{"id":285917,"date":"2025-11-15T09:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T09:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/285917\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T09:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T09:52:09","slug":"meta-to-judge-employee-performance-reviews-by-ai-usage-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/285917\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta to Judge Employee Performance Reviews by AI Usage in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meta will tie employees&#8217; performance to their &#8220;AI-driven impact&#8221; starting next year.<\/p>\n<p>The social media giant is making &#8220;AI-driven impact&#8221; a &#8220;core expectation&#8221; from 2026, Janelle Gale, Meta&#8217;s head of people, told employees Thursday in an internal memo, which was seen by Business Insider.<\/p>\n<p>Meta will assess employees on how they use AI to deliver results and build tools that can move the needle in a major way when it comes to productivity.<\/p>\n<p>Individual AI usage and adoption metrics won&#8217;t be included in 2025&#8217;s annual performance reviews, according to the memo, though workers should include their AI-fueled wins in their self-reviews.<\/p>\n<p>A Meta spokesperson referenced an earlier statement made to Business Insider on <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/meta-tracks-employees-ai-use-creates-game-to-boost-adoption-2025-10\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AI adoption<\/a>: &#8220;It&#8217;s well-known that this is a priority, and we&#8217;re focused on using AI to help employees with their day-to-day work,&#8221; a Meta spokesperson told Business Insider.<\/p>\n<p>The move marks a broader shift within corporate America toward an AI-native culture. Big Tech firms, including Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, are pushing employees to do more with AI. The directives given to workers have been unified and clear: using it is &#8220;no longer optional,&#8221; as one <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/microsoft-internal-memo-using-ai-no-longer-optional-github-copilot-2025-6\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Microsoft executive<\/a> put it to managers in June. <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/google-employees-use-ai-or-get-left-behind-gemini-2025-8\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Google CEO Sundar Pichai<\/a> had a similar message for employees in a July all-hands meeting, telling employees they need to use it for Google to lead the AI race.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Meta overhauled its hiring process by allowing job applicants to <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/meta-hiring-ai-recruitment-interviews-candidates-docs-coding-2025-6\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">use AI in coding interviews<\/a>. It also launched an internal game called &#8220;Level Up&#8221; to <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/meta-tracks-employees-ai-use-creates-game-to-boost-adoption-2025-10\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">incentivize AI adoption<\/a>, and now it&#8217;s willing to reward workers who use AI to drive meaningful outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As we move toward an AI-native future, we want to recognize people who are helping us get there faster,&#8221; Gale wrote in the memo. &#8220;For 2025, we&#8217;ll reward those who made exceptional AI-driven impact, either in their own work or by improving their team&#8217;s performance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meta is also overhauling how workers write performance reviews and feedback by rolling out an &#8220;AI Performance Assistant&#8221; to use in this year&#8217;s performance review cycle, which begins on December 8, according to the memo. <\/p>\n<p>Gale wrote that employees can use its internal AI assistant Metamate, as well as Google&#8217;s Gemini, for their performance content.<\/p>\n<p>Employees have already been using <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/meta-ai-assistant-helps-employees-performance-reviews-2025-11\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Meta&#8217;s internal AI bot<\/a> to help write performance reviews, Business Insider previously reported.<\/p>\n<p>Have a tip? 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