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minibar
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(Senior Orangutan, 427
 
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 on 3/9/13 at 6:01am
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mod note: this was originally posted on 7/11/12
Everyone’s on vacation. You’ve pretty much done minimal work the last week because you were celebrating your independence. Let's face it, you've probably checked out since memorial day weekend and now begins the long stretch towards labor day weekend and the end of the lazy summer. With most colleagues on vacation, it's pretty difficult to get much done during the summer - but you’re stuck behind a desk anyway. So how do you keep busy and stay underneath the radar, while doing as little as possible?

I'm by no means a pro, but here's a list of tricks I've picked up and have seen others execute masterfully along the way. These tricks are almost as powerful as Ben Bernanke's eyebrows, so please, use wisely or else you'll ruin it for the rest us.

  • Always have a few spreadsheets up
    This one can be tweaked, depending on your job, but the key here is to always look like to you’re plugging away at some document. You could be working on a personal budget spreadsheet or a comprehensive list of local bars and happy hour list. It doesn't matter, just keep your desktop covered with things that look like work
  • Take notes
    Take notes furiously. Keep a notebook open and glance up at your spreadsheets and then jot down a few fake notes. Everyone will surely think, "man, they're writing up a storm, better not disturb, I'll come back later"
  • Block off some time on your calendar
    This is one I use year round. I don’t like Monday morning meetings and I certainly don’t like a meeting on a Friday after 2pm - so I block off some time in outlook. Bingo Bango, no one tries to book those slots. Put a few of those on your calendar - use sparingly and in combination with the next tip.
  • Take a walk and carry a prop
    If your’re gonna step away (during aforementioned blocked off timeslots) to take a lap around the floor or the building, for that matter, take a notebook with you. Everyone will think you’re on your way to take notes somewhere. I also like to print random things at the printer fartherest away from my desk - not because I hate the environment, but because I dont have a printer at home. Taking a long walk to the printer and staring really hard at what I just printed in the copy room makes me feel busy.

  • Take a walk and leave a prop
    When combined with the previous tip, this is a sure-fire way to look like you're really on the move. Leave some food out - a half eaten apple or something next to a spare notebook with a strategically placed pen/highlighter. No one will beleive that you’ll be gone for an hour if you leave a half eaten granola bar at your desk next to notes that you were obviously busy reviewing.
  • Walk with a purpose
    If you’re walking fast (with notebook in hand) it must mean you really need to be somewhere and have no time to dilly dally around. You've got places to go and people to see. For a dramatic flare, look pissed off.
  • Make your desk look like staples threw up on it
    I like to have a mix of random notes, notebooks, and slide decks strewn across my desk. Expert tip: Have some the slide decks open and stick some post-its on it so it looks like you read through it and have some items to follow up on when you have the "bandwidth".
  • Have a Penske file on hand
    Forgive me for the Seinfeld reference, but George really nailed this one. Have a vague project that no one really knows about. Talk to anyone, anywhere, all the time about it. “the Pensky file... can't wait to sink my teeth into that.“ You'll never actually work because you're so busy telling everyone how busy you are.
  • E-mails, lots of E-mails
    You can send and receive e-mails to yourself. You can schedule your emails to be sent later. The sound of you clammering away at those emails is a sure sign that you really chipping away at that to-do list. Schedule an email to be sent late in the day so it really makes you seem like you're burning the midnight oil. Or schedule it to send before the work day - early bird gets the worm, right?
  • Headsets - these are now attached to you
    Keep your headset on at all times. Makes it look like you're on back to back calls all day. Combine this with your laps around the floor and those fake meetings you created in outlook and no one's gonna mess with you because you're so busy taking calls and notes - a regular walls street mover and/or shaker
  • Do some actual work..but not too much
    Use this as a last resort. When all else fails, do a little work. But don't spread yourself too thin! Easy there, tiger. Don't do today what can wait until tomorrow.

We have about 6 more weeks of summer, so what are your suggestions for looking busy during the slow times.

