Younger Workers Are Skipping Meetings - and Trusting AI to Take Notes for Them

Why It Matters

The adoption of AI for meeting notes could reshape workplace productivity and meeting culture, offering efficiency gains while prompting employers to address data‑security, accuracy, and employee engagement risks.

Summary

Younger workers, particularly Gen Z, are turning to AI note‑taking tools instead of attending meetings, with 19% of all workers and 26% of hybrid employees using them frequently, compared with 13% of in‑person staff. The Software Finder study links frequent AI note‑takers to higher earnings ($86,000 vs $67,700) and a greater likelihood of promotion (28% vs 15%). Users report saving over an hour per week, but also cite concerns about accuracy, privacy, data security and over‑reliance on the technology. About 29% of workers have skipped meetings entirely, a behavior more common among Gen Z (43%) than millennials (30%).