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Employees Spend Almost a Full Day Each Week Just Babysitting AI Tools
HR Dive·Monday, 20 July 2026
A new data roundup reveals that workers are spending close to one full day per week on 'botsitting' — monitoring and correcting AI outputs rather than doing their own work. The same report also notes that companies which hired more workers saw higher revenue. These numbers paint a complicated picture of AI's actual productivity payoff.
Why It Matters
If you use AI tools at work, this stat is a reality check — AI is creating new tasks, not just eliminating old ones.
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