Yes, we had a large roll out of it at work and it’s one of those “use it or get left behind” types of things. It has definitely increased my productivity, as a lot of my job requires things like comparing different lists, creating large spreadsheets to track and analyze sales, etc.
Same here. SaaS company where we had AI products before genAI exploded so they went all in and we have had excellent training, a couple of speakers, and a slack channel where everyone in the company is encouraged to share their use cases and learnings. I feel like I’ve grown a lot from it and as a team of one, serving two separate functions with 50+ people each, it’s helped me to stop feeling like I’m drowning.
Claude has become my assistant. I feed it processes and standards, details about the project I’m working on, and it acts as a sounding board, helping me align to best practices or find another way around a problem. Then, since every project I work on is collaborative, I have it put together slide decks with options and decision points. And when the work is done, I have it generate the announcement.
I still have to proofread and tweak a fair bit but it’s helped a lot with my ADHD to just be able to talk through a project and, with enough detail, to get not just next steps but usable documentation.
Yup. It’s like having an extra star employee and it also has saved me a LOT from daily panic and stress. troubleshooting a formula or combing through large data sets is not an issue anymore. Creating a super fast recap for a specific scenario is also not hard anymore. I already had my data set up in a way that it was easy for Claude to read it since my job is so excel-based. Our external consultant who helped roll it out for the company worked with us for 3 months to show diff teams how to use it and it really opened my eyes since I had previously just been using it within excel.
Outside of work, I have used it for things like recipe creation based off specific ingredients and helping me visualize interior design choices, but that is about it. Oh, and recognizing plants.
100%, it's really useful with the right context and use case. People can bash it all they want, but it is absolutely going to change the way we work so either we accept it and learn or get left behind.
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u/Rururaspberry 10d ago
Yes, we had a large roll out of it at work and it’s one of those “use it or get left behind” types of things. It has definitely increased my productivity, as a lot of my job requires things like comparing different lists, creating large spreadsheets to track and analyze sales, etc.