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So far where I work its the Instant Pot, at least for the non-devs. We rolled out Claude & Cowork to the masses after a brief pilot. It was about a solid month

So far where I work its the Instant Pot, at least for the non-devs. We rolled out Claude & Cowork to the masses after a brief pilot. It was about a solid month and a half of heavy usage and then suddenly usage fell off a cliff. Once it stopped being a cool new toy, people just didn't find a use for it. A few mundane things got automated, but these were just back office admin type work. Nothing that's going to show on the P&L. Yeah those people now have a little more time for other things, but those other things are also not revenue generating. No FTE got replaced by it so in the end they just paid for a bunch of administrative positions to be a little less busy. Great for the workers who are now less stressed, but almost no impact on the business financials except there's now yet another subscription.

palmotea 5mo ago
> So far where I work its the Instant Pot, at least for the non-devs. We rolled out Claude & Cowork to the masses after a brief pilot. It was about a solid month and a half of heavy usage and then suddenly usage fell off a cliff. Once it stopped being a cool new toy, people just didn't find a use for it. Your employer is doing it wrong. You need usage surveillance with sanctions for low/declining use, then people won't stop using it.
- LetsGetTechnicl 5mo ago
  Please tell me you're being sarcastic.
  - palmotea 5mo ago
    It's industry best practice. All the market-leading companies are doing it. Do you think you know better than them? If there's anything I've learned as a software engineer, it's that agreeing with and defending the ideas of business leaders and Silicon Valley VC influencers proves I'm very intelligent.
    - 12_throw_away 5mo ago
      this sarcasm is very disrespectful, you're mocking a sizeable proportion of the commenters on this site. when I quote this comment later, with appropriate attribution, please know that I will be shaking my head and frowning while doing so
      - zygology 5mo ago
        > you're mocking a sizeable proportion of the commenters on this site. some would call this god's work
  - generalpf 5mo ago
    He is, but he's also describing reality.
    - LetsGetTechnicl 5mo ago
      That's depressing
  - eska 5mo ago
    He’s referencing practices at Meta and probably others

palmotea 5mo ago

> So far where I work its the Instant Pot, at least for the non-devs. We rolled out Claude & Cowork to the masses after a brief pilot. It was about a solid month and a half of heavy usage and then suddenly usage fell off a cliff. Once it stopped being a cool new toy, people just didn't find a use for it. Your employer is doing it wrong. You need usage surveillance with sanctions for low/declining use, then people won't stop using it.

LetsGetTechnicl 5mo ago
Please tell me you're being sarcastic.
- palmotea 5mo ago
  It's industry best practice. All the market-leading companies are doing it. Do you think you know better than them? If there's anything I've learned as a software engineer, it's that agreeing with and defending the ideas of business leaders and Silicon Valley VC influencers proves I'm very intelligent.
  - 12_throw_away 5mo ago
    this sarcasm is very disrespectful, you're mocking a sizeable proportion of the commenters on this site. when I quote this comment later, with appropriate attribution, please know that I will be shaking my head and frowning while doing so
    - zygology 5mo ago
      > you're mocking a sizeable proportion of the commenters on this site. some would call this god's work
- generalpf 5mo ago
  He is, but he's also describing reality.
  - LetsGetTechnicl 5mo ago
    That's depressing
- eska 5mo ago
  He’s referencing practices at Meta and probably others