[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

The one sector where people could work 100 percent remotely is the one insisting they come back to the office, particularly in the Bay Area and Seattle.

Some people in any discipline apparently need to be in the office. Recently, a bunch of Wells Fargo remote workers were fired when the company discovered that their work consisted of software that simulated key strokes and mouse movement so the workers themselves could do what they pleased. Some people simply cannot be trusted with remote work.

[ponygirl]

I keep hearing this excuse, mostly coming from micromanagers. If someone is using keyboard tech to simulate working, then who is doing their work? Perhaps these positions are redundant and they don't need to exist? In my industry, if I miss a deadline, then I better have a good reason. Keystrokes aren't going to design and lay out catalogs, build websites, design email templates, design ad campaigns, or create social media images and posts. I either get the work done — regardless of whether that's at home, in an office, or in a coffee shop — or the work doesn't get finished.

When I did work in an office, I didn't mind it, mostly because I didn't have a long commute, but I also had a door and a window overlooking a mountain. I kept the door closed and my music on. Some people thought I was antisocial, but you know what? I don't go to the office to be social when I have a dozen overlapping deadlines. What I cannot tolerate is working in a cubicle with noise all around me, people feeling like it's their right to barge in and interrupt, and annoying neighbors who put their meetings on speaker.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Re: Keystroke/mouse movement software

Where can I get that software to use to run a farm? ;)