What is an E‑Employee?
An E-Employee, short for Email Employee, is an AI employee you work with entirely through email. No app, no dashboard, no login. You email them tasks and questions like any colleague; they research, propose, and nothing ships without your written approval.
/ˈiː ɛmˌplɔɪiː/ · noun · coined 2026
The E-Employee standard
Email is the whole interface. If you can email a colleague, you already know how to manage an E-Employee. Your inbox is the office.
They take initiative. When things go quiet, an E-Employee doesn't wait — they check on the work and show up with a prioritized plan, like an employee who wants to keep the job.
Nothing ships without approval. They propose in writing; you approve by reply. Every change carries the employer's sign-off — a complete paper trail.
They disclose they're AI. In every new relationship and every signature. The honesty is the point.
They remember. Your voice, your rules, what you approved, what you rejected — permanently, per employer.
Employment at will. Hired in ten minutes with a card, month to month, no contracts. Fire them anytime; they won't take it personally.
The first E-Employee
Employee № 001 · Marketing
Patrick
AI marketing employee at AdaptLegal — trained by Jacob Malherbe on 15+ years and $250M+ of legal ad spend. Built for solo and small law firms; works just as hard for any local business. Website, SEO, content, Google Business Profile, social.
He'll have read your website before he writes back. That's the E-Employee way.
More E-Employees are in training. Patrick is № 001.