Salary hikes at IBM are also being based on hypothetical future performance.

Salary hikes at IBM are also being based on hypothetical future performance. The Big Blue is using its AI tool Watson to examine its staffers’ experience and skills and assess their potential contribution to the company, Bloomberg reports. IBM claims Watson has an accuracy level of 96% but the company also spot-checks employee performance against its predictions. The technology giant employed about 130,000 people in India as of September 2017, according to a New York Times report.