[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-employees-waste-six-hours-weekly-monitoring-ai-tools":10},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":24,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":22,"tags":25,"sources":29,"feedback":33,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":33,"total_tokens":33},706,"employees-waste-six-hours-weekly-monitoring-ai-tools","Employees waste six hours weekly monitoring AI tools","Company staff report spending over six hours a week supervising generative AI, adding to workplace frustration.","Employees are spending more than six hours each week keeping AI tools in check.\n\nA recent survey of office workers finds that on average they spend 6.2 hours per week performing \"botsitting\" – watching output, correcting errors, and re‑prompting generative AI systems. The data, collected from over 2,000 respondents across various sectors, shows the practice is now a regular part of many roles, from marketing to software development. Respondents also noted that the time spent on botsitting has risen sharply since AI assistants became commonplace earlier this year.\n\nThe hidden labor matters because it eats into productivity and fuels resentment toward AI adoption. Managers expecting faster results may overlook the cost of supervision, while employees feel they trade real work for babysitting code or copy. The finding suggests that organizations should factor monitoring time into ROI calculations and consider better tooling or training to reduce the burden.\n\nIf the trend continues, the promised efficiency gains from AI could be offset by a new layer of oversight work, turning a sleek tech upgrade into a hidden overtime expense.","[\"ai\",\"workplace\",\"productivity\"]","2026-06-11T13:26:59.000Z","2026-06-11T14:27:07.823Z","2026-06-11T14:27:16.796Z","published",null,[],"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.xyz.onl\u002Farticle-images\u002Femployees-waste-six-hours-weekly-monitoring-ai-tools.webp",[26,27,28],"ai","workplace","productivity",[30],{"name":31,"url":32},"Hacker News","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.businessinsider.com\u002Fbotsitting-ai-hidden-human-labor-at-work-2026-6",0]