First popularized as a term by video conferencing company Owl Labs in 2023, coffee badging refers to workers who badge in at the office before going back home to do the bulk of their work.
They’re swiping their badges to satisfy their return-to-office mandates, showing face to the boss, and connecting to the company Wi-Fi on their laptops to make it known they were there — before packing it all up again and rushing back home to really do their work.
LinkedIn recently polled people on the subject. More than 1,500 people responded to the poll in June, of whom 19% said they’re still coffee-badging, 31% said they aren’t, and 50% said they’ve never done so.
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