Your agency rolled out 3 AI tools this year. Your workload didn't shrink — it grew. Now you're expected to produce more, faster, with the same headcount and the same salary.
They call it efficiency. You call it scope creep with a tech rebrand.
No new title. No bump. Just a "we're innovating" all-hands.
Who else is doing AI-era work on pre-AI pay? And at what point do you start pricing that into your next offer?

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Adding AI tools and thinking that it’s made the work quicker or easier is greatly exaggerated. Role expectations have been growing through layoffs and downsizing departments. Complete lack of communication because leadership just thinks AI leveled it out.

Conversely, I've seen roles with reduced salaries attributed to efficiencies gained with AI

Weird that the AI tools are leading to increased workload seems like an organization problem.

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