Typing loudly, wearing AirPods: ‘taskmasking’ is how gen Z pretends to work at the office
As employers crack down on hybrid work, insisting that the US corporate class head back to the office, gen Z reckons with a dilemma. How do you appear to look busy enough to appease an ever-present boss? Thirty years ago, Seinfeld’s George Costanza had a theory: “Always look annoyed.