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 ...

Gen Z is adopting the trend of task masking. Here’s how managers can effectively respond. What is task masking, exactly? Well, if you’re at a loss, you’re not alone. It took me about an hour to even ...

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, ...

Let's set the scene. It's Friday afternoon, your meetings are done for the week, and you can feel your brain slowly starting to shut down ready for the weekend. You might spend a little longer than ...

Mar 25, 2025, 4:42am PDT Updated: Mar 25, 2025, 5:11am PDT Image provided by Getty Images (Portra) The dynamic between managers and employees has new stakes as more workers return to the office.

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 ...