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Work's steady grievance number sits next to a sharper AI-workweek story

Work held +0.88 on its usual wage-and-grievance boards, while the open web reported staff at OpenAI and Anthropic itself pulling 90-hour weeks, the opposite of the four-day week the AI industry promised.

Layers disagree, and the sweep carries the sharper story.

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