Workplace AI Adoption & Compliance Assessment

Welcome to the Workplace AI Adoption & Compliance Survey. This survey asks about your experience with AI tools at work — whether you use them regularly, occasionally, or not at all. Your responses are confidential and will be reported only in aggregate. There are no right or wrong answers; we want your honest perspective. Participation is voluntary and you may stop at any time. The survey takes approximately 8 minutes to complete.

In the last 3 months, have you used any AI tools for your work?

• Yes, in the last 30 days
• Yes, 1–3 months ago
• Not in the last 3 months
• Never used AI tools for work

In the last 3 months, how often did you use AI tools for work?

• Daily
• A few times a week
• About weekly
• Less than weekly

Which AI tools did you use for work in the last 3 months? Select all that apply.

• OpenAI ChatGPT
• Microsoft Copilot
• Google Gemini
• Anthropic Claude
• Perplexity
• Midjourney / DALL·E / Stable Diffusion
• Internal or enterprise AI tool
• Browser or IDE AI extension
• Other (please specify)
• None of the above

In the last 3 months, what work tasks did AI help you with? Select all that apply.

• Drafting emails or documents
• Summarizing or extracting key points
• Data analysis or visualization
• Coding or code review
• Brainstorming or ideation
• Translation or rewriting
• Research or information gathering
• Slide or content creation
• Customer or stakeholder responses
• Scheduling or workflow automation
• Other (please specify)
• None of the above

Overall, how has using AI tools affected your personal productivity at work?

To the best of your knowledge, which best describes the approval status of the AI tools you used for work?

• Only company-approved tools
• Both approved and unapproved tools
• Only unapproved tools
• I'm not sure what's approved

If you used any unapproved or uncertain tools, what were your reasons? Select all that apply.

• Faster or easier than approved options
• Better quality results
• Teammate recommendation
• Unaware of the policy
• Couldn't access approved tools
• Lower cost or free
• Other (please specify)
• Not applicable — I only used approved tools

The next two questions are for those who have not used AI tools for work in the last 3 months. If you have used AI tools, please skip ahead.

How interested are you in using AI tools for your work going forward?

• Very interested
• Somewhat interested
• Not very interested
• Not at all interested

What are your main reasons for not using AI tools so far? Select all that apply.

• No clear use cases for my role
• Unsure where to start
• Quality or accuracy concerns
• Privacy or security risks
• Policy or approval uncertainty
• Lack of access to tools
• Time constraints or competing priorities
• Manager or team discourages it
• Other (please specify)

In the last 3 months, what types of data did you input into AI tools? Select all that apply. (Reminder: your responses are confidential.)

• Public or non-sensitive information
• Internal, non-confidential information
• Confidential or restricted internal information
• Personal data (customer or employee)
• Source code or scripts
• None of the above
• Not sure

When using AI tools for work, I remove or mask sensitive details before sharing data.

Rank the following AI-related concerns from most to least important to you.

1. Data leakage
2. Customer or employee privacy
3. Legal or compliance risk
4. Accuracy and reliability
5. Brand or reputational risk

How familiar are you with your organization's AI usage policy and guardrails?

• I know the policy and follow it
• I know it but parts are unclear
• I think there is one but I'm not sure
• I don't know of any AI policy

Which of the following would help you use AI tools more effectively and safely at work? Select all that apply.

• Short how-to guides and prompt libraries
• Role-based use-case playbooks
• Live workshops or webinars
• Office hours with AI experts
• Community of practice or peer network
• Compliance do's and don'ts
• Clear list of approved tools
• Access to enterprise-grade AI tools
• Built-in guardrails (e.g., data masking)
• Safe sandbox or test environment
• Other (please specify)

We'd like to understand your experience with AI tools at work in more depth. Please share your thoughts and our AI moderator will ask a couple of follow-up questions.

Based on your responses in this survey, please share a specific example of how AI has helped — or could help — your work. Any additional thoughts are welcome.

Finally, a few questions about you to help us analyze results across groups.

What is your primary role level?

• Individual contributor
• People manager
• Senior leader or executive
• Contractor
• Intern
• Prefer not to say

Which function best describes your work?

• Engineering or IT
• Product or Design
• Data or Analytics
• Sales
• Marketing
• Customer Support or Success
• Operations
• Finance
• HR or People
• Legal or Compliance
• Other
• Prefer not to say

How long have you worked at the company?

• Under 6 months
• 6–12 months
• 1–3 years
• 3–5 years
• More than 5 years
• Prefer not to say

Where do you primarily work?

• Onsite
• Hybrid
• Fully remote
• Field-based
• Prefer not to say

Which region do you primarily work in?

• North America
• Europe
• Asia-Pacific
• Latin America
• Middle East and Africa
• Prefer not to say

Thank you for completing this survey. Your feedback will directly inform our AI tools strategy, policies, and support programs. Results will be shared in aggregate only.