The expectations for asset generation at work are getting completely out of hand
Is anyone else dealing with this? Ever since AI tools went mainstream, my manager seems to think that generating high-quality custom graphic assets takes exactly three seconds. Yesterday he dropped a huge project on my desk at 4 PM, asking for a full set of "hyper-realistic, branded social media mockups" by the next morning. Like, he literally thinks you just press a magical button and a flawless, finished product pops out. The reality is that tweaking prompts, fixing distorted hands, and cleaning up weird AI artifacting usually takes hours of tedious editing. I ended up staying late just trying to get a clean base to work with. I was running low on credits on my usual platform, so I tried out this image generator tool on a whim to see if it could handle the styling any faster. Thankfully, it actually gave me a few solid, usable variations without the usual messy distortion, so I managed to finish the layout and get some sleep. But ngl, I'm so tired of non-creative managers assuming our jobs are effortless now just because these tools exist. It’s making the workplace so toxic.
Posted Jul 10, 2026, 5:55 PM UTC