Sixty percent of exclusively remote employees say they are extremely likely to search for employment elsewhere if they are not allowed remote flexibility, per Gallup. Reluctant professionals who must ...

Gen Z employees are hiding how little they’re doing at work by “task masking,” a trend that is taking over TikTok — and the office. In order to “task mask,” employees are making themselves appear like ...

Task masking is everywhere. Employees walking around holding laptops, typing unnecessarily loudly, making important-sounding calls to nobody. They've mastered the art of looking busy while doing ...

When return-to-office mandates started to rise post-pandemic, many workers who had become accustomed to getting tasks done remotely at home (and at their own pace) were presented with a new problem.

TikTok has been abuzz with the workplace trend “task-masking” — that is, making yourself look busy so that your boss thinks you’re hard at work. Cue behaviors like pounding hard on the keyboard, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gen Z workers are using the increased focus on in-office presence to “task mask” and look busier than they are—but experts warn it ...

If your calendar looks like a Mumbai local at rush hour and Teams pings like a Diwali bazaar, you’re not alone; that bustle may not be real productivity. But it may not be real productivity. A new ...

Why the TikTok trend of "Task Masking"—where Gen Z employees go overboard, exaggerating how hard they're working in the office—is sweeping the workplace. A new workplace trend known as "Task Masking" ...

Severance is the hit sci-fi show about office workers who “sever” their consciousness—slipping into another mode the moment they arrive at the office, then forgetting everything about their 9-to-5 as ...

Bosses want workers in the office for productivity. So Gen Z workers are using the increased focus on presence to “task mask” and look busier than they are—but experts warn it could lead to further ...