Younger workers apparently want their bosses to start behaving more like AI

Nearly two-thirds of AI users aged 18-28 want clearer instructions from their bosses Nearly half of the same cohort have difficulty explaining work completed with the help of AI The figures could indicate a brand new challenge to management “Tell me exactly what you want me to do” – that seems to be

<![CDATA[ <article> <ul><li><strong>Nearly two-thirds of AI users aged 18-28 want clearer instructions from their bosses</strong></li><li><strong>Nearly half of the same cohort have difficulty explaining work completed with the help of AI</strong></li><li><strong>The figures could indicate a brand new challenge to management</strong></li></ul><p>“Tell me exactly what you want me to do” – that seems to be the message from older millennial and younger Gen Z workers, who have expressed a need for highly specific instructions from their bosses. </p><p>Research has found that 62% of the 18-28 age group who regularly use AI want their bosses to give them the same sort of clear steps and parameters as one might give an LLM chatbot.</p><p>While a cohort of workers who are attentive to the needs of the business might sound good, deeper investigation may prompt you to think again. The <a href="https://cooperative-agency.prowly.com/470477-young-ai-users-are-starting-to-expect-managers-to-work-like-machines" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">study</a> by Use.AI implies a deeper-seated issue that points to a management challenge unlike anything seen before on this scale.</p><h2 id="detailed-steps">Detailed steps</h2><p>Use.AI surveyed 11,742 adults based in United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, the European Union, Australia and Latin America, finding 62% of the 18-28 age group familiar with the AI use are accompanied by 41% of those aged 40 and older who also want more detail about tasks from their line managers.</p><p>Why do younger users need clearer, more detailed steps? It could be a simple matter of judgement, with the 18-28 age group requiring more experience in making their own decisions. But with the presence of AI in their working lives, could they be fearful of being replaced?</p><p>The report also explores a slightly different dimension. Within the 18-28 age group, 44% say they have had difficulty to explain work created with AI assistance. This raises a key concern: does the employee even know what their tasks are supposed to achieve? For that matter, does the business? </p><h2 id="sound-judgement">Sound judgement</h2><p>AI has changed businesses considerably, and made an impact that doesn’t only improve productivity. As Ihor Herasymov, Co-Founder & CEO of Use.AI, observes, “AI is exposing which parts of work were never really about producing the answer. When a model can generate the output in seconds, the value of some tasks shifts to whether the person can make a sound judgment and stand behind it.”</p><p>Other results from the survey support this. With 57% of the 18-28 age group of regular AI users stating that they are less likely to memorize information that can be collected via AI, and 53% of the same group frustrated by “ordinary” tasks that could be completed by a chatbot, a whole new workplace dynamic is being quietly established. </p><p>Herasymov concludes, “Managers now have to be much clearer about whether they need the result or whether the task itself is meant to develop the employee.”</p> </article> ]]>