The Jiggle Is Up: Bosses Bust Workers Who Fake Computer Activity

https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/the-jiggle-is-up-bosses-bust-workers-who-fake-computer-activity-b6374f22

by N_A_T_E • 2 years ago

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N_A_T_E• 2 years ago

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It’s getting harder to outsmart the digital minders at work.

The rise of remote work and, in turn, employee-monitoring software sparked a boom in mouse and keyboard jigglers and other hacks to help staffers fake computer activity—often so they can step away to do laundry or a school pickup.

Now some companies are cracking down on the subterfuge, deploying tools that can better spot the phony busywork.

The latest salvo in this productivity-tracking arms race came in a recent regulatory filing from Wells Fargo. In the disclosure, first reported on by Bloomberg News, the bank said it had fired more than a dozen employees in its wealth and investment management unit for allegedly simulating keyboard activity to create the “impression of active work.” ...

downrightmike• 2 years ago

phony busywork, busywork is phony to begin with by definition.

I find it hilarious they are broadcasting that their wealth managers, were "not working"

gnabgib• 2 years ago

Related Wells Fargo Fires Over a Dozen for 'Simulation of Keyboard Activity':

(57 points, 20 days ago, 91 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40669866

(36 points, 20 days ago, 61 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40670191

The Jiggle Is Up: Bosses Bust Workers Who Fake Computer Activity

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