White-Collar Slacking

Right out of Jayson Blair's (and many others') playbook, the Wall Street Journal gives tips for "white-collar slacking." Jane Spencer's article elegantly sums it up:

It has never been easier to be a white-collar slacker. While the uninitiated are still grousing about how mobile technology has created a 24/7 work culture and sabotaged their private time, a savvier crowd has moved on to a more rewarding pursuit: using technology to make it look like you're working when you're not.

There's also a handy chart on "How To Fake It" with today's technology. Wall Street Journal, you're just encouraging us! [Via Metafilter]

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By Jen Chung in Miscellaneous on May 16, 2003 11:23 AM

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Capt. Nixon

Can we make Gothamist look like an Excel spreadsheet?

Jen

Yes, yes, it's like Ferris Bueller Goes to Work.

jake

yeah- i used a mop, a bucket, and a tape of "i work hard for the money" to set up a dummy at my desk seven months ago and i haven't gone in since. i've got a variety of programming tricks generating email and stategy statements every 3 or four hours as i sit on the couch watching judge hatchett and eating cheesy poofs.