Employees Share Their Favorite Ways To ‘Look Busy’ At Work, And We Might Just Have To Use Some Of These

I’ve had enough bad office jobs to earn a PhD in looking busy. You learn quick that there’s a big difference between working and appearing to work, and some workplaces reward the second one way more than they should.

So when I saw this Reddit thread about a remote employee being dragged into the office on Fridays and asking how to look busy, I felt that in my soul. Because once you’ve been in the game long enough, you pick up a whole toolkit. Strategic typing. Purposeful walking. The classic “staring at your screen like you’re solving something important.”

These responses are a masterclass in workplace survival.

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