It's all about perception, sadly. Plenty of people who will judge you and gossip about you for what they deem to be slacking. (Often while they're having a "qui

It's all about perception, sadly. Plenty of people who will judge you and gossip about you for what they deem to be slacking. (Often while they're having a "quick" cigarette break, just for the irony). It's not ideal, but it's human nature, and I don't think any company, no matter how good their culture, can remove it.