The Straits Times·3 min read·medium
Productivity theatre: Why employees pretend to be busy
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Timothy Goh
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Productivity theatre is a workplace phenomenon where employees feign busyness to avoid being assigned more work or to manage perceptions of their efficiency. Experts suggest this behavior is an adaptive survival strategy against burnout and unfair workload distribution.
Pretending to look busy after finishing your work is often referred to as “productivity theatre”.
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