AI is reducing hours of work to minutes. Some employees say they're just as busy.

Tech workers say AI often collapses tasks that used to take hours or days — drafting docs, summarizing meetings, building reports, and even coding — down to minutes.
Many also report the time saved just gets redeployed to new projects or to building/validating automation, so their workday doesn’t always get shorter.
People like the faster reviews and drafts, but note trade-offs — less human oversight and upfront validation work mean speed can come with new risks and extra effort.