UK workers spend nearly £1 billion of their own money on AI tools to do their jobs
ross2000 · reddit · 2026-09-28
Cited reporting finds UK workers are paying nearly £1 billion of their own money for AI tools to do their jobs, without employer reimbursement.
The poster opens a discussion: do you pay for AI yourself or does your employer foot the bill? And if you pay, do you hide that you're using it? It highlights a shadow-IT gap between what companies provide and what employees actually need.
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