Productivity Theater

Definition

Productivity theater is any behavior that workers engage in to embellish or fake their productivity, availability, and time at work. For example, a worker who largely quits working at 2 pm, but logs on to their computer at 5 pm to answer emails (thus suggesting they've been working all day) is engaging in productivity theater.

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