Overview
- The study, fielded by Hanover Research in November 2025, surveyed full-time AI users at $100M-plus companies across North America, EMEA, and APAC, reflecting vendor-sponsored, self-reported results.
- 85% of respondents said AI saves them 1–7 hours per week, yet only 14% reported consistently positive net outcomes.
- In 89% of organizations, fewer than half of roles have been updated for AI, and only 37% of employees facing heavy rework report receiving the skills training leaders cite as a priority.
- Companies are more likely to reinvest time savings into technology (39%) than employee development (30%), with 32% using saved time to increase workload.
- Frequent users review AI outputs as closely as human work in 77% of cases, and workers aged 25–34 account for 46% of those handling the most rework.