diff --git a/app/controller/command/commands/team.py b/app/controller/command/commands/team.py
index 6def3a2e..eb131a17 100644
--- a/app/controller/command/commands/team.py
+++ b/app/controller/command/commands/team.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from interface.github import GithubAPIException, GithubInterface
 from interface.slack import SlackAPIError
 from interface.gcp import GCPInterface
+from interface.gcp_utils import sync_team_email_perms
 from config import Config
 from app.model import Team, User
 from utils.slack_parse import check_permissions
@@ -682,39 +683,4 @@ def refresh_all_drive_permissions(self):
 
         all_teams: List[Team] = self.facade.query(Team)
         for t in all_teams:
-            self.refresh_drive_permissions(t)
-
-    def refresh_drive_permissions(self, t: Team):
-        """
-        Refresh Google Drive permissions for provided team. If no GCP client
-        is provided, this function is a no-op.
-        """
-
-        if self.gcp is None:
-            logging.debug("GCP not enabled, skipping drive permissions")
-            return
-
-        if len(t.folder) == 0:
-            return
-
-        # Generate who to share with
-        emails: List[str] = []
-        for github_id in t.members:
-            users = self.facade. \
-                query(User, [('github_user_id', github_id)])
-            if len(users) != 1:
-                logging.warn(f"None/multiple users for GitHub ID {github_id}")
-
-            # For now, naiively iterate over all users, due to
-            # https://github.com/ubclaunchpad/rocket2/issues/493
-            for user in users:
-                if len(user.email) > 0:
-                    emails.append(user.email)
-
-        # Sync permissions
-        if len(emails) > 0:
-            logging.info("Synchronizing permissions for "
-                         + f"{t.github_team_name}'s folder ({t.folder}) "
-                         + f"to {emails}")
-            self.gcp.set_drive_permissions(
-                t.github_team_name, t.folder, emails)
+            sync_team_email_perms(self.gcp, self.facade, t)
diff --git a/app/controller/command/commands/user.py b/app/controller/command/commands/user.py
index 19294503..3d298517 100644
--- a/app/controller/command/commands/user.py
+++ b/app/controller/command/commands/user.py
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
 from app.controller.command.commands.base import Command
 from db.facade import DBFacade
 from interface.github import GithubAPIException, GithubInterface
+from interface.gcp import GCPInterface
+from interface.gcp_utils import sync_user_email_perms
 from app.model import User, Permissions
-from typing import Dict, cast
+from typing import Dict, cast, Optional
 from utils.slack_parse import escape_email
 
 
@@ -24,7 +26,8 @@ class UserCommand(Command):
 
     def __init__(self,
                  db_facade: DBFacade,
-                 github_interface: GithubInterface):
+                 github_interface: GithubInterface,
+                 gcp: Optional[GCPInterface]):
         """Initialize user command."""
         logging.info("Initializing UserCommand instance")
         self.parser = ArgumentParser(prog="/rocket")
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@ def __init__(self,
         self.help = self.get_help()
         self.facade = db_facade
         self.github = github_interface
+        self.gcp = gcp
 
     def init_subparsers(self) -> _SubParsersAction:
         """Initialize subparsers for user command."""
@@ -220,6 +224,8 @@ def edit_helper(self,
                             " level.")
 
