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Wells Fargo fires more than a dozen employees for faking work using mouse jigglers and keyboard activity simulation (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 5 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

why though? Were they not getting enough done? And if its only like a dozen, does it justify the productiviry loss of hiring keyboard police?

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Were they not getting enough done?

If not then fire them for that. Seems like a better metric that's more related to how well they do their job than "how much has your mouse moved?"

[–] SloppyPuppy@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Not defending them. But ill take their position for a second. I give x amount of work and expect you to finish it. And you do. But if that work takes you 2 hours and the rest of the day you do nothing it just means I can give you more work because 2 hours is just abysmal. So I wanna know about it.

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[–] ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Exactly what I keep saying. Do they get the job done? Yes or No? Very simple question in my opinion.

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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 5 months ago

They don't care about productivity. They care about the appearance of control, and the revelation of subversive activity is a gross embarassment to the ego that thrives on that control.

It's a bully having a tantrum because his victims don't fear him enough.

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[–] 3volver@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (4 children)

If they're firing people for this then the way they judge employee productivity is incorrect. What I want to know is what did these employees even do day to day? Sounds like a whole bunch of bullshit job positions to me. Wells Fargo is a shit leech corporation, drain on society, middle-man hell.

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[–] prosp3kt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 5 months ago (6 children)

We cant use the same performance metrics used in other industries on IT. I could be struggling with a coding problem for hours but it doesn't mean im not working.

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[–] Eezyville@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Wells Fargo must think this is some sort of flex.

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