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Ghostworkers

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Ghostworking is pretending to be busy at work. According to this article, it's on the rise with a number of people looking for other remote opportunities at other organizations. Some employees might be just wasting time at the office, though I suspect there is a minority that are actually working at another (second) job. Maybe they are growing a side hustle or maybe they've even accepted another job, and they're spending part of there day on those tasks.

This might be part of the reason that many managers want to get people back into the office. I think that's flawed as a) most managers aren't great at their jobs and b) people still ghost work in the office. I've had numerous "clipboard carriers" alongside me in my career who spend an inordinate amount of time at the water cooler, coffee machine, or walking from place to place and are happy to engage in hallway chats. I've seen plenty of managers also not know how to hold people accountable for their work (or lack thereof). Especially technical people who find many reasons why problems are hard to solve.

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Ghostworking is pretending to be busy at work. According to this article, it's on the rise with a number of people looking for other remote opportunities at other organizations. Some employees might be just wasting time at the office, though I suspect there is a minority that are actually working at another (second) job. Maybe they are growing a side hustle or maybe they've even accepted another job, and they're spending part of there day on those tasks.

This might be part of the reason that many managers want to get people back into the office. I think that's flawed as a) most managers aren't great at their jobs and b) people still ghost work in the office. I've had numerous "clipboard carriers" alongside me in my career who spend an inordinate amount of time at the water cooler, coffee machine, or walking from place to place and are happy to engage in hallway chats. I've seen plenty of managers also not know how to hold people accountable for their work (or lack thereof). Especially technical people who find many reasons why problems are hard to solve.

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