Task dragging

A workplace behavior where an employee intentionally slows down their work pace—often under the guise of thoroughness or caution—to delay starting a new task, align idle time with scheduled breaks, or avoid additional workload. Common tactics include stretching simple tasks, repeating non-essential steps, and selectively working efficiently only when motivated or supervised. Frequently observed in environments with low task oversight and time-based productivity expectations, such as CNC operations or manufacturing roles.

Edd is task dragging again.

by Can’t make it up October 9, 2025

quasi-tasking

/v/ Workin like a hunchback in a church. Doing multiple, endless, meaningless tasks. Usually for a demanding and self-righteous person.

Oh man, yesterday my mom had me quasi-tasking for hours.
Seriously? That's the sixth thing you've asked me to do in the last hour! Stop quasi-tasking me man!

by this username is taken July 30, 2013

Make sure you get paid the proper rate when doing tasks for people in positions of power. One of the reasons they are rich and successful is that they prefer to make money for themselves rather than for others. That’s a lesson you need to learn.

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Make sure you get paid the proper rate when doing tasks for people in positions of power. One of the reasons they are rich and successful is that they prefer to make money for themselves rather than for others. That’s a lesson you need to learn.

by Reninu March 15, 2025

Task Force Dope

Drugs (especially meth) seized in raids by narcotics tasks forces and later used to pay off informants in lieu of cash.

Police can also detain the informant later and threaten to charge them with posession if they need leverage.

My girl got spun up last night on Task Force Dope.

Shorty in jail and Dee holed up high on Task Force Dope.

by Joker_310 June 19, 2022

Semi-tasking

To do multiple tasks at once, not really putting in much concentration nor effort.

I had so much to do yesterday that I was only semi-tasking most of it, so I basically got nothing done.

by Shortimous April 21, 2018

Equi-task

To allot equal time to several different tasks, each exclusively and in sequence. The opposite of multi-tasking, it encourages equal division of remaining time into regular chunks and assignation to each chunk a single task to be focused on exclusively. This is the opposite of the multi-tasking approach that tries to balance focus on all objectives concurrently.

"The human mind is not equipped to multi-task, but it can equi-task as though the software was written for the hardware in direct machine language."

"Equi-tasking is the load-balancing of executive time management."

by OwenF August 7, 2014

tasks

ToDo in a list

Arpan just said his tasks are Todo's in a list

by slipityslip February 18, 2022