Gen Z Workers Are Faking Productivity More Than Any Other Generation, New Study Finds

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Gen Z Workers Are Faking Productivity More Than Any Other Generation, New Study Finds

Software Finder found workers spend nearly five hours a week looking busy, and employee monitoring may be making fake productivity worse.

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For a generation with a reputation for doing the bare minimum, Gen Z really is putting in serious effort—just not where their employers think.

According to a new study from Software Finder, 80% of Gen Z workers admit to faking productivity at work, a significant margin over every other generation. Millennials came in at 68%, Gen X at 58%. The survey, which polled 1,003 full-time American workers, found that 66% of employees overall have stayed online or remained active after finishing their actual work to avoid appearing unproductive —........

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