More than half of workers surveyed by Resume Now said that their job frequently involves busy work — tasks that look productive but “offer little meaningful impact,” according to results released Feb.

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Workers are grappling with a new office challenge to start 2025. Many workers believe they’re being bogged down by busy work, and it could be hurting the productivity of their companies. New research ...

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, ...

To hear CEOs tell it, they're grappling with a global labor shortage -- one that can be solved via AI. To hear vendors tell it, not only can AI address labor shortages, it can also reduce the amount ...

Many employees say they have too much "busy work," referring to projects and tasks that give the illusion of productivity but actually have little value or purpose. And it’s causing a number of ...

In a profession that has an entire season named for being busy, it’s no surprise when firm leaders find themselves bogged down in day-to-day tasks, unable to use their time productively for ...

You might have heard of quiet quitting, taskmasking, and “conscious unbossing” ― all trends which see workers opt out of added responsibilities, busy work, and unrewarding jobs in the subtlest way ...

An employee wonders what to do when they don't have enough to do. Getty Images/iStockphoto I’m working from home in a new job and, honestly, I don’t have enough to do. I’ve offered to help out my ...

When return-to-office mandates started to rise post-pandemic, many workers who had become accustomed to getting tasks done remotely at home (and at their own pace) were presented with a new problem.

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