Wells Fargo has terminated more than a dozen employees for using devices to simulate keyboard activity, making it appear as though they were working, Bloomberg reports. The employees were allegedly using 'mouse jigglers' and other tools to fake productivity. This incident highlights the ongoing struggle for companies to accurately measure employee productivity, often leading to the use of monitoring tools, sometimes referred to as 'tattleware.' The terminations occurred in May and have brought attention to the broader issue of 'keyboard fraud' in corporate America.
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More than a dozen Wells Fargo employees were terminated for using keyboard activity simulation to fake working online, Bloomberg reported. https://t.co/WoyG1GESyQ
Wells Fargo grabbed headlines after firing workers for using "mouse jigglers" to fake working. Those knowledge workers are the latest casualty in the decades-long struggle for managers to measure employee productivity — an effort they often mess up. https://t.co/swkOSVjfec
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