The study used an algorithm to assess the amount of work being done by software engineers at hundreds of firms.
Just under a tenth (9.5%) of software engineers do almost no work, according to new research from academics at Stanford University.
One researcher, Yegor Denisov-Blanch, posted the findings to his X account, dubbing the staff who work less than 10% as hard as the median engineer as ‘ghost’ engineers. (https://www.itpro.com/software/development/are-ghost-engineers-stunting-productivity-in-software-development)