Spanish term
France
The Human Translator
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Russian to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
pasarsela (de un lado para otro)
In an answer to an employee survey in which many complain of unfair treatment, and of skivers. Education level is not very high.
Proposed translations
La palabra justa/The right word
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, and 1 more.
spend their time wandering around/about
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In informal US Engl., 'goofing off' probably expresses the idea pretty well, too.
There are also people who spend their time wandering around/about, and no one says anything to them, even though there is work to be done and those of us who come to actually do our jobs have to work twice as much...
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teresa quimper
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Gracias, Teresa.
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Silvia Hanine-Studnicki
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Gracias, Silvia.
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Charles Davis
: Perfectly accurate and perfectly idiomatic. Interesting comment about "around" and "about".
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Muchas gracias, (¿primo?)...!
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eski
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Agradecido, eski.
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Mexico
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Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
just walking back and forth
there are also people who spend their time just walking back and forth and no one says anything...
Spain
A cut above the rest in translation...
Native in: English (Variants: Irish, US, UK) , Spanish (Variants: Latin American, Standard-Spain)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
skive off (from one place to another)
You've pretty much answered the question yourself. I think "skive off" works just fine here.
TRANSLATIONS THAT READ LIKE ORIGINALS
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
slacking, hanging out, milling about
If the US is the target, "skive off" would not work
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