> How about fostering a working culture were employees get a chance of trying out new things during office hours?

Everyone's cutting down on "employee non-billable time" (all while loading ever more BS "cybersecurity" and other compliance trainings).

> Especially since AI is rising productivity so much.

Financially it's better to fire workers, load the work onto much fewer shoulders, and hope AI gets good enough by the time the first remaining people burn out.