Your employees may look like they’re working — but they’re not

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Just because employees are back in the office doesn’t mean they’re more productive, much to employers’ chagrin.

Forty-two percent of employees feel they’re showing up solely for the purpose of being seen by their bosses and managers, according to a recent survey on the return-to-office sentiment from human resource management platform BambooHR. As a result, more than 79% of employees now use performative tactics such as making sure they’re seen and timing their arrival and departure from work to make it look like they’re working more than they are.

Paola Peralta
Associate Editor

Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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