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Cane0180's picture

The always be ready to tab

Cane0180
     
 
(Baboon, 106
 
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 on 7/11/12 at 12:51pm

The always be ready to tab into an Excel sheet is my go to.

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adapt or die's picture

another mindless thread

adapt or die
     
 
(King Kong, 1,233
 
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 on 7/11/12 at 12:58pm

another mindless thread

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Cane0180's picture

adapt or die: another

Cane0180
     
 
(Baboon, 106
 
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 on 7/11/12 at 1:02pm
adapt or die:

another mindless thread

I disagree, this is completely relevant to office life.

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DontMakeMeShortYou's picture

AKA "the life of the 2nd year

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 on 7/11/12 at 1:02pm

AKA "the life of the 2nd year analyst"

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DontMakeMeShortYou's picture

Cane0180: adapt or

DontMakeMeShortYou
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(King Kong, 1,964
 
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 on 7/11/12 at 1:04pm
Cane0180:
adapt or die:

another mindless thread

I disagree, this is completely relevant to office life.

Seconded. Definitely important to keep up appearances in banking. No reason to always be under a ton of pressure. Plus, when you do have that spare "bandwidth," you have the ability to commit more time and effort to your actual work.

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General Disarray's picture

You're Penske material

General Disarray
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(Senior Gorilla, 792
 
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 on 7/11/12 at 1:09pm

You're Penske material

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abe_froman's picture

one thing that i have found

abe_froman
      O
 
(Senior Chimp, 19
 
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 on 7/11/12 at 1:10pm

one thing that i have found crucial to selling this is that you have to act a little angry and unhappy. its much more believable that you are busy when you seem pissed off about something.

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JDimon's picture

lol. Good advice. But the

JDimon
     
 
(Orangutan, 252
 
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 on 7/11/12 at 1:21pm

lol. Good advice. But the last bullet is most important - make sure if something is expected of you, you get it done and get it done well

There is already a book on you. That book is already being written. And if I talked to your friends, your teachers, your professionals, your family, I would know so much about you I wouldn't even have to meet you. You write the book the way you want to be

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MissingNo.'s picture

Agree with Abe. I always look

MissingNo.
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 on 7/11/12 at 1:24pm

Agree with Abe. I always look pissed when I have down time and periodically growl. I make 30 visits to the water cooler/coffeee station. Take 30 minute dumps. Create spreadsheets to track my lack of utilization. Put in an earbud and then hold the phone to my ear.

No one cares, really. Maybe at the 7years exp+ level, but analyst/consultant/associate levels no one really cares. They just want you to look busy and periodically turn out some lame work.

Still not sure if I want to spend the next 30+ years grinding away in corporate finance and the WSO dream chase or look to have enough passive income to live simply and work minimally.

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Gangsta Killah Blood's picture

minibar: Take a walk and

Gangsta Killah Blood
     
 
(Monkey, 39
 
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 on 7/11/12 at 1:28pm
minibar:
  • Take a walk and carry a prop
    If your’re gonna step away (during aforementioned blocked off timeslots) to take a lap around the floor or the building, for that matter, take a notebook with you. Everyone will think you’re on your way to take notes somewhere. I also like to print random things at the printer fartherest away from my desk - not because I hate the environment, but because I dont have a printer at home. Taking a long walk to the printer and staring really hard at what I just printed in the copy room makes me feel busy.

  • Story of my life, hahaha. You need a very focused and serious facial expression to make this one shine.

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    Anacott_CEO's picture

    I thought prop said poop at

    Anacott_CEO
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    (King Kong, 1,259
     
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     on 7/11/12 at 1:31pm

    I thought prop said poop at first

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    wannabeaballer's picture

    Leave a set of fake keys on

    wannabeaballer
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    (Senior Orangutan, 455
     
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     on 7/11/12 at 1:43pm

    Leave a set of fake keys on your desk. People will be looking for you all over the building.

    Gun Control Discussion

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    M Friedman's picture

    This is great

    M Friedman
         
     
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     on 7/11/12 at 1:45pm

    This is great

    See my WSO blogs here.

