Gen Z workers reveal ways theyre ripping off employers including massages on the clock and 82-minute lunches

The “Z” stands for “zero work done.”Gen Z workers have revealed the many ways they’re stealing company time — from beauty treatments to tardiness and working while hungover.While all their names have been changed for anonymity, Zoomers dished their dirty work secrets to The Standard, their cubicle confessions arriving amid a rise in quiet vacationing and “task-masking,” whereby employees make themselves look busier than they are.One 26-year-old referred to as Amy advised employees to read eBooks on company time.“Get your email up full screen, get your eBook up, minimize it to the size of an email preview and read all day! It looks like you’re reading emails and works like a charm,” she told the publication.

“My girlfriend read 74 books at her desk last year.”Meanwhile, James, 28, admitted he hides from his bosses and colleagues, telling The Standard that he always has a go-to spot at every job he’s ever had.“When I worked at a garden center, there was a shipping container where they kept the canned drinks, so I’d go and sit in there,” he explained.“Or sometimes I’d have to help a customer take the compost to their car, so I’d quickly drop the compost in their car and then go and hide in one of the display sheds nearby.

I’d just find a little shed and go inside and close the door.”Remy and Sofia, both 26, say they’re never on time.Sofia says she is often “away on Teams” and doesn’t arrive to the office until noon after supposedly working from home in the morning, admitting she relies “on the fact that people just generally won’t ask.” If someone does inquire, not to worry — she’s already concocted a tall tale in her head, just in case.“I literally rely on this concept to do everything — shower, go to the gym, travel to work later in the day, do my makeup, legit everything,” she said.“No one has ever said anything, and I recently got a raise!”Remy, meanwhile, takes prolonged lunch breaks and ...