---
id: "quote-drowning-in-workslop"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["§ AI Is Squeezing Middle Managers"]
tags: ["ai-quality", "middle-management"]
related: ["concept-workslop", "claim-ai-burdens-middle-managers"]
speaker: "Julia Shin and Sandra J. Sucher"
speakers: ["Julia Shin", "Sandra J. Sucher"]
quote: "Our interviews and research reveal that managers are drowning from being responsible for catching “workslop,” AI-generated content that looks professional, but lacks substance and fails to advance the actual task."
sources: ["reskilling"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-reskilling"
originDay: 10
articleStem: "hbr-sig-49-ai-squeezing-middle-managers"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/06/ai-is-squeezing-middle-managers"
sourceTitle: "AI Is Squeezing Middle Managers"
---
# Drowning in Workslop

> "Our interviews and research reveal that managers are drowning from being responsible for catching 'workslop,' AI-generated content that looks professional, but lacks substance and fails to advance the actual task."
> — [[entity-julia-shin|Julia Shin]] & [[entity-sandra-j-sucher|Sandra J. Sucher]]

**Context.** A direct summary of the core finding from Shin and Sucher's interviews at major consulting firms, naming the specific nature of the AI burden on managers. This is the primary evidence for [[concept-workslop-d49]] and [[claim-ai-burdens-middle-managers]].

Related: [[concept-workslop-d49]] · [[claim-ai-burdens-middle-managers]]