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    samoanboy's picture

    Good thread. One of the

    samoanboy
          PE
     
     
    (Gorilla, 507
     
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     on 7/11/12 at 1:54pm

    Good thread.

    One of the greatest skills I have mastered (this only works if you have mulitple screens) is to angle them at such angles that you create a blind spot (mine is at the bottom right hand corner of my left hand screen) where colleagues are unable to see what is happening. So my right hand screen has a compex excel model with lots of graphs and red numbers, my left hand screen has my emails / pdf and in the bottom right hand corner a perfect youtube video sized screen for watching tv episodes on.

    Be warned, this is a very risky technique, only to be attempted by those able to blag their way out of trouble if caught!!!

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    seville's picture

    This is golden.

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    (Senior Orangutan, 436
     
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     on 7/11/12 at 1:55pm

    This is golden.

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    globalmacrotape's picture

    haha, i love the penske

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    Going Concern's picture

    The granola bar tip is

    Going Concern
         
     
     
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    In headaches and in worry
    Vaguely life leaks away
    And Time will have his fancy
    Tomorrow or today.

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    bballerct50's picture

    Add to that: leave jacket on

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    Tar Heel Blue's picture

    samoanboy: Good thread. One

    Tar Heel Blue
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    AndyLouis's picture

    good stuff minibar :)

    AndyLouis
         
     
     
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    stoudemire1's picture

    is this why HR takes forever

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    The Knicks are back?

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    ThunderRoad's picture

    Set a screenshot of excel as

    ThunderRoad
         
     
     
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     on 7/11/12 at 3:47pm

    I am wise because I know that I know nothing -Socrates

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    BTbanker's picture

    As long as we are talking

    BTbanker
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    (Senior Neanderthal, 5,336
     
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     on 7/11/12 at 4:01pm

    "A man generally has two reasons for doing anything. One that sounds good, and the real one." - J.P. Morgan

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    browniepoints's picture

    Absolutely brilliant.

    browniepoints
         
     
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     on 7/11/12 at 4:12pm

    I am going to call my kids Ctrl, Alt and Delete. That way if something is going wrong I can beat them all at once.

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    trisomy18's picture

    samoanboy: Good thread. One

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    UFOinsider's picture

    stoudemire1: is this why HR

    UFOinsider
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    APAE's picture

    Spot on, classy moves to add

    APAE
         
     
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    A lot of people do certain things to add days to their life. I do things to add life to my days.

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    Disincentivy's picture

    Good stuff. Also create a

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    captainbuysidee's picture

    I used to work with a guy who

    captainbuysidee
         
     
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    TDSWIM's picture

    minibar: Take notes Take

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    minibar's picture

    JDimon: lol. Good advice. But

    minibar
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     on 7/11/12 at 9:03pm

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    minibar's picture

    captainbuysidee: I used to

    minibar
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    visit my WSO blog

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    Bobby Digital's picture

    When work is slow, I focus on

    Bobby Digital
         
     
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    DontSleep's picture

    not too much time to waste on

    DontSleep
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    captainbuysidee's picture

    minibar: captainbuysidee: I

    captainbuysidee
         
     
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    onepercent's picture

    A strategy I've used goes

    onepercent
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    Art.Vandelay's picture

    Great thread. I was reading

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    UFOinsider's picture

    You can also study for series

    UFOinsider
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    (Human, 10,349
     
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     on 7/12/12 at 8:55am

    YOU JUST GOT TROLLED
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    happypantsmcgee's picture

    The Penske File is a great

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    PrettyBusiness's picture

    "Leave some food out - a half

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    Always in a rush, but never late

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    TheSquale's picture

    Brilliant ! Absolutely

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    cheese86's picture

    I would like to hire you

    cheese86
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    BanditPandit's picture

    You might Look busy, but you

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    A great way to look busy is

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    Azimut's picture

    Great advice all round.

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    Just posting to get an SB

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    wow, just wow! story of my

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    If you really want to master

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    Soros: If you really want to

    APAE
         
     
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    A lot of people do certain things to add days to their life. I do things to add life to my days.

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    APAE: Soros: If you really

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