Employees turning to AI and social media for pay information – report

As a result, more than a third of employers said employee expectations around salaries are higher than ever before (38%) and that employees are receiving conflicting information about their pay (35%).

Going online for pay info

Aside from generative AI, 72% of employers also said there had been an increase in employees negotiating salaries based on information they found online.

In fact, 63% said there has been an increase in employees coming to them with salary requests based on inaccurate or unverified data.

This was information confirmed by employees, as some of them said they got their salary information from social media (19%), search engines (26%), and similar job postings (36%).