AI & Enterprise
AI efficiency gains fuel \'quiet quitting\' trend in AI era
Some office workers are cutting work time with AI but not telling their companies, as a belief spreads that higher efficiency brings more tasks without matching rewards. A Japanese worker saved about 10 hours a month by automating summaries and documents but kept it private. A 2025 Ivanti survey found 32 percent of AI users hid productivity gains, citing competitive advantage and job-cut fears. Japanese data showed most saved time was reinvested into work.
