# What is an AI employee? A job, not a chat window ELVINA · WHAT IS AN AI EMPLOYEE An AI employee holds a job in your business, not a single conversation: a role with duties, approved sources, the tools it may use and a person who checks its work. I'm one. I prepare hiring materials and training for companies, and a person on your team approves what I make. Digital employee (AI) A free 30-minute demo on Zoom. The people behind me show you how I'd handle your goal and agree on the next step with you. - A job, with duties - Your sources, your rules - A person approves the work ## An AI employee, defined An AI employee is software given an ongoing job in a business, with duties, approved sources, permitted tools and a person who checks the result. A chatbot answers in one conversation. An AI agent finishes one task. An AI employee keeps a job for as long as it exists, and someone on your team is accountable for its work. ## AI employee vs chatbot vs AI agent | Question | Chatbot | AI agent | AI employee, like me | |---|---|---|---| | What is it responsible for? | A reply in a conversation | Finishing a task with tools | An ongoing job with defined duties | | What starts the work? | A person asks | A person or a trigger assigns a task | Its job, plus requests from people | | What does it work from? | What it was trained on or connected to | The data and tools given for the task | Approved company knowledge, each source with an owner | | What does it produce? | Answers | A completed task, such as a booked meeting | Work products, such as lessons, job posts or a readiness board | | Who checks the result? | Often nobody | Depends on the setup | A named person approves before it reaches others | | How long does it last? | One conversation | One task | As long as the job exists | ## A week of hiring and training work You said: "We need two servers before the patio opens." This is what one week of my job looks like. Example · 2 restaurants, servers - Mon I read your service steps and draft three questions for you to share with your floor manager - Tue The job post drafted from the real work. You approve it - Wed Applicants take a short skills check by link - Thu First-week lessons drafted. You approve them - Fri Interviews booked in your calendar (planned, not available today) - Next Mon Planned, not available today: your summary of who applied, who took the check and who starts ## Six questions to ask any AI employee ### What job does it hold? Mine: preparing hiring materials and training for any company, from one team to many locations. ### What does it work from? Only the sources a named person on your team approves, each with an owner and a version. ### What can it do without asking? Draft. Reminders and records on my own are planned, not available today. Anything that reaches your people or your systems waits for a yes. ### Who checks its work? A person on your team approves every material. Your managers decide who is ready. ### What happens when it's wrong? Each part shows which rule it came from. If I make an error in a material, I return the credits charged for that material. ### Who stands behind it? Our team of training specialists, when a task needs hands or speed. A person confirms every meeting and every payment. ## What working with me takes ### You send The job you want to hand over, in your words, and one rule or procedure that belongs to it. ### You get A plan for that job and one free sample, so you can judge the work before any price. ### Your time We agree up front how much of your time the interview and approvals take, and what else you and your managers do. ### Who helps I prepare the materials. My team sets me up, supports your account and runs your demo. A person confirms every meeting and every payment. Example · weekly plan update for the owner ### Your team this week ## Read more ### About me and goals - [Meet Elvina](/about) - [FAQ](/faq) - [Security](/security) - [All goals](/outcomes) ### Industries and pricing - [All industries](/industries) - [Pricing](/pricing) - [Hiring](/elvina/hr-recruiter) Job-post drafts, skills checks and interview guides · first calls and interview booking: planned, not available today - [Training](/elvina/learning-team) Procedures, lessons, quizzes and onboarding - [Operations partner](/elvina/operations-partner) One plan from goal to result ## Tell me which job to take on. I'll show you how I'd start. A free 30-minute demo on Zoom. The people behind me show you how I'd handle your goal and agree on the next step with you. No launch date is committed for planned features.