Managers Are Quietly Asking AI How to Break Bad News to Employees

AI News September 13, 2026 08:30 PM

A 2026 Predictive Index survey finds 74% of CEOs think their managers can handle tough pay, performance and layoff talks alone, but 42% of managers say they struggle with delivery. Many are quietly rehearsing those conversations with public AI tools, and 44% have entered real employee names and performance details into them, even though only 45% of companies have a policy governing it.

Managers Are Quietly Asking AI How to Break Bad News to Employees

Related Stories

Bill Gross bets AI can help mass

Nigeria records 93% rise in AI micro

The Italian gelato maker using AI to invent new flavours

Closing the Gap Between Agentic CX Pilots and Production

New Brunswick data centre debate highlights cross

How to Structure an AI Agent Referral Fee Agreement Between Startups

No, AI didn’t delete a Swedish reality TV series

There is no AI in Armageddon. Artificial intelligence is a tool, not an apocalypse