> Do they also make you write your own performance review and set your own objectives?

Not to get off on a tangent but this has got to be a "tell" for how much a company is managed by formula and how much it's actually got thinking people running things. Every time I've had to write my own review I fill out the form with some corporatese bullshit, my supervisor approves it and adds some more bullshit, it disappears into HR and I never hear anything about it until it's time for the next review, and it starts over again. There isn't even reference to any of my "objectives" from the last review, because that review has simply disappeared.

But I'm sure some HR exec is checking boxes for following "best practices" in employee evaluation.

> So management basically have no clue and want you to figure out how to use AI?

This is basically the same story I have heard both my own place of employment and also from a number of friends. There is a "need" for AI usage, even if the value proposition is undefined (or, as I would expect, non-existent) for most businesses.

Look, to make something productive out of it: a job seeker who has high level skills using LLM assistance will be much more valuable than one without the experience. Never mind your current company mangement's policies.

Management probably also wants them to figure out how to use the laptops, ide and other resources provided to them. Getting a tool for your employees that you've been told is important but have no idea what to do with is a perfectly valid management task.