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Mouse Jigglers, Fake PowerPoints: Workers Foil Bosses’ Surveillance Attempts
WSJ ^ | 11 Jan 2023 | Douglas Belkin

Posted on 01/12/2023 7:41:21 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT

In a time of hybrid work, employers are extra-focused on making sure their staffers are being productive.

Now come employees with work hacks to keep the bosses off their tails.

Mr. Abbas wrapped the cord of his computer mouse around a rotating desk fan. Its motion kept the mouse moving and prevented his computer from shutting down. “I logged on, went to the gym,” he says.

For workers who aren’t as handy, mouse jigglers are for sale on Amazon. “Push the button when you’re getting up from your desk and the cursor travels randomly around the screen—for hours, if needed!” says one review.

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KEYWORDS: labor; metrics; sloth; work
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To: NWFree

It was likely invented by gov’t workers... and maybe it’s been around forever! 😏


61 posted on 01/13/2023 5:35:44 AM PST by SMARTY (“Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.” Thomas Sowell)
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To: dfwgator

You put a lot of work into this. *salutes*


62 posted on 01/13/2023 5:57:53 AM PST by Scarlett156 (In your daily prayers, remember to ask that #Justice find N*ncy P3losi sooner rather than later.)
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