 15 candidates screened showed high risk patterns of behavior such as harassment, intolerance, violence, and other forms of misconduct, a 34% increase year over year.
Online Harassment / Trolling: 37.2% of flagged behavior
Intolerance: 23.9%
Sexually explicit misconduct: 17.8%
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The BARF
Toxic Leadership: Hospital Visit Shows “Wrong Mindset”
A manager told an employee that going to the hospital after a car accident showed the wrong mindset. Real commitment, apparently, would have been skipping treatment and getting back to work.
The same companies that say people are their greatest asset somehow always find a way to treat them like rental equipment.
Could Your Company’s AI Chatbot Become a Witness in a Future Lawsuit?
Employees are dumping emails, contracts, candidate data, and all kinds of company information into AI tools every day.
We’ve spent twenty years worrying about email discovery. Now we’ve created an entirely new pile of discoverable information and we’re acting surprised.
Silent Office Culture Sparks Workplace Debate
A laid-off employee described a workplace where people rarely talked, ate lunch together, or built friendships.
People say they want culture. What they usually mean is they want their culture. Some employees see that environment as lonely. Others would do anything to escape the forced fun.
Employee Receives Religious Accommodation to Avoid AI Tools
A software engineer received approval to avoid AI tools because of religious concerns.
You don’t have to use AI. That’s your choice. But if everyone around you is moving faster, producing more, and learning quicker because they are using it, that choice may come with consequences.