{"id":77143,"date":"2025-12-02T10:58:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T10:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dralysstore.com\/blog\/?p=77143"},"modified":"2025-12-02T10:58:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T10:58:48","slug":"employees-are-secretly-using-this-hack-to-do-less-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dralysstore.com\/blog\/employees-are-secretly-using-this-hack-to-do-less-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Employees Are Secretly Using This Hack to Do Less Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"tw:mt-0 tw:mb-1 tw:font-sans tw:text-2xl\">Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"tw:font-semibold tw:font-sans tw:text-base tw:marker:text-blue-600\">\n<li>Some workers are using AI to do their jobs for them and keeping quiet about it, according to a new report. <\/li>\n<li>A survey from KPMG and the University of Melbourne found that 57% of employees have used AI at work without disclosing it.<\/li>\n<li>This group has passed off AI-generated work as their own, per the findings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Workers are using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/science-technology\/7-ai-tools-that-run-a-one-person-business-in-2025-no\/499048\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_self\">AI tools<\/a> to automate significant tasks, freeing up time for personal activities \u2014 often without their employer\u2019s knowledge or permission, according to a new report released Monday from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ai-is-letting-employees-slack-off-by-cutting-workloads-2025-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Business Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Noah Olson, a software engineer who worked for a small roofing company in Ohio, used AI to finish about half of his tasks during the two years he was with the company. He didn\u2019t tell his employer he used AI to complete tasks early and spent the rest of his time at work browsing Reddit and YouTube leisurely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was copying and pasting all of my tasks into an AI agent such as Cursor or Claude Code, and I would let it do the work,\u201d Olsen told Business Insider. \u201cSo instead of having to work about 40 hours a week, I would work around 20 hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Related: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/connecticut-town-trials-four-day-workweek-employees-love-it\/480968\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_self\"><b>A Town in Connecticut Is Experimenting with a 4-Day Workweek \u2014 and It Seems to Be Working<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Olson isn\u2019t the only one. A <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.kpmg.com\/content\/dam\/kpmgsites\/ae\/pdf\/trust-attitudes-and-use-of-ai-global-report.pdf.coredownload.inline.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">global survey<\/a> conducted earlier this year by KPMG and the University of Melbourne found that 57% of the more than 30,000 workers surveyed said they have used AI at work without disclosing it. This group has passed off AI-generated work as their own, per the findings.<\/p>\n<p>Rapid advancements in AI\u2019s ability to handle complex work tasks, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/chatgpt-agent-creates-slide-decks-spreadsheets-from-prompts\/494771\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_self\">generating PowerPoint presentations<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/openais-new-deep-research-ai-surfs-the-web-writes-papers\/486513\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_self\">research reports<\/a>, fuel the trend of using AI tools in the workplace. AI often leads to \u201cpolished, completed reports and spreadsheets that look incredible,\u201d Glenn Hopper, an AI consultant, told Business Insider.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you didn\u2019t know AI did it, you would think someone took hours to create something like this,\u201d Hopper told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/openai-is-paying-ex-investment-bankers-to-train-its-ai\/498585\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_self\"><b>OpenAI Is Paying Ex-Investment Bankers $150 an Hour to Train Its AI<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/mgi\/our-research\/agents-robots-and-us-skill-partnerships-in-the-age-of-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McKinsey report<\/a> released last week found that current AI technology could theoretically automate 57% of work hours in the U.S. today.<b> <\/b>The number is an estimate of how technology could change the tasks that people complete, not a prediction of job losses. The report pointed out that AI can handle more routine tasks, freeing up workers to apply their skills to new contexts. For instance, workers can spend less time on basic research and more time framing questions and interpreting them.<\/p>\n<p>However, using AI comes with the risk of AI hallucinations or inaccuracies \u2014 leading to costly mistakes. Big Four consulting firm Deloitte was caught <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2025\/10\/07\/deloitte-ai-australia-government-report-hallucinations-technology-290000-refund\/?utm_source=search&amp;utm_medium=suggested_search&amp;utm_campaign=search_link_clicks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">using AI in a $290,000 report<\/a> published in July after an external researcher found <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/australia-ai-errors-deloitte-ab54858680ffc4ae6555b31c8fb987f3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at least 20 instances<\/a> of AI hallucinations in the study, including citations of fictional academic research papers. Deloitte updated the study with a note that it had used AI to help write the report. The firm had to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/deloitte-australia-issues-refund-ai-assurance-project-2025-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">partially refund<\/a> the Australian government for the study.<\/p>\n<p>Deloitte came under further scrutiny last week when a Canadian newspaper reported that a $1 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.nl.ca\/hcs\/files\/HealthHumanResourcesPlanReportMay-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">healthcare report<\/a> it provided the Canadian government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/deloitte-detected-using-fake-ai-citations-in-1-million\/500072\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_self\">featured fake citations<\/a> generated from fictional academic papers. In response, Deloitte Canada said that it was revising the report.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"tw:mt-0 tw:mb-1 tw:font-sans tw:text-2xl\">Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"tw:font-semibold tw:font-sans tw:text-base tw:marker:text-blue-600\">\n<li>Some workers are using AI to do their jobs for them and keeping quiet about it, according to a new report. <\/li>\n<li>A survey from KPMG and the University of Melbourne found that 57% of employees have used AI at work without disclosing it.<\/li>\n<li>This group has passed off AI-generated work as their own, per the findings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Workers are using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/science-technology\/7-ai-tools-that-run-a-one-person-business-in-2025-no\/499048\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_self\">AI tools<\/a> to automate significant tasks, freeing up time for personal activities \u2014 often without their employer\u2019s knowledge or permission, according to a new report released Monday from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ai-is-letting-employees-slack-off-by-cutting-workloads-2025-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Business Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Noah Olson, a software engineer who worked for a small roofing company in Ohio, used AI to finish about half of his tasks during the two years he was with the company. 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