taskmasking, n.Trivia

The ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠careers platform career.io is credited with coining 'task masking' for workers who perform busyness rather than do the work.

In ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠one UK survey, 38% of C-suite leaders admitted faking productivity, roughly the same share as ordinary workers.

One ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠catalogued tactic is the 'West Wing walk-and-talk': striding through the office with papers, looking deep in thought.