Google raises expectations for employees to use AI

Managers have told some non-technical staff to use internal AI tools in their workflows, and in some cases that AI use will be considered in upcoming performance reviews.

Google is asking more employees, including non-technical staff, to use AI tools as part of their work. Managers have recently informed some workers that AI should be used for tasks such as drafting strategy documents, analyzing sales calls, and creating customer insights. In some cases, employees were told that their use of AI would be considered during their Googler Reviews and Development performance reviews. The move follows earlier updates encouraging engineers to use AI coding assistants and company statements about increasing shares of code produced with AI. Key facts: - Managers have informed some non-technical employees they are expected to use internal AI tools in their workflows. - Some employees were explicitly told that AI use would be considered in their upcoming performance reviews (Googler Reviews and Development). - Google says managers have discretion to evaluate AI use, and employees are generally limited to internal tools such as an internal Gemini-based assistant (named Duckie) and a coding tool trained on Google’s technical history (named Goose). Summary: The change extends Google’s effort to integrate AI across different roles and to formalize expectations around AI use. Some teams are already using internal tools for note-taking and call analysis, and managers may factor AI use into performance assessments later this year. Undetermined at this time.