Ghostworking: The Rise of Pretending to Work in the Modern Office

Ghostworking: The Rise of Pretending to Work in the Modern Office

A growing number of employees in the United States are embracing a new kind of workplace theatre: ghostworking. That's the term for faking productivity—pretending to work while actually doing very little or nothing at all. What was once a fringe office habit has now surged into a full-blown trend, particularly in the age of hybrid and remote work. A new survey by CV-building service Resume Now found that the majority of American workers surveyed…