A pissed off supervisor not too long ago went viral as he was seen shouting at an worker, asking, “I paid you Rs 2 lakh (S$2,723) for this?” after he caught him utilizing ChatGPT for writing content material.
The viral video, shared by the Fb web page Little Letters Linked, had netizens on-line flocking to defend the worker. Though the bulk speculated the video itself was AI-generated, it opened up a dialog about utilizing synthetic intelligence (AI) within the workplace.
One commenter got here to the worker’s protection saying, “Even managers use ChatGPT to draft emails.” One other identified that whereas the supervisor is correct about not utilizing AI, he shouldn’t be shouting on the worker. A 3rd added, “To begin with, the] supervisor doesn’t pay [the] worker from his pocket.”
Nevertheless, others got here to the supervisor’s defence, saying his frustration is justified as he’s “accountable for workers that comes beneath his administration.”
One other commenter, nonetheless, chimed in, saying, “Rs2 lakh is what a rest room cleaner will get within the USA.”
In Singapore, a 2024 research by Slack discovered that whereas 52% of employees use AI within the workplace, 45% really feel uneasy admitting it to their managers, anxious they is perhaps labelled incompetent, lazy, or dishonest.
Now, many firms are praising AI for effectivity and pushing workers to make use of it to be extra productive. But some stay hesitant — particularly in relation to producing content material, because it’s not at all times useful with “effectivity” as firms declare.
A 2025 survey by Notion, in partnership with YouGov, discovered that 72% of white-collar employees in Singapore stated AI-generated content material usually required further work, because it wanted vital modifying or fact-checking. /TISG
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