In the same breath, Verizon requires employees to get manager approval just to use AI tools.
The irony? Managers and executives already have access without approval—while the people actually doing the work and delivering results have to jump through hoops.
If the goal is to empower employees and reduce bureaucracy, this is exactly the opposite.
Bureaucracy with an AI label.
"Managers and executives already have access without approval—while the people actually doing the work and delivering results have to jump through hoops."
It has been this way since at least 2017. Nothing new.
Bureaucracy for thee but not for me and my good Ole Boys Club.
F it. If you have to go through that much trouble just dont use it. Their problem not yours.
Why can't AI jump through the hoops?
It’s not just the tools. They launched this AI Unlocked Innovation Sprint, and that requires manager approval as well.
It’s getting more bureaucratic than the Hans era.
I don't think you realize just how many hoops managers had to jump through for those AI tools to be available for different organizations.