"Task masking": this behavior that deceives everyone in the office

The task mask, literally a task mask, is to give the illusion that we are working hard, while taking care of everything else. Frozen eyebrows, burning keyboards, earphones screwed to the ears... the external signals are there. But behind this stage, some employees consult their personal mails, drag on YouTube or extend an infinite project to avoid taking action. Born well before the Covid era, this practice reappears strongly since the gradual e…