         self.facade.store(edited_user)
+        sync_user_email_perms(self.gcp, self.facade, edited_user)
+
         ret = {'attachments': [edited_user.get_attachment()]}
         if msg != "":
             # mypy doesn't like the fact that there could be different types
diff --git a/app/controller/command/parser.py b/app/controller/command/parser.py
index 927a7a4c..561a3732 100644
--- a/app/controller/command/parser.py
+++ b/app/controller/command/parser.py
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ def __init__(self,
         self.__bot = bot
         self.__github = gh_interface
         self.__gcp = gcp
-        self.commands["user"] = UserCommand(self.__facade, self.__github)
+        self.commands["user"] = UserCommand(self.__facade,
+                                            self.__github,
+                                            self.__gcp)
         self.commands["team"] = TeamCommand(config, self.__facade,
                                             self.__github,
                                             self.__bot,
diff --git a/interface/gcp_utils.py b/interface/gcp_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..18fb586b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/interface/gcp_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+"""Utilities for common-used interactions with Google API."""
+import logging
+from typing import List, Optional
+from interface.gcp import GCPInterface
+from db import DBFacade
+from app.model import User, Team
+
+
+def sync_user_email_perms(gcp: Optional[GCPInterface],
+                          db: DBFacade,
+                          user: User):
+    """
+    Refresh Google Drive permissions for a provided user. If no GCP client is
+    provided, this function is a no-op.
+
+    Finds folders for user by checking all teams the user is a part of, and
+    calling ``sync_team_email_perms()``.
+    """
+    if gcp is None:
+        logging.debug('GCP not enabled, skipping drive permissions')
+        return
+
+    if len(user.email) == 0 or len(user.github_id) == 0:
+        return
+
+    teams_user_is_in = db.query(Team, [('members', user.github_id)])
+    for team in teams_user_is_in:
+        sync_team_email_perms(gcp, db, team)
+
+
+def sync_team_email_perms(gcp: Optional[GCPInterface],
+                          db: DBFacade,
+                          team: Team):
+    """
+    Refresh Google Drive permissions for provided team. If no GCP client
+    is provided, this function is a no-op.
+    """
+    if gcp is None:
+        logging.debug("GCP not enabled, skipping drive permissions")
+        return
+
+    if len(team.folder) == 0:
+        return
+
+    # Generate who to share with
+    emails: List[str] = []
+    for github_id in team.members:
+        users = db.query(User, [('github_user_id', github_id)])
+        if len(users) != 1:
+            logging.warn(f"None/multiple users for GitHub ID {github_id}")
+
+        # For now, naiively iterate over all users, due to
+        # https://github.com/ubclaunchpad/rocket2/issues/493
+        for user in users:
+            if len(user.email) > 0:
+                emails.append(user.email)
+
+    # Sync permissions
+    if len(emails) > 0:
+        logging.info("Synchronizing permissions for "
+                     + f"{team.github_team_name}'s folder ({team.folder}) "
+                     + f"to {emails}")
+        gcp.set_drive_permissions(
+            team.github_team_name, team.folder, emails)
diff --git a/tests/app/controller/command/commands/user_test.py b/tests/app/controller/command/commands/user_test.py
index d8f4c679..72747854 100644
--- a/tests/app/controller/command/commands/user_test.py
+++ b/tests/app/controller/command/commands/user_test.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.db = MemoryDB(users=[self.u0, self.u1, self.admin])
 
         self.mock_github = mock.MagicMock(GithubInterface)
-        self.testcommand = UserCommand(self.db, self.mock_github)
+        self.testcommand = UserCommand(self.db, self.mock_github, None)
         self.maxDiff = None
 
     def test_get_help(self):
diff --git a/tests/utils/slack_parse_test.py b/tests/utils/slack_parse_test.py
index 768034ab..d13d91fc 100644
--- a/tests/utils/slack_parse_test.py
+++ b/tests/utils/slack_parse_test.py
@@ -106,3 +106,7 @@ def test_escape_email(self):
         email = "<mailto:email@a.com|email@a.com>"
         ret = util.escape_email(email)
         self.assertEqual(ret, "email@a.com")
+
+    def test_escape_normal_email(self):
+        email = 'robert@bobheadxi.dev'
+        self.assertEqual(util.escape_email(email), email)
diff --git a/utils/slack_parse.py b/utils/slack_parse.py
index 06d1e82a..b5133d54 100644
--- a/utils/slack_parse.py
+++ b/utils/slack_parse.py
@@ -99,7 +99,12 @@ def escape_email(email: str) -> str:
 
         email@a.com
 
+    Does nothing if the email is not escaped.
+
     :param email: email to convert
     :return: unescaped email
     """
-    return email.split('|')[0][8:]
+    if email.startswith('<'):
+        return email.split('|')[0][8:]
+    else:
+        return email