In general, all employees are suffering, in one way or another, their own process of Adaptation to the office. However, generation Z is the only one that has not had a Previous work experience Since that context since it has joined the labor market in the middle of the teleworking.
That has generated that 36% of Genzers has adopted a new strategy for face the office: The “tasking”. A tactic, which consists in appearing to be superocupated, without really being to fill out the free time they have left after doing their job.
Tasking Tasking: The art of looking occupied. If you have been sailing lately for the Instagram or Tiktok reels, they will probably have appeared Some videos (Medium in a half joke seriously), showing how to look very busy in the office, without really doing anything productive.
This phenomenon has gained importance as companies require more time in the office, which leads some employees to find ways to demonstrate their worth without necessarily increase their real productivity. Actually, what is hidden after this practice is a deeper problem related to time management, workload and business culture.
Returning to the office has no impact on productivity. According to A recent survey carried out by the Workuman Human Resources Platform among 3,000 US participants, the United Kingdom and Ireland, 36% of young people admitted to appear who worked, when in reality he had already finished their assigned work.
70% of them acknowledge that Tasking Tasking has had no effect on their rhythm to carry out their usual work and the tasks assigned in a time below their day have ended. But having to spend more time in the office, they must appear that they still work on them so that their bosses Do not overload them With more work.
Yes, in reality, they are more productive. If you have reached this point, having read the two previous paragraphs probably your conclusion, they have managed to do your work in less time of the expected. That makes them more productive employees. Why mask that quality?
According to experts consulted by Fortunethe lack of commitment to the values of the company and the belief that their work is not being valued enough, is what could be leading young people to implement this variant of the Silent resignation. The young people only do the work assigned to them, filling the rest of the day with a show in the “productivity theater“That has brought the return to the office.
It is not limited only to employees. Pretending to be very busy is not something that is limited to younger employees. The workhuman study has revealed that 38% of senior executives and 37% of intermediate managers pretend to be more busy for the gallery than they really are.
Gene generation employees feel their worth It is measured by its presence in the office and their apparent dedication, instead of the real results they deliver. This perception is reinforced by the culture of some companies that The hours worked more value than efficiency.
“Your career is not built on the hours you spend on your desktop, but about the results, relationships and reputation. If you do not see the value of being in the office, have an open conversation with your employer. If the culture continues declared to Fortune Victoria McLean, founder of the Labor CITY CV.
The causes that cause it. According to the answers obtained by the workhuman study, the main reason for this behavior is to improve the balance between personal and work life, something that generation Z values above all. If your bosses find out what they can do More work in less timethey will assign them much more. When they cannot face him, they must sacrifice personal time to get him forward. That is a red line that They do not plan to transfer.
The stress cycle. However, pretending to be productive so that bosses do not assign more work and grow their stress, it contributes precisely to generate a new focus of stress: the constant mental burden involved in maintaining a credible appearance of being busy.
Jenni Field, founder and executive director of Redefining Communications assured Fortune that: “If people must be in the office, there must be a clear purpose beyond just being seen, especially if the work could be done from home. If there is no that purpose, employees and managers should work together to define how the witness work should be and address the fundamental causes of the task masking.”
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