by N_A_T_E on 7/3/2024, 4:38:54 PM
by gnabgib on 7/3/2024, 4:46:31 PM
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
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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.” ...