Especially the last bit: Corporate America is obsessed with ensuring their employees are staying productive when they’re working remotely, away from the gimlet eyes of management.
It’s easy to imagine the types of pretend productivity gadgets these employees might have used: “mouse jigglers,” gizmos with a questionable name that make random, small motions of a mouse or touchpad.
And Wells Fargo’s crackdown on these gadgets is just the latest attempt by big business to rein in perceived slacking by remote employees.
That perceptual gap reflects a vast and growing mutual distrust between workers and employers in America.
They’re how workers are battling back against boardroom Big Brother, in a technological arms race that’s only getting wilder as devices get more sophisticated.
Persons:
Jeff Yang, Bruce ”, “, Jeff Yang CNN, Wells, They’re, they’re, wilder, I’ve
Organizations:
CNN, Bloomberg, Business, Intuit, Microsoft
Locations:
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