@arstechnica
Plugging a random unauthorised device into a work computer or network is potential grounds for misconduct irrespective of the scenario, especially one that simulates keyboard and mouse movements due to a ready-made opportunity as a keylogger alongside its advertised function.
However productivity metrics that primarily measure input devices have always been dire as they ignore thinking would penalise anyone who can efficiently accomplish a given task in less clicks and typing.
@arstechnica Why not firing the one that came with that stupid idea in the first place?
Sure, it is easier than working on the culture and giving meaning to work.
So, this one stopped working by keeping others from slacking.
Employees so disengaged that they need tools to fuck off.
Managers so disengaged that they can't tell employees who work from those who fuck off too much.
HR so disengaged that instead of fixing meaningless managers, they buy tools to surveil employees, worsening the job environment for those who aren't fucking off.
IT implementing awful surveillance policies at HR's behest that create a downward spiral of employee morale.
Software companies making tools to surveil computer users, and that prey on dysfunctional companies and their idiot HR departments.
We all feel bad when a sick old deer is taken down by a pack of wolves. But we know it's how the wolves eat, and it makes the surviving herd stronger.
Wells Fargo needs to be eaten by a pack of wolves. It's rotten across the org chart, top to bottom.