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Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt worked 60-hour weeks: ‘I used to tell people my job is to sit in meetings 12 hours a day’—he says AI will kill that burden

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Billionaire Eric Schmidt spent 12-hour days coordinating teams as Google CEO. Now, he says, AI could eliminate thousands of “glue people” jobs.

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  1. 2026-10-22 15:44 · Fortune AI
    Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt worked 60-hour weeks: ‘I used to tell people my job is to sit in meetings 12 hours a day’—he says AI will kill that burden

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