Pretending to be busy at the office is not something workers recently invented, of course, but it appears to be reaching critical mass. According to a new survey, more than half of all U.S. employees ...

A new report from AI resume-building service Resume Now looked into what’s called the “ghostworking” phenomenon, where workers make themselves appear busy without actually doing any work. You know the ...

What is ‘pretend to work’ trend in China? People aged between 16 and 24 in China are paying to rent office spaces that simulate real workplaces. These pretend-work offices are complete with desks, ...

Like U.S. college graduates, China’s young professionals are struggling to land jobs—but instead of bed rot and doom spending, they’re paying up to $7 daily to pretend to work at faux offices. China’s ...

Spending hours on end socializing and working non-stop with very few breaks can drive the best of people insane. Let's face it: in an ideal world, nobody would want to throw more than half of their ...

We’ve all heard the phrase “fake it till you make it,” but in today’s workplace, a growing number of employees are faking it just to get through the day. Even more telling: 92% of employees have ...

Working hard — or hardly working? Mansi Singhal, a 24-year-old software engineer, has gone viral several times over after she revealed what a day in her life at a Microsoft office — where she works in ...

There’s nothing spooky about ghostworking, apart from how popular it may be right now. The newly coined term describes a set of behaviors meant to create a facade of productivity at the office, like ...

China’s youth unemployment is so high that Gen Zers are paying to pretend to work in faux offices across the country. As 14.5% of China’s young professionals are still unable to find a gig, they’re ...