Employee Comfort Delegating Tasks to AI Agents

Thanks for taking a few minutes on this! We're trying to understand how comfortable people feel delegating tasks to AI agents at work, and what would make that easier. Your responses are completely confidential and anonymized. Your honest answers help shape how we roll out these tools — about 5 minutes.

In the last 30 days, which of these tasks have you delegated to an AI agent (not just a chatbot for quick questions, but something that completed a task with less oversight)?

• Scheduling or calendar management
• Drafting emails or documents
• Summarizing meetings or reports
• Data analysis or reporting
• Customer-facing responses
• Writing or reviewing code
• Research or information gathering
• I haven't delegated any tasks to an AI agent

How comfortable are you delegating each type of task to an AI agent, even if you haven't tried it yet?

Overall, how much do you trust an AI agent to complete a delegated task correctly without you double-checking it?

When an AI agent completes a task for you, how often do you review its output before acting on it or sending it forward?

• Always review it fully
• Usually skim it
• Occasionally spot-check
• Rarely review it
• Never — I use it as-is

Rank these concerns from biggest to smallest when it comes to delegating tasks to AI agents.

1. Errors or inaccurate output
2. Losing my own skills or judgment
3. Not knowing who's accountable if something goes wrong
4. Data privacy or security
5. Impact on my job security
6. Quality dropping below my own standard

Which of these would do the most, and the least, to make you more comfortable delegating tasks to AI agents?

• Clear logs of what the AI agent did and why
• An easy way to undo or override its actions
• Proof it's been tested on tasks like mine
• Training on how to supervise it well
• Clear rules on who's accountable for mistakes
• Seeing colleagues use it successfully first
• Starting with low-stakes tasks only
• A human always reviewing before anything goes out

Probe the real story behind this person's comfort level with AI agents. Ask them to describe one specific recent time they delegated a task and one time they held back or double-checked everything — what made the difference. If they picked a top concern (like accountability or errors), get a concrete example of when that concern was realized or nearly was. If they said they never review output, gently check whether that's confidence or just not having noticed a problem yet.

How satisfied are you with the training and support your company has provided for working with AI agents?

Which best describes your role level?

• Individual contributor
• People manager
• Senior leader / executive
• Prefer not to say

How long have you been with the company?

• Less than 1 year
• 1–3 years
• 4–7 years
• 8+ years
• Prefer not to say

That's everything — thank you! Your responses will be pooled with your colleagues' to guide training, guardrails, and which tasks we roll AI agents out to next.