Not CIO, I’m a mid-level manager at a company that’s betting big on AI.
The executive team is thrilled about the potential, cost savings, efficiency, all that, but my entry-level staff(Writers, Junior QA, and Junior SWE) is convinced AI is going to make their jobs obsolete.
The result?
They’re quietly undermining the rollout by withholding data, "forgetting" to log into new systems, or just not putting in the effort to make it work.
I get why they’re scared; none of us is immune to layoffs these days. But if this keeps up, we’ll fail before we even get started, and the execs will blame me for not embracing "progress."
How do I address this without making things worse? Should I push back on the execs’ timeline? Run interference with my team? Or is there a way to reassure everyone that AI is here to help, not replace?