A viral Reddit confession that netted over 14,000 upvotes sparked a lively discussion at the intersection of workplace ambition, artificial intelligence and corporate blind spots. The story, posted in the r/confession subreddit by an anonymous user, relayed a sly and risky tactic deployed to secure a raise. How? By exploiting their manager's reliance on an AI assistant.
In a post titled "I convinced my boss through his AI assistant to give me a raise," the OP laid the groundwork. The user's boss allegedly depends entirely on an AI tool to manage his inbox, using it to read, summarize and prioritize emails. "The whole business knows that he never checks them, he only responds to anything the AI tells him to do," the poster wrote.
