😩 Half Your Workday Is Wasted on “Busywork,” According to a New Report
Tired of wasting your workday on pointless tasks? 😩 A new report says the average office worker spends over half their day stuck doing “busywork” — from endless emails to pointless meetings. Find out what’s really draining your productivity (and how A.I. might finally save us from it). 💻☕
10/8/20251 min read
Ever feel like you spend your whole day at work doing everything but your actual job? 🫠 You’re not alone — turns out, American office workers say 51% of their day goes to straight-up busywork.
We’re talking reading and writing emails ✉️, hunting down files 🗂️, filling out timesheets, updating reports, troubleshooting old tech, and sitting in meetings that could’ve been an email. Basically, half your day is gone before you’ve even done anything that really matters.
The study found that all this repetitive nonsense isn’t just annoying — it’s exhausting. 😮💨 85% of workers say “repetitive tasks” trigger stress multiple times a week, and many blame it for burnout.
And sure, artificial intelligence is supposed to make life easier… so where’s that version of A.I.? 🧠💻 While it probably can’t cancel meetings (unfortunately), experts say A.I. could eventually take over some of the worst tasks — like organizing data, managing emails, and automatically filling out forms.
So maybe someday soon, we’ll finally get to spend less time on copy-paste chaos… and more time actually doing something meaningful. Or, you know, scrolling TikTok during lunch. 😉