94% of Managers Are Using AI for Performance Reviews — Are Employees Ready?

Ninety-four percent of managers are already using AI to build employee development plans. Not some managers — ninety-four percent. And that's just the start: 91% use AI to assess performance, and 88% use it to write performance improvement plans. The tools are live. The workflows are running. But most employees have no idea. That gap — between how deeply AI is embedded in performance management and how little employees know about it — is the central HR challenge right now. Not adoption. Transparency. In this episode, we break down what the data says, why it matters, and what HR teams need to do before that trust deficit becomes a real problem. Sources: Reworked 2026 manager survey (1,300+ respondents), PwC via Asanify, SSRN research, SHRM.