I work for a fairly large tech company with offices in three countries. Our comms team used to consist of one full-time copywriter, a part-timer, and some localization specialists. Unsurprisingly, my company is intent on shoving the use of AI down our throats, but apart from giving us all free ChatGPT and Gemini accounts, there have been no concrete steps to figure out how it can help with our copywriting. As we know, the ChatGPT output is garbage unless you really widdle away at it with decent prompts. But this has gotten so time-consuming to fact-check (our product is tech hardware) and correct for clarity that I've mostly given up using it. I take care of CRM, UX, PR, ad copy, etc. Sometimes Chat works, sometimes not. Anyway, our part-time copywriter recently left. Even before he left, the workload was heavy as he was only on 20 hours a week and was a junior. My company is refusing to hire someone full-time to fill his place. The result is that we're getting college grads applying, but our new job specs are for a senior. But it seems no one senior and established is willing to work just 20 hours a week if they're already in another company. We're looking for quite a specific skillset, and the pool is small in our area. They won't hire remotely either. Now, the management knobs have decided to take on copywriting tasks themselves by having ChatGPT write in a foreign language, then translating it to English (our company language). You can imagine how well that's going. On one hand, I feel bad for complaining about my job when I open LinkedIn and see out-of-work copywriters resorting to selling their kidneys to survive. On the other hand, I feel like I'm drowning, and the quality of the work they want to shove out is decreasing, and it makes me want to quit in protest. I just really needed to vent.   submitted by   /u/Teguiste [link]   [comments]