84% of Executives Prioritize AI—So Why Are Employees Still Losing a Full Day a Week to Manual Document Tasks?
New research report by Nitro reveals that enterprise AI has reached mainstream deployment, but productivity is lagging, with workers still spending 11+ hours a week on manual document tasks.
New research from Nitro, the global leader in AI-powered PDF, eSign, and document automation solutions, reveals a widening gap between enterprise AI ambition and day-to-day work reality. A survey of 1,300+ enterprise leaders—from frontline managers to the C-suite—shows AI is a high or critical priority. While 85% of executives report they have already deployed it across some or all of their organization, only 54% of managers rate AI as a high priority and barely half say it's reached their own teams.
AI Deployment is Strong. Productivity is Not.
At the manager level, 52% say their department has deployed AI across several or all workflows, but despite more AI, manual workload hasn't shrunk. 84% of executives estimate the typical employee spends six+ hours weekly on manual document tasks, with 41% estimating 11–15 hours. And 96% of organizations still require print-sign-scan workflows for at least some documents.
