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how to look busy at work?
- Thread starter Paperboywriter
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if you're at a desk job, just open a spreadsheet and take out a notepad and scribble random shit so you look busy
if you're in retail then mess up a shelf of merch so you can look like you're 'straightening' it
if you're in retail then mess up a shelf of merch so you can look like you're 'straightening' it
1. Get a tablet
2. Look at emails on it whenever people approach you
3. Always pretend like you're on your way to a meeting
I hit a six figure salary by age 27 doing this.
2. Look at emails on it whenever people approach you
3. Always pretend like you're on your way to a meeting
I hit a six figure salary by age 27 doing this.
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You can also put poorly executed motivational posters around your work-space to complement the advice provided to you above. 50/50 chance of attracting or scaring away chatty humans, however.
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If you work in an office, get a big stack of wordy documents and leaf through them slowly as people walk by, making sure to move your eyes across the pages without actually reading.
If your office has a computer, unplug something non essential, then pretend to try and fix whatever issue you just caused by bending down and looking all around the computer.
Every once in a while, have a piece of scrap paper in hand and walk in a swift stride towards the copy machine, and if nobody is looking, pass by it and go take a long dump in the bathroom instead.
If your office has a computer, unplug something non essential, then pretend to try and fix whatever issue you just caused by bending down and looking all around the computer.
Every once in a while, have a piece of scrap paper in hand and walk in a swift stride towards the copy machine, and if nobody is looking, pass by it and go take a long dump in the bathroom instead.
Try to get a desk in a corner, with your back to the wall. Have a spreadsheet ready in another window just incase. Then it's just a case of kicking back and surfing Era/Reddit. This is probably 60-75% of my work day.
None of these things actually work if your resource allocation is being tracked correctly, it makes me laugh the amount of people I see around my office trying to look busy. Any decent manager will know exactly how busy you are and what you should be working on.
Based on my experience with producers, constantly mention how busy you are and wander around from group to group trying to organize meetings and insert yourself in to things that don't need your presence at all.
You'll look like the most overworked person at the office and be seen across every department.
You'll look like the most overworked person at the office and be seen across every department.
I'll agree they can be a bit slim on the ground but they do exist.
You are right and I currently have one such good person at my job. It's still currently too much to do that he is not able to get every bit of information himself, but we also update everyone every morning what our to dos for the day are. :)
Always be drinking water so you always have to go to the bathroom. Once you get a good walking route down from the kitchen to the bathroom you can look super busy.
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did that for a couple of minutes. gets old pretty fast, but good strat if boss is around
Open up a spreadsheet, keeping clicking around, while listening to a podcast on your headphones.
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Paperboywriter
I need more info.
Open office? Can people see your screen?
On a more serious note is this a job you actually care about?
If so then be proactive and look for opportunities to do more or ask your manager.
If it's just a paycheck, then use the time to plan your next move, or learn something. Tons of free classes and audio books you can listen to. Depends on what you normally do as to what you can get away with on your pc.
I've known people who bring their own laptops and remote in to their home pc to do all sorts of stuff lol.
The key thing to realize is you aren't fooling anyone really but you are wasting your own time. The day goes by so much faster when you are being productive anyway even if it's self driven.
I need more info.
Open office? Can people see your screen?
On a more serious note is this a job you actually care about?
If so then be proactive and look for opportunities to do more or ask your manager.
If it's just a paycheck, then use the time to plan your next move, or learn something. Tons of free classes and audio books you can listen to. Depends on what you normally do as to what you can get away with on your pc.
I've known people who bring their own laptops and remote in to their home pc to do all sorts of stuff lol.
The key thing to realize is you aren't fooling anyone really but you are wasting your own time. The day goes by so much faster when you are being productive anyway even if it's self driven.
I have my back to the wall and nobody can see my screen. Also, I have my own office. I just minimise Chrome when somebody walks in (I also face the door, so no surprises there either). I'm living the dream!
Frowning whenever you're looking at your screen also works too.
Frowning whenever you're looking at your screen also works too.
My back is to the aisle so anyone can sneak up on me. Plus there's another manager in another Dept behind me and the wall is glass. But pretending to run a query or read some code Provides some cover if I need to take a break. Other times I'll just get up, take the elevator down to the cafeteria and grab a drink for 15 minutes.
I usually take less than an hour lunch and rarely even leave my cube to hang out with coworkers so I'm still working more a lot of people.
I usually take less than an hour lunch and rarely even leave my cube to hang out with coworkers so I'm still working more a lot of people.
How to browse at work, the right way:
1. Light theme, for everything,
2. resize the browser window and open up other crap alongside it to make the screen look busy
3. Turn off all images.
4. Tap on your keyboard and double-click the mouse every once in a while
5. Fingers on Alt-Tab for that occasional emergency
Extra reddit resources:
MSOutlookit - Makes the front page look like your email.
MSWorddit - Makes it look like a Word document
CodeReddit or RedditShell Makes it look like code
Subdood - Makes it look like a Wikipedia article
1. Light theme, for everything,
2. resize the browser window and open up other crap alongside it to make the screen look busy
3. Turn off all images.
4. Tap on your keyboard and double-click the mouse every once in a while
5. Fingers on Alt-Tab for that occasional emergency
Extra reddit resources:
MSOutlookit - Makes the front page look like your email.
MSWorddit - Makes it look like a Word document
CodeReddit or RedditShell Makes it look like code
Subdood - Makes it look like a Wikipedia article
It's sad that people put more effort into screwing around versus actual work. My coworker across from me keeps a camera on his monitor pointed behind him so he can tell if people are walking past. It's still obvious he isn't doing much though because we use a ticket system to track work.
