Explained: The rise of fake productivity at work; how employees are ‘task-masking’ to look busy
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 workplace habit is spreading: Fake productivity, the theatre of looking busy while sidestepping high-impact work. One recent clue:…