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 ...

Employees shouldn’t fear work so much that they want to escape it through performative busyness. Here are some strategies to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mar 25, 2025, 6:42am CDT Updated: Mar 25, 2025, 7:11am CDT Image provided by Getty Images (Portra) The dynamic between managers and employees has new stakes as more workers return to the office.

As more employees are called back into the office, a new workplace trend is emerging, especially among Gen Z: task masking. This growing phenomenon involves looking busy while doing little meaningful ...

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, ...

No matter how unpopular they continue to be, return-to-office (RTO) mandates just keep coming down the pipeline — including, now, within the federal government. Given the job market, it seems most ...