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avz008

The expectations for asset generation at work are getting completely out of hand

Discussion - Midjourney AI

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

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