A growing number of employees in the United States are embracing a new kind of workplace theatre: ghostworking. That's the term for faking productivity—pretending to work while actually doing very little or nothing at all. What was once a fringe office habit has now surged into a full-blown trend, particularly in the age of hybrid and remote work.
A new survey by CV-building service Resume Now found that the majority of American workers surveyed admitted to ghostworking regularly. The findings point to a deeper disconnect in how companies manage, motivate and measure their employees—raising red flags about productivity, communication and trust.
