> Being engaged == doing stuff, not necessarily being actually productive.

Sure. So to clarify, no, I did not just spend it on busy procrastination, and I don't think it promotes that either. Would contradict my story anyhow, this was not some trick I was trying to play on you.

> Easy to pay a lot to the model vendor though eh?

Certainly, as I'm not the one paying. Though it's exactly corporate who really wants to have it both ways (who wouldn't?), and keeps trying to get me to use the crappy useless models because they are cheaper, despite them tanking productivity rather than helping it, so go figure.

There will definitely be a time when the hype dries up, and mgmt will start playing hardball. I'm confident that the value is there, and that I'll be able to demonstrate it to them that it is more than worth it. You can choose to not believe that, up to you. Maybe it really isn't true for your line of work, after all.