Back office ops · Production

With 92% adoption, Glean helps Upside employees find what they need, when they need it

The problem

As Upside grew rapidly, employees struggled to find critical information buried across Google Drive, Slack, Jira, and Confluence; pulse surveys showed declining confidence in locating knowledge, and teams wasted time recreating documents that already existed.

Workflow diagram · grounded in source
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Pilot then company-wide rollout
trigger
“After testing Glean with a pilot group, Upside rolled it out company-wide, connecting it seamlessly to their existing tools”
2
AI permission-aware search
ai_action
“AI-powered, permission-aware results tailored to each employee”
3
Instant information retrieval
output
“Employees could now search and find information instantly, reducing redundancy and frustration”
4
New-hire onboarding acceleration
output
“transformed onboarding for new hires, enabling them to ramp up quickly without relying on tribal knowledge”
Reported outcome

Glean achieved 92% company-wide adoption, saving over 2,000 hours monthly and generating more than $1.2M in time-value recovered, with 3,400+ Glean agents created in total.

Reported metrics
Employee adoption rate92%
Hours saved monthly2k+
Value of time saved from improved knowledge access>$1.2M
Glean agents created within 6 weeks of launch500
Show all 6 reported metrics
employee adoption rate92%
hours saved monthly2k+
value of time saved from improved knowledge access>$1.2M
Glean agents created within 6 weeks of launch500
total Glean agents created3,400+
time to company-wide launchone month
Reported stack
GleanGoogle DriveSlackJiraConfluence
Source
https://www.glean.com/resources/customer-stories/upside
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Frequently asked questions

What did this team achieve with this AI workflow?

Glean achieved 92% company-wide adoption, saving over 2,000 hours monthly and generating more than $1.2M in time-value recovered, with 3,400+ Glean agents created in total.

What tools did this team use?

Glean, Google Drive, Slack, Jira, Confluence.

What results were reported?

Employee adoption rate: 92%; Hours saved monthly: 2k+; Value of time saved from improved knowledge access: >$1.2M; Glean agents created within 6 weeks of launch: 500 (source-reported, not independently verified).

How is this back office ops AI workflow structured?

Pilot then company-wide rollout → AI permission-aware search → Instant information retrieval → New-hire onboarding acceleration.