Workers are coffee badging to get around return-to-office mandates. What is it?
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... What does the term coffee badging mean?

Many are "coffee badging," or swiping their ID badges at the office to record their arrival, staying 30 minutes or so -- long enough to greet colleagues and grab a cup of coffee -- and then heading back home.

For workers who don't have to swipe a badge, simply establishing their presence or saying "hi" to some colleagues, dropping by a co-worker's cubicle, or talking loudly in the hallway before "quietly disappearing" serves a similar purpose, said Christopher Nickson, vice president of Segal Group, a human resources consulting firm. ...

What Is Quiet Vacationing as a Workplace Trend?
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... Quiet vacationing can mean pretending to work while taking time off and not reporting it or doing the bare minimum. "Rather than completely unplugging from work, employees check emails and maybe do some light work tasks while out of the office on vacation," said Conor Hughes, Society for Human Resource Management senior certified professional and HR consultant, in an email. "This allows them to avoid using up vacation days while still getting some work done."

Employees use several methods to make their companies and colleagues think they're spending time on the clock. Some quiet vacationers go on true vacations, traveling during workdays without taking any paid time off or vacation days. Others make their bosses and co-workers believe they're hard at work by moving their computer mouse to keep their online status active on the company messaging system, or scheduling emails or instant messages at various times so they appear to be working. ...