#employee-trust

#employee-trust

As a new kind of dealmaking is sweeping Silicon Valley, forcing employees to be vigilant about how much trust they are willing to put in startup founders.

When an employee joins a startup, there's a social contract of sorts. The employee takes a risk, joining a new company with uncertain prospects.

"One 10-year study... finds that it can increase chronic, acute stress and be linked to long-term depressive symptoms."

As AI automates more tasks, companies are dealing with employee fears and public backlash regarding job displacement, making ethical concerns a central issue in adoption.

"Think of AI as an exceptionally confident intern. It's helpful and full of suggestions, but requires oversight and verification," he says.

"Rather than taking courses on remote communication strategies, they embraced digital surveillance software that tracks mouse movement or times how long workers linger on a website. This approach failed to produce consistent gains in performance and often resulted in employees feeling resentful or anxious."

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