When an employee pretends to be working
hard only when his
boss is watching. Basically, he starts working only when the
boss comes walking by..
Jim had the ultimate sinecure. As a call center worker for a company that more resembled the governmental bureaucracy than a competitive firm, he got to play Yahoo Checkers all day, and whenever his boss came by he switched to eyeservice mode, quickly pressing alt+
tab and staring at a spreadsheet, while saying "Hmmm... we've logged
37% today and ... uhh... oh hi Sir, I hope you're having a splendid day!"
Boss: "why I'm doing
fine. Thank you. And how are those call logs coming a
long?"
Employee: "Oh, they're pretty
good. My rankin...I mean my sorting algorithm works
fine now."
Boss: "Great, well, I'll see you around then. "
Employee: "See you around.... *alt+
tab* (mumbling) ... dammit I'm outta time and my ranking went down to 1370.. "