A Bengaluru-based tech professional has gone viral after claiming that AI has not reduced workload but has instead quintupled the tasks assigned to employees.

  • AI has shifted corporate expectations from managing 5 tasks to over 20 tasks per person.
  • Managers are using AI efficiency to demand higher output rather than providing employee relief.
  • The industry is facing a new crisis of extreme burnout and unrealistic timelines.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) was promised as a tool to liberate humans from tedious tasks. However, a viral video from Rupali Tiwari, a tech professional based in Bengaluru, paints a much darker picture. Instead of easing the burden, AI is being used by corporations to exponentially increase the workload on employees.

In her emotional social media post, Tiwari highlights how managers and team leads in the tech industry have fundamentally changed their expectations. The logic used by leadership is simple yet devastating: since AI can handle the heavy lifting, human employees should be able to manage a much larger volume of work simultaneously.

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Why This Matters

BozokMedia analysis shows that the 'productivity paradox' is hitting the tech sector hard. While AI increases the speed of output, it is simultaneously erasing the boundaries of the standard workday, leading to a systemic rise in employee burnout and mental health crises.

AI is being weaponized by management to squeeze more productivity out of humans, rather than being used to improve human well-being.

The scale of this shift is staggering. Tiwari claims that whereas employees previously managed around 5 core tasks, they are now being bombarded with 20 to 25 tasks. She cited an example of a software engineer friend who is currently managing nearly 10 projects at once—personally writing the code, reviewing it, and handling the deployment, all aided by AI.

'10 years of work in 6 months?'—this phrase captures the current sentiment in the industry. Companies are now aiming to complete decadal objectives within a single year, leveraging AI to compress timelines to an unsustainable degree. This aggressive pursuit of efficiency is creating a culture of constant urgency.

Did You Know?: The rapid integration of AI in workplaces has led to a phenomenon known as 'Digital Exhaustion,' where the speed of work outpaces human cognitive recovery.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Is AI causing job losses or just more work?
While initial fears focused on job displacement, the current reality is a massive surge in workload and unrealistic performance metrics.

2. How are managers reacting to AI?
Managers are increasingly viewing AI as a way to increase the 'task density' per employee rather than reducing working